1. UNIT FOUR-AGE OF DISCOVERY
UNIT QUESTION:
How did different European cultures contribute to the exploration and conquest of the Americas?

2. EQ # 1 Who Were the Vikings?

3. KEY QUESTION #1B
What were some of the possible causes of Viking exploration?
A. Overcrowded in Scandinavia
B. Search for loot (treasure)
C. Fair (fertile) lands for farming
D. Fishing Areas
E. Escape Punishment

4. VIKING VOCABULARY 1. NORTHMEN 8. LOOT 2. NORSEMEN 9. VINLAND
3. SCANDINAVIA 10. SKRELLINGS VIKINGS
4. THINGS SAGAS
5. FUTHARK
6. RUNES
7. RADIOCARBON DATING

5. VIKING VOCABULARY
1. VIKING-
SEA RAIDER OR PIRATE

6. 2. NORTHMEN
Another name used for the Vikings because they lived in the northern part of Europe.

7. 3. NORSEMEN
ANOTHER NAME USED FOR THE VIKINGS. NORSE IS THE WORD USED FOR THE PEOPLE, LANGUAGE AND CULTURE OF NORWAY.

8. 4. SCANDINAVIA The northern part of Europe
It includes Norway, Sweden, and Denmark

9. 5. LOOT
STOLEN GOODS OR TREASURE; OFTEN CALLED BOOTY

10. 8. RUNES Viking letters in their alphabet
There are 16 letters (symbols)

11. 9. SAGA
Long Viking stories about their adventures and battles.

12. 10. VINLAND
THE NAME THE VIKINGS CALLED THEIR SETTLEMENT (VILLAGE) IN CANADA. TODAY, THIS PLACE IS CALLED NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA

13. 11. SKRELLINGS
THE VIKING NAME USED FOR THE NATIVE AMERICANS

14. 12. RADIOCARBON DATING
A SCIENTIFIC PROCESS OF DETERMINING HOW OLD AN OBJECT IS BY HOW MUCH CARBON 14 IS STILL LEFT IN THE OBJECT

15. KEY QUESTION # 1
Who were Eric the Red and Leif Ericsson?

16. KEY # 1 ANSWER:
Eric the Red and his son sailed from Norway and discovered Iceland in about 980 A.D. Eric discovered Greenland in about 985 A.D.
Eric’s son, Leif Ericsson, discovered Vinland which is present-day Newfoundland, Canada in about the year 1,000 A.D.

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18. (VINLAND)

19. SUMMARY WHAT LANDS DID ERIC THE RED AND LEIF ERICSSON DISCOVER?
Eric the Red--Iceland and Greenland
Leif Ericsson– Newfoundland, Canada

20. THE VIKINGS’ WORLD

21. KEY QUESTION # 2
WHERE DID THE VIKINGS LIVE ?

22. KEY #2 ANSWER:
The Vikings lived in the northern part of Europe called Scandinavia. Scandinavia included the countries of Norway, Sweden, Denmark

23. KEY QUESTION # 3
WHY DIDN’T THE VIKINGS STAY IN AMERICA?

24. KEY # 3 Answer:
The Vikings had problems getting along with the Native Americans who they called “Skrellings”.
They fought against each other. They then decided to leave their settlement in Vinland and return to Greenland, and Iceland.

25. KEY QUESTION # 4- Video Clip
Why don’t the Vikings get the credit for discovering America like Columbus does?
Ericsson– 1000A.D.
Columbus 1492 A.D.
THINK, THINK, THINK