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To Your VikingLeif Ericsson, the Vikings and the Hanseatic League
Anthony Notaroberta Jr., Harrison Gerstenlauer, Harvey Cheung, Michael Slutsky and Spiro
Leif Ericsson-Leif Ericsson, son of Eric the Red,
was born in and exiled from
Iceland, and so set sail in search
for a new home.
-Leif and his crew sailed the coast
of Greenland, until they reached
Newfoundland.
-Leif named the area he lived in,
Vinland, after the vines crops grew on.
Leif Ericsson-One of Leif Ericsson's first voyages was east
to Norway.
- While in Norway, he and his men were taught the foundations of Christianity, and they converted.
- Returning to Greenland, he taught the people of his new religion.
- Wherever he went, Leif brought Christianity with him to newly traveled lands.
The Vikings-The Vikings were Germanic people from
Scandinavia, who built settlements in Iceland and Greenland.
-They terrorized towns along the coasts and rivers of Europe on their longships, murdering villagers and looting and burning towns.
The Vikings-The Vikings from Denmark
invaded eastern Britain and
northwest France in the eighth
century.
-Vikings from Norway
established a Norse kingdom
in Ireland in 865.
-This kingdom lasted until a stronger group of Vikings of Norman descent arrived in Ireland in 1169.
-In the tenth century, Eric the Red left Iceland and settled in their new territory, Greenland.
The Vikings-They entered Russia
during the eighth century
beginning Viking trade,
as opposed to plundering.
-Products traded included
gold, clothes, wine and
fruits from the Greeks; silver and horses from the Czechs and Hungarians; furs, wax, honey and slaves from Russia; and silk and spices from Constantinople.
Hanseatic League-The Hanseatic League was an important,
well-developed trade network in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea that dominated commercial activity in northern Europe.
-The league was a series of trading cities stretching from Novgorod to London.
-As a result of the league, the commercial significance of Poland, Northern Germany and Scandinavia were embraced.
Hanseatic League-The Hanseatic League sought to organize and control
trade throughout the region by winning commercial privileges and monopolies and by establishing bases overseas.
-Because it was only a trading league, rather than a political organization, peace had to be ensured by suppressing warfare between members and robbery on the roads. It is because of this decentralization that the league declined.
-The principle trade consisted of grain, timber, furs, tar, honey and flax. Additional trade included cloth, copper, iron ore and herring.
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2. Which religion did Leif Ericsson convert to and spread?
a. Judaismb. Islamc. Christianityd. Hinduism
7. What was not a major problem faced by the Hanseatic League?
a. lack of trading citiesb. lack of government organizationc. robbery on trade routesd. warfare between members
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8. Which of these was not a historical significance of Leif Ericsson?
a. discovery of Newfoundlandb. the founding of Vinlandc. the establishment of centralized ruled. the spread of Christianity
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9. Which of these was not a historical significance of the Vikings?
a. the settling of Icelandb. the settling of Greenlandc. the expansion of Northern European
traded. the end of Norse kingdoms
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10. Which of these is not a historical significance of the Hanseatic League?
a. the domination of trade in Europeb. the end of economic expansion c. the emergence of commercial citiesd. the connection of major cities
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