1. The Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age
Pearson Book P. 30

2. The Medieval Warm Period ..... and then ….
Using Digby P. 28, answer the following:
How did the climate at the time affect Erik the Red’s prospects when he was banished to Greenland?
Learning from the Vikings. What 3 ways did the Vikings of Greenland destroy their environment?
How might the Vikings in Greenland have benefited from learning from the local Inuit people? Explain your answers.
……….The Little Ice Age
Using Digby P. 29 and notes from video clip, answer the following:
What were the impacts of The Little Ice Age?
Who were most affected? How? Why?
What happened in Britain?
EXAM STYLE QUESTION: (Write out and answer):
Using examples, explain how people adapted to living in The Little Ice Age. (4 marks)

3. Why did the Vikings die out in Greenland?

4. Conclusion
Watch out and check –were these 2 events major in the Earth’s history?
Think – how many ˚C does the average annual temperature change? …..
It was enough to make winters colder, or to make the sea ice melt a little – but was in no way comparable with the arrival or departure of proper ice ages.
Finally do you think that people and ecosystems were successful at adaptation to the minor changes in climate? … say what evidence there is for this …..!!!!!!!!!!