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Unit 7 The Sea Lesson 1 The Spirit of Explorers Viking Voyages to America The Vikings were the first ________(Europe) to reach America. They achieved this long before Columbus ever ___________. The Vikings were a group of people ________ ancestors came from Scandinavia. They controlled the seas and coasts of Northern Europe _________ the 8th and 10th centuries AD. By around 900 AD, there were many places in Northern Europe ________ the Vikings chose to live. In 982 AD, when a man ______(call) Eric the Red decided to set sail further west, there were as _______ as 10,000 Vikings ________(live) in Iceland. According to the old stories of Iceland and Norway, Eric the Red was ______(force) to leave Iceland because he had _________(commit) a murder, _________ he got into trouble. Eric reached Greenland and discovered that people could live in the place ________ he landed. He returned to Iceland and told people there about Greenland. He persuaded some people to go back with him to Greenland. Eric set sail once again, this time with 25 ships, ___________ only 14 made it to Greenland. Not long after Eric the Red had landed _____ Greenland, a man called Biarni set sail from Iceland __________ (search) Erics party. Biarni was hoping to join his father who was with Eric, but he was blown_____ course and found himself in an _________(know) land, _____________ he eventually reached Greenland. In the year 1002, when Eric the Reds son Leif was planning a trip further west, Biarni was the man _________ Leif discussed his plans. Leif followed Biarnis directions and sailed to what is ___________(believe) to be the coast of present-day Canada. He then sailed further south to ____ island which is now known as Newfoundland. We know about Eric the Red and Leifs deeds through stories ________ were written down centuries later in Norway and Iceland. They are the first records we have ______Europeans _______ (sail) to the Americas. Unit 7 Lesson 3 The Sea World UNDER WATER WORLD