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Name: ____________________1. Where were the Vikings from?<strong>Chapter</strong> 8 <strong>Notes</strong>The First European Explorers (p. 216-220)2. What other lands did the Vikings reach before Canada?3. What evidence is there that the Vikings reached North America before Columbus?4. What was L’Anse aux Meadows, and why did it fail as a permanent settlement?5. Where did Columbus land on his first voyage in 1492?6. Where did John Cabot land in 1497?
7. What are the Grand Banks?8. What did Cabot’s tales of the Grand Banks upon returning to Europe lead to?9. Why did European fisherman make temporary camps along the coast of Newfoundland?“The First Europeans” Video1. How were the northern islands, (Faeroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland) used by the Vikings in theirexplorations?2. What were the “Icelandic Sagas”?
3. Where are the following thought to be today?Helluland = ________________Markland = ________________Vinland = _________________4. Why didn’t the Viking settlements survive in North America?5. What did Tim Severin and his boat “The Brendan” try to prove?
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