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The Viking Age Study Guide Directions: Study the below concepts and information and you will be prepared for class and assessments. Map: Artic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Newfoundland, Greenland, Iceland, Scandinavia, Norway, Sweden, Denmark Vocabulary Norsemen: Northmen Longship/Drekar: warrior ships used for raiding Cargo Ship/Knarr: used for trading and carrying cargo Banished: sent away and not allowed to return to a place or country Fjords: long, narrow inlets of the sea located between steep cliffs Glaciers: large and slow-moving bodies of ice and snow that form mountains and valleys Raids: sudden attacks, often involving the stealing or taking of goods Skalds: poets who memorized the Vikings sagas (stories) and mythology and passed them down from generation to generation Thing: outdoor assembly where the Norsemen met to make decisions about their town People Ingolfur Arnarson: Norseman who left Norway with his family and settled in Iceland Erik the Red: son of Ingolfur who led the first Viking expedition to Greenland Leif Erikson: son of Erik the Red who traveled from Greenland to Newfoundland in Canada Concepts Describe everyday life of the Norse and Vikings How did living close to water influence the way Vikings lived? Connect Viking civilization to Roman civilization Sayings and Phrases Last Straw Rule the Roost Grammar Conjunctions: words that connect other words or groups of words And: means plus, along with, also But: means something different (John likes strawberry, but Jim likes chocolate.) Because: means for this reason and answers the “why” question. It signals the cause of something Suffixes: word part added to the end of the root word that changes the meaning (-ed, -ing, -er/-or, -s/-es, -ian, -ist, -y, -al, -ly, -ous) -ive: means “relating to” (inventive relating to inventing) .

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