Viking Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. The most valuable mineral in Viking society
  2. 6. The group of 3 countries where the Norse first originated
  3. 7. The last name of a Viking who christianized Denmark and was once ruler of Denmark and Norway
  4. 9. The piece of land given to Danish Vikings by King Alfred of Wessex as part of a peace treaty
  5. 12. What Eric the Red was famous for discovering
  6. 14. The island which Vikings raided that marked the start of the Viking Age
Down
  1. 1. A warrior's paradise in Norse mythology
  2. 2. The capital of the Byzantine empire
  3. 3. The highest position in the Norse social hierarchy
  4. 5. The first name of the son of Eric the Red who discovered North America before Christopher Columbus
  5. 8. A legendary Viking warrior who died in a snake pit at the hands of Aella of Northumbria
  6. 10. The original religion Vikings believed in
  7. 11. A great battle in Norse mythology that signals the end of the world
  8. 13. The creature whose head was carved into wood and mounted on the front of longships
  9. 14. Items forcefully taken from the victims of raids by Vikings