Lief Ericson G W U R D W Q O P C H N T S R K M H E U Z N S H I P F Q X Y T U C A Y Z O U F J U V V Y S T O V L W S X O J C R B S K H A Z R J O U M Z E N Y T Q G O W Y D Q R V E H W M C A W Y A M T E E O M N P T K S L X E W M Y L D S G S L A K X S X A I G O K N Z C K Y A T P E A Y O B E Z W D C M O I T C S J M O E P Q E J N C I D R L P N R K M U X P A P A I I H R G T G R C U G Z X I I G O N I P L N R O V P H R E S F O V Q B H J D X Q I N U C K X Q O T G H L J R E E H E H G W H J C B V A S E S G M L T G H M Q O O P M U Y O Z W Q Y T D R L L N R J P I Y R J O H X P D A A Y L C T B A M J X A V E F X M R I G E T R B A F N L H V D D U J W C N C E S E B T P Y U X S L G J S O E H T T P L Z N D H N H Q E F E A I O T S C B U B E R Y D R P D O G K L Q N R A G T C G W V I F U L N L P S O G O R M K A I Z B L I T D G I I E T E A E B N Q Y Z T R N X N H T K O T Z S Z N N E W F O U N D L A N D Z R V D A X L T S E K C T L T W L P U J Z V B P T E G G B Z E Y V E H G M E A I S N J G F J C P O W E R H S H I E N R J F A R N X M A X J L U A Y H J I L D H Y E S J P B S V B D T L F G N T H Q O V P V G A M N Y V D O O G E H T D N A L N I V M O X R O B X T F F U Y Z O F N T I F H Z P X I P B F T R S K R F O P M J T B U B N S E P A R G T G L K O Z P C Z D R K D Q S F E R I C T H E R E D N A L K R A M R K V P Q L K X O B I K L F J C V B U N D H T K E S D E X R M A L X R The __________ and adventurer he visited the Hebrides Leif Ericson (971- ca. 1015) and left behind a pregnant was the first _____________ mistress, _______________, to seek out the coast of ________ who later followed him ___________. Leif Ericson was with his son. He spent born in __________, the son the winter of 997 in of _____ ____ ______. Norway, where he In 986, he moved with his increased in his _________ parents to _______________. and ___________. He Bjarni Herjolfson who had also became a ___________ followed his father, missed at this time.He later the island and sailed in a returned home and southwesterly direction had made a few other and sighted both the Labrador trips to Newfoundland. coast and ________________. *MARINER As a young man, Leif listened carefully to tales of this *NORSEMAN man's adventures on the new land he discovered. *NORTH AMERICA He later decided he wanted to visit this new land. *ICELAND He was later supplied with the very same ______ *ERIC THE RED that had be used on the first _______________. *GREENLAND He set sail probably in 995, passed ______________ *NEWFOUNDLAND (Labrador), and reached Newfoundland, where his *SHIP thirsty crewmen drank ______ from the grass. Here the *EXPLORATIONS men decided to stay for the _________ where the *MARKLAND days were longer. *DEW In addition to building lodgings, the men cut *WINTER __________ and __________. On one hunting and *TIMBER exploratory expedition, one of his men returned with *HUNTED ________ which later became a staple.Leif *GRAPES named the area __________, which subsequently became *VINLAND known as __________ _____ ______. Grapes *VINLAND THE GOOD grew wild in quantity in Newfoundland until as *RESCUED late as the middle of the 17th century, because *THORER the climate then was much more benign than it is *LUCKY today. On the trip home with timber and other *NORWAY goods, Leif _________ a shipof _________ and *FAVOR from it obtained assorted Norwegian trade goods. *OLAF TRYGGVASON Leif received the name "________" because it *THORGUNNA was such a prosperous voyage. *POWER Leif in 997 sailed for _________, hoping to *PRESTIGE gain ________ with the king, ______ *CHRISTIAN ____________. En route Learning With Puzzles™All Rights Reserved