COOL HISTORY FOR MIDDLES

BiblioPlan, Year 2, Week 8: COMPANION/CLASSTIME READINGS/GLOBE OR MAP

1. From what language does the word Viking come and what does it mean? _________________________
2. Why did the early Vikings choose Christian monasteries as targets for their raids? ____________________
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3. What types of weapons did Viking warriors use? ______________________________________________
4. What kind of beds did Viking longhouses have inside them? _____________________________________
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5. What happened to Viking children whom the community judged to be deformed, disabled or sick?
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6. Name the two main types of Viking ships. ____________________________________________________
7. What 1200s-era books contain most of what is known about old Norse mythology? __________________
8. Name Thors three magical possessions. _____________________________________________________
9. How did Eric the Red describe Greenland to the Viking colonists? What was Greenland really like? ______
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10. Where did Leif Ericsson travel on his first long sea voyage? ______________________________________
11. What modern-day native American race is descended from the Skraelings who drove the Vikings out of
Vinland? ______________________________________________________________________________
12. What does the Latin word filoque mean? ____________________________________________________
13. What was the biggest of the many disagreements that led to the Great Schism? _____________________
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14. What did Cardinal Humbert do to Patriarch Cerularius? What did Patriarch Cerularius do in return? _____
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15. After the East-West Schism, what was the Eastern church called? What was the Western church called?
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GIANTS OF THE FAITH: None
OPTIONAL BONUS QUESTION/ACTIVITY
This example of a Runestone is located in
Sweden. Find another picture of a Runestone
and paste it here:
Be sure to indicate where your Runestone
is located.