Who Am I?

Draw a line from each description to the name of the person described.

Description Person
1.  I was the first to settle in Iceland and my farm became the capital city of Reykjavik.

2. I was a chief who was accused of murder and forced to leave Iceland.

3.  I found Greenland after my ship was blown off course in a storm.

4.  I named the island I explored Greenland to encourage people to settle there.

5.  I followed my brother to Vinland to do more exploration and was killed by an arrow.

6.  I originally came from Sunnfjord, Norway.

7.  I was the first European to set foot on North America.

8.  I was the first to sight America, but I turned back toward home without landing.

9.  I gave these names to the places I landed: Vinland, Helluland, and Markland.

10,  I was born in Norway with the last name of Thorwaldson, but I grew up in Iceland and I'm better known by another name.

a.  Thorwald Eriksson

 

b.  Bjarni Herjulfsson

 

c.  Eric the Red

 

d.  Ingolf Arnarson

 

e.  Leif the Lucky

 

f.  Erik the Red

 

g.  Gunnbjorn

 

h.  Leif the Lucky

 

i.  Erik the Red

 

j.  Ingolf Arnarson