Unit 1: Paper 1 — Climate and Innovation
Topic 1.1: Norse exploration (c.982–1020) Questions
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According to the sagas, what happened to Þorvald Eiriksson, son of Erik the Red?
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Analyse how the context (origin, purpose, time and place) of Source C influences how it can be used to investigate what factors prompted Norse exploration westward.
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Which feature distinguished the knarr from the longship, making it the ship that actually carried settlers across the Atlantic?
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Examine how the perspectives in all the sources can be used to investigate what factors prompted Norse exploration westward.
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 1.1.3 - Q5
According to the archaeological evidence, which finding at L'Anse aux Meadows shows the Norse were smelting iron on site?
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According to this micro-topic, what was the main obstacle in Scandinavia that pushed Norse families to seek new land?
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What Norse custom is described as making land shortage worse with each generation?
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Why, according to this micro-topic, did Erik the Red first sail west from Iceland around 982 CE?
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What does this micro-topic say was Leif Erikson's significance for Norse westward exploration?
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Analyse how the context (origin, purpose, time and place) of Source C influences how it can be used to answer the question: "How did climate conditions shape Norse exploration?"
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2026• Aimnova original vault - 1.1.2 - Q6
What did Leif Erikson name the land he reached around 1000 CE, likely near modern Newfoundland?
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Examine how the perspectives in all the sources can be used to answer the question: "How did climate conditions shape Norse exploration?"
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According to the micro-topic content, roughly how much did average North Atlantic temperatures rise during the Medieval Warm Period?
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Who led the settlement of Greenland from Iceland around 985 CE?
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According to this micro-topic, what was a major limitation of Greenland's environment for Norse settlers?
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How does this micro-topic describe the relationship between the Medieval Warm Period and Norse voyaging?
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Analyse how the context (origin, purpose, time and place) of Source C influences how it can be used to show what innovations Norse exploration produced.
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Based on the midden evidence from Greenland farm sites, what does the high proportion of seal and caribou bones (compared with cattle, sheep and goat) mainly suggest?
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Which site is the only confirmed Norse settlement in North America, excavated in the 1960s by Helge and Anne Stine Ingstad?
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Why do historians treat the sagas' account of Norse-Skrælingjar relations with caution?
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