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The Ultimate Quiz on the Vikings
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1
In Norse Mythology, who was the god of joy, light, and spring?
Balder
Freya
Tyr
Loki
2
What is the term for a Viking ship?
Quadreme
Galleon
Trireme
Longship
3
Who was the Viking leader that led the establishment of the Norselaw?
Oleg
Rollo
Canute
Knut
4
What present-day country represents the southern part of Scandinavia called the Jutland?
Denmark
Finland
Norway
Sweden
5
Viking warriors were known as _________.
Immortals
Hoplites
Berserkers
Legionary
6
What was the Viking settlement on the Island of Britain called?
Normanlaw
Vinland
Danelaw
Jutland
7
How did the Vikings call their warriors to battle?
Lighting bonfires on the tops of mountains
Sending riders to each village
Marking certain trees with their weapons
Blowing horns
8
What was the Viking settlement at Newfoundland originally called?
Vinland
Normanlaw
Danelaw
Jutland
9
Which Viking leader led the original invasion of England?
Rollo
Canute
Alfred
Ivar the Boneless
10
Which Viking seized Kiev and established the state of Kievan Rus?
Knut
Rurik
Rollo
Oleg
11
In Norse mythology, who was the god of fire?
Njord
Thor
Loki
Balder
12
Who was the son of Erik the Red that founded a colony at Newfoundland?
Canute
Rollo
Leif Eriksson
Ivar the Boneless
13
In Norse mythology, who was king of the gods?
Loki
Odin
Thor
Wodan
14
The Vikings came from the north part of Europe known as _____________.
Norway
Iceland
Scandinavia
Jutland
15
What was the military chief of a Viking village called?
Cheiftain
Jarl
Consul
Great Warrior
16
Viking gods were similar to the god of the ________.
Romans
Greeks
Germans
Franks
17
In Norse mythology, who was the god of thunder?
Tyr
Thor
Loki
Balder
18
What was the Viking settlement in France called?
Norselaw
Jutland
Danelaw
Vinland
19
The coastline of Scandinavia had many ____, or narrow bays.
Gulfs
Channels
Fjords
Sounds
20
How many oars were in one row on the side of a Viking ship?
18
14
16
12
21
The Vikings language was written in letters called ____ which they later used as magic charms.
Calligraphy
Runes
Scripture
Oracle Bones
22
The Vikings could also be referred to as _____.
Swedes
Jutlanders
Norsemen
Finlandians
23
Stories of the Viking gods' great deeds were written down that later became poems called the __
Eddas
Runic Scripture
Canterbury Tales
Book of Kells
24
The Vikings moved established a water trade route in Eastern Europe with Byzantium known as ___
Triangular Trade
Colombian Exchange
Varangian Route
Silk Road
25
Which Viking leader founded a new colony on Greenland?
Erik the Red
Rollo
Leif Eriksson
Canute
26
Which Viking established a state at Novgorod in Eastern Europe?
Rurik
Oleg
Leif Ericson
Rollo
27
What was carved into the front of every Viking ship?
A dragon's head
Skull and Crossbones
A Viking axe
A woman's body
28
Who conquered England when Ethelred the Unready came to power?
Erik the Red
Ivar the Boneless
Knut
Rollo