‘From The Fury Of The Northmen

Deliver Us O Lord’

PRIMARY ACTIVITY SHEET

Teachers, if your school has photocopy facilities we would be grateful

if you could make copies of these worksheets as required.

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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

The answers to all of these questions can be found within the Viking exhibition.

The Vikings came from Scandinavia,
which means the following countries:

Wales, England, Scotland
Norway, Denmark, Sweden
Germany, France, Belgium

( Hint: The map at the beginning of the

exhibition will help you with this question.)

1

Why did some Viking warships have a
dragon head on their prow?

The dragon was the Vikings’ main god
It made their ship sail faster
To scare the Vikings’ opponents

3

What items were likely to be found
in a Viking sea-chest?

Video games to keep them entertained
on their long journey
A compass, a pair of field glasses, a watch
and a mobile phone
Some spare clothing, a helmet, an axe,
a wooden bowl, a drinking horn

( Hint: Have a good look at the sea chests

in the Viking ship!)

4

How long did it take to sail from Norway

to Dublin?

About seven hours
About seven days
About seven weeks

5

What did Viking warriors wear to be

protected in battle?

A helmet, a padded tunic and
a wooden shield
Full body metal armour
A modern uniform

6

Name three Viking weapons.

( Hint: Look at the image of weapons near the

Viking warrior.)

7

Look at the wharf and name three items

the Vikings traded with.

8

Who were the
Vikings?

Raiders, traders
and settlers from
Scandinavia
An American
football team
A religious order

2

Detail of bucket from Audnedal,

Vest-Agder (female grave,

10th century, possibly Irish.)

© Museum of Cultural History,

University of Oslo, Norway.

Irish ring brooch from Snåsa, Nord Trøndelag

(female grave, 10th century.)

© Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, Norway.

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CONTINUITY AND CHANGE OVER TIME

9

Have a good look at the picture of the

Viking family and write down the colours

of their clothes. Colour in the picture

to the right when you get back to school

or at home.

Did the Vikings wear horned helmets?

10

Name four things that are in your house

but not in a Viking house.

11

What were the names of the three main

Viking gods?

12

Write your name in Viking runes.

13

LOCAL HISTORY

In the Viking legacy section, watch out for

the touch button interactive and name

three towns in Ireland that were founded

by the Vikings.

14

Look at the bottom of the signpost and

name three places in Dublin that have a

Viking connection.

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PRIMARY ANSWER SHEET

Norway, Denmark, Sweden.

1

Raiders, traders and settlers

from Scandinavia.

2

To scare the Vikings’ opponents.

3

Some spare clothing, a helmet, an axe,

a wooden bowl, a drinking horn.

4

About seven days.

5

A helmet, a padded tunic and

a wooden shield.

6

Any of the following: swords, axes, spears,

bows and arrows.

7

Any of the following: amber, cloth,

feathers, furs, iron, salt, slaves, soapstone,

tin, walrus ivory, whetstones.

8

Various.

9

There is no evidence that Vikings ever

wore horned helmets.

10

Various.

11

Odin, Thor and Frey.

12

Various.

13

Dublin, Wexford, Waterford,

Cork, Limerick.

14

Any of the following: outlined site

of Viking houses across the road

from Dublinia; town wall built by

descendants of the Vikings along Cook

Street; Viking artefacts in the National

Museum of Ireland; Dalkey Island

used as slave camp by the Vikings;

College Green – former burial-ground of

Viking kings; Christ Church Cathedral

founded by Viking descendants

c. 1030;

Oxmantown; Clontarf – site of battle

in 1014.

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St. Michael’s Hill, Christchurch, Dublin 8

Tel: [phone] www.dublinia.ie

For further information please contact our Education Officer at

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