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Vikings: KS2 Knowledge Mat

Subject Specific Vocabulary Exciting Books

archaeologist People who work out our history by Sticky Knowledge about Days of the week
raids looking at artefacts that have been the Vikings
found. The names for most of the
vicious ? Not all Vikings were warriors. Many came in days of the week originate
longhouse A sudden armed attack against it, peace and become farmers. from Vikings.
berserkers with the aim of causing damage
rather than occupying any of the ? The lands that the Vikings occupied were Monday – linked to the moon
enemy's land. known as Danelaw. by the name Mani – Norse for
Moon.
To be intentionally harmful or nasty. ? Not many Vikings, if any, wore horns in their
Vikings warriors were known to be helmets. Tuesday named after the
vicious. Viking God of War – Tyr.
? Vikings spoke Norse, which had an
A large hall like building where many alphabet made up of runes. Wednesday – named after
Viking families would live together. Woden.

Warriors that went to war wearing
wolf or bear skins. They were out of
control and charged fearlessly. The
word ‘berserk’ came from it.

longship The narrow boat used by Vikings to
Odin raid along coasts.

One of the most famous Viking Gods
known for wisdom.

Scandinavia The name given to the collection of ? Longships were designed to sail in both Thursday – named after Thor,
Danelaw countries: Denmark, Norway and deep and shallow water so that they could the God of thunder.
misconception Sweden. get close to the shore so they could not be
Jorvik easily seen.
The name given to lands in Britain
occupied by the Vikings. ? Vikings were pagans and often raided
monasteries, looting gold.
This means mis-understanding. In
Viking terms there were many ? The most important Viking British city was
misunderstandings about the Vikings. York or Jorvik as it was known by the Vikings.

The Viking name for the city of York.
York now has a famous Viking
museum called Jorvik.

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