Chapter 1 Part 1 Study Guide

Who was St. Brendan?

• a Viking

• a Scottish king

• an Irish monk

• a Welsh

St. Brendan set sail westward across the ocean in a ______.

• coracle

• ship

• canoe

• steel boat

St. Brendan the Navigator set out to find the Land of _______.

• Sheep

• Flat Stones

• Vinland

• Promise of the Saints

A coracle is ____________.

• a heroic tale told by the Vikings

• a large boat made of steel

• a small boat used by Irish fisherman, made of hides stretched over a wooden frame

• a Welsh ship

Legends about St. Brendan said that while he was on his voyages, his prayers were able to calm ________.

• birds

• sea monsters

• sheep

• dolphins

Eric the Red was exiled from Iceland because he killed ___________.

• his brother

• his neighbor's sons

• the king

• his father

Eric the Red was a ____________.

• Irish monk

• Welsh

• Viking

• king

Eric the Red discovered __________.

• Norway

• Iceland

• Ireland

• Greenland

St. Brendan discovered islands like the Paradise of Birds and the Island of Sheep off the northern tip of _________.

• Ireland

• Scotland

• Norway

• Canada

The name given to peoples who inhabited Norway, Sweden, and Denmark is _______. It means Northmen.

• Welsh

• Norse

• Mandans

• Indians