Unit 7 - Europe in the Middle Ages - Crossword Review

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  1. 2. depicted as a warrior woman on horseback, a wolf or boar, and armed with a spear / decides the fate of warriors in battle and carries the dead to Odin's Valhalla
  2. 3. nationality from Denmark
  3. 5. a story of gods and heroes from the Viking Age (793-1066)
  4. 6. Germanic tribe that expanded their power and influence during the Middle Ages / term used to describe the population in or near France
  5. 9. region of Northern Europe that includes Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
  6. 12. nationality from Norway
  7. 15. god of both war and death in Norse mythology / the one-eyed All-Father who sacrificed his eye in order to see everything that happens in the world
  8. 16. one of the main Germanic peoples who settled in Great Britain during the post-Roman period / their name is the root of the name England
  9. 17. island off the coast of Britain referred to as "The Holy Island" / attacked by Vikings in 793
  10. 18. hammer-wielding god associated with lightning / also the god of thunder, the sky, and agriculture
  11. 19. a building occupied by a community of monks / isolated, undefended, and full of loot / the Viking attack __________ on the island of Lindisfarne in 793 sent a shockwave through Europe
  12. 20. means "Northern" as the Vikings inhabited Northern Europe and struggled to survive in the frigid, inhospitable climate
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  1. 1. seafaring people originally from Scandinavia / known for raiding and trading
  2. 4. the dwelling place of the gods in Norse mythology / comparable to the Greek Mount Olympus
  3. 7. group of Germanic peoples from the North Sea coast of what is now Germany / in England, they were referred to as Anglo-__________, where they formed a single nation with other migrant populations
  4. 8. Greek and Slavic name for Vikings / established the state of the Kievan Rus' in what is now Ukraine
  5. 10. eldest son of the chief deity, Odin / regarded by the ancient Norse people as the god of mischief, trickery, and deception
  6. 11. the hall of slain warriors in Asgard / these warriors live there blissfully under the leadership of Odin
  7. 13. nationality from Sweden
  8. 14. (747-814) King of the Franks and the Lombards / crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III in 800 CE on Christmas Day / founded the Carolingian Empire