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5. 100 200 300 400 500 Ice Age Geography Ice Age Exploration Viking Geography Viking Exploration The Tough Stuff

6. What are frozen rivers? A 100

7. Glaciers A 100

8. How was climate different during the Ice Age? A 200

9. Freezing Cold A 200

10. How did the severely cold temperatures of the Ice Age impact water? A 300

11. It turned water into snow, ice, and frozen rivers. A 300

12. The Bering Strait can be defined as a… A 400

13. Land bridge or bridge of land connecting Asia to North America A 400

14. Explain what happened because of the frozen rivers? Why was this important? A 500

15. Frozen rivers created glaciers, which made sea levels to fall. This caused land to rise, creating a land bridge called the Bering Strait, which allowed Asians to enter North American by foot. A 500

16. Ice Age explorers came from what continent? B 100

17. Asia B 100

18. When did the Ice Age occur? B 200

19. 30,000 years ago. 28,000 B.C. B 200

20. How do we know the Ice Age explorers existed? B 300

21. Our knowledge is based solely on what they left behind. B 300

22. After being cut off from Asia, what happened to these first settlers? B 400

23. The developed new cultures with different languages, customs, and physical traits. B 400

24. Why did Ice Age explorers come into North America? B 500

25. They were following migrating food. B 500

26. Where did the Vikings originally come from? C 100

27. Norway C 100

28. After Norway, what were the next two countries settled by the Vikings? C 200

29. The Vikings settled Iceland and then Greenland. C 200

30. What are Greenland’s physical characteristics like? C 300

31. Greenland is icy and rocky. C 300

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33. What country did Leif Ericson settle and why did he name it this? C 400

34. Ericson settled Vinland and name it this because the land had many vines with grapes on them. (Wineland and “Land of Vines”) C 400

35. Why was exploration especially difficult for the Vikings? C 500

36. Exploration was difficult because they had no maps or compasses. C 500

37. What is another name for a Viking? *Hint = Think of the country they come from!* D 100

38. Norsemen D 100

39. Name three adjectives that describe the Vikings D 200

40. Fierce, warlike, destructive, brave, and/or intelligent sailors D 200

41. Who was the first Viking to explore and settle Greenland? D 300

42. Eric the Red D 300

43. What Viking was the first to see North America? D 400

44. Bjarni Herjolfsson D 400

45. Why do you think Eric the Red named the icy land he discovered Greenland? D 500

46. Eric the Red was trying to trick other explorers by making his country sound more appealing. D 500

47. Why did Eric the Red start exploring and eventually finding Greenland? E 100

48. Eric the Red found Greenland because he had been exiled from Iceland for killing to men of noble descent. E 100

49. Why was Leif Ericson looking for new land? E 200

50. Leif Ericson was in desperate search of wood to build houses with and to use for firewood because there were so few trees in Greenland. E 200

51. Why is Bjarni Herjolfsson important to history, especially in terms of Leif Ericson? E 300

52. Bjarni Herjolfsson is important to history because he was the first to sight North America and told many people of his sighting, including Leif Ericson. Leif Ericson then followed his directions for how to get to the “New World.” E 300

53. How do we know the Vikings actually settled in Vinland? E 400

54. Archaeologists discovered the remains of a settlement including a variety of artifacts and the foundations of houses. E 400

55. Explain why Christopher Columbus did not discover America. E 500

56. Answer: Details pertaining to Ice Age Exploration & Viking Exploration accepted E 500

57. The Final Jeopardy Category is: European Explorers Please record your wager. Click on screen to begin

58. Who was the first to explore after the Vikings? Click on screen to continue

59. Christopher Columbus Click on screen to continue

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