Qestions about Vikings

                      1)  What land did the Vikings originally call home?

                     2)  What years cover the Viking Age of expansion?

3) Why did some countries consider the Vikings to be barbarians?

4) What does the word Viking mean in Old Norse?

5) What countries did the Vikings settle during the Viking Age?

6) What land did Leif Eriksson discover and settle long before Christopher Columbus?

7) What helped to put an end to the Viking Age and expansion?

8) The end of the Viking Age is often marked by the Vikings losing a battle to what peoples?

9) What type of ships did the Vikings use when exploring and raiding?

10) What type of shipbuilding method did the Vikings use to build their ships?