| A | B |
|---|
| Vineland | Viking settlement in North America |
| knorr | Viking ship for ocean travel |
| Leif the Lucky | son of Eric the Red |
| L'Anse Aux Meadows | place in Newfoundland where Viking town was found |
| Iceland | volcanic iseland settled by the Norsemen |
| Bjarni | Viking sailor who found North America by accident |
| trees | a resource the Vikings needed to build ships |
| Greenland | a harsh land, almost all ice-covered |
| skraelings | North AMerican native people who drove out the Vikings |
| Snorri | first European baby born in North America |
| Scandinavia | part of Europe, inclusing Sweden, Norway and Denmark |
| Thorfinn Karlsefni | The Viking leader who tried to keep the colony going in Newfoundland |
| Eric the Red | a wild, violent man who settled Greenland |
| The year 1000 | The approximate date of Leif Ericsson's discovery of North America |
| dragon ships | Viking longboats |
| sagas | stories told by the Vikings and passed down (but not written) |
