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VocabularyWorld in 1000 Vikings Leif Ericsson
Row 1, Col 1 What is the name of the trade route that stretched from China to Europe Silk Road
1,2 Why didn’t people know about lands beyond their borders in the year 1,000? Few people traveled
1,3 What is another name for Vikings? Norsemen
1,4 Where was Leif born? Iceland
2,1 A person who buys and sells goods for a living is called what? Merchant
2,2 What did early mapmakers do when they created maps of the world? Guessed or made-up what they didn’t know
2,3 Between what years did Vikings raid, trade and settle over a wide area? A.D.
2,4 Why did Leif travel to Greenland? To join his father, Eric the Red, who was exiled there for killing neighbors in Iceland.
3,1 A surprise attack is called what? Raid
3,2 When traveling by land, what animal did people use to help them in the Middle East? camel
3,3 What land was the farthest west that the Vikings traveled to? North America or Vinland
3,4 What caused Leif to sail to North America? A lost Viking returned with tales of a strange land and it made Leif curious.
4,1 Vikings A seafaring people from Northern Europe who raided, traded and settled over a wide area from A.D.
4,2 Why did people prefer to travel by sea? It was faster
4,3 What was the name given to Viking ships? Longships
4,4 What were the names of the 3 locations Leif landed on in North America, in the order in which he landed? Helluland, Markland, Vinland
5,1 A Central Asian people who conquered a huge empire in the early 1200’s Mongols
5,2 Name 3 risks of early sea travel. 1. Winds blowing wrong way 2. Get lost without compass 3. Leaking boats
5,3 What land was the farthest east that the Vikings traveled to? Russia
5,4 What happened to the next 2 groups of Vikings that tried to settle in North America? First group run off by Native Americans, next group vanished and no one know why