How To Read The Vikings

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1 1 nswer the following questions! What parts of urope did the come from? Why did many leave Scandinavia? here were three groups among the Viking population. What are they? What did the grow on their land? What kind of animals did they raise? What kind of clothes did wear? Describe! What was the hearth for? How did the bury their dead? Why could Viking ships sail better than others? What did Viking navigators use to find out which way they were going? How did invade new places? What weapons did they have to fight with? How did they defend themselves?

2 2 Complete the text by filling in the words from the box! were mostly farmers. hey grew and oats and animals. Some of them were fishermen and others were. Viking men wore trousers and a shirt. Women wore dresses. Most wore shoes. hey lived in houses made of wood or with slanted roofs. hey were covered with straw or. ll houses had a that gave the heat. barley buried hearth keel leather linen long-sleeved merchants raised sail shingles shipbuilding stone worshipped eligion was very important for many. hey many gods and when they died they were in boats. travelled by boats. hey were very good at and their ships were better than others because they laid a piece of wood at the bottom of the ship. his was called the. With it they could much faster. rue or false? often raided villages and disappeared quickly. F Viking navigators used compasses to find out where they were. he nobles were merchants who bought and sold things ric the ed and Leif ricson were brothers. When ricson reached ewfoundland he met natives who grew wine. ric the ed got his name because of his red hair. Viking houses had flat roofs because it didn t rain very much.

3 3 Put the lines into the correct order to celand. ric liked to explore and when he When ric died, his son Leif ricson continued shores of orth merica. He met natives who grew years the founded many settlements there. 1 ric the ed was a famous Viking explorer who were no maps at that time. n the following 20 wine so he named the place Vinland. obody really lived at about 1000.D. He left orway and went two settlements there and became their leader. knows where ricson had landed because there sailed west he discovered Greenland. He founded his father s expeditions. n 1002 he landed on the xplain these words in nglish! settlement natives archaeologist raise cattle shingles linen keel landmark

4 4 Crossword Created with clipsecrossword cross 2. small island in the orth tlantic 5. a piece of paper that shows countries towns, cities, rivers etc.. 8. a weapon that the fought with 9. to catch somebody and keep him as a prisoner 12. country that came from 14. something that you can easily see and that helps you know where you are 15. to be afraid 16. to make or start a new town or village Down 1. to pray to God 3. to travel around a place and find out something about it 4. to enter a country and take control of it 6. a person who buys and sells things 7. a person who starts living in a place not very many people have lived in before 10. a short attack 11. to get control of a country by fighting 13. a soldier who is very brave and likes to fight

5 5 Look for 10 words about the ( ) and mark them. P S J U Z K G G Q G D S C O V F D S H G L S K C W Y L C O S S V J V F H L O W O W Y G C H F U K J L L D G D F O J P M D

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7 Created with clipsecrossword F C O Q U V D W M C H Y W O S H P L F W O M U U C D P L O M D L S L K D Crossword Key

8 8 Complete the text were mostly farmers. hey grew barley and oats and raised animals. Some of them were fishermen and others were merchants. Viking men wore trousers and a long-sleeved shirt. Women wore linen dresses. Most wore leather shoes. hey lived in houses made of wood or stone with slanted roofs. hey were covered with straw or shingles. ll houses had a hearth that gave the heat. eligion was very important for many. hey worshipped many gods and when they died they were buried in boats. travelled by boats. hey were very good at shipbuilding and their ships were better than others because they laid a piece of wood at the bottom of the ship. his was called the keel. With it they could sail much faster. rue or false? F often raided villages and disappeared quickly. Viking navigators used compasses to find out where they were. he nobles were merchants who bought and sold things ric the ed and Leif ricson were brothers. When ricson reached ewfoundland he met natives who grew wine. ric the ed got his name because of his red hair. Viking houses had flat roofs because it didn t rain very much.

9 9 Word search Key P S J U Z K G G Q G D S C O V F D S H G L S K C W Y L C O S S V J V F H L O W O W Y G C H F U K J L L D G D F O J P M D Put the lines into the correct order 3 to celand. ric liked to explore and when he 6 When ric died, his son Leif ricson continued 8 shores of orth merica. He met natives who grew 12 years the founded many settlements there. 1 ric the ed was a famous Viking explorer who 11 were no maps at that time. n the following 20 9 wine so he named the place Vinland. obody really 2 lived at about 1000.D. He left orway and went 5 two settlements there and became their leader. 10 knows where ricson had landed because there 4 sailed west he discovered Greenland. He founded 7 his father s expeditions. n 1002 he landed on the