Fill in the Blanks The VikingsOnline version Past Simple Tense by Jolanta Jaroszewska 1 could died traded visited means were was were believed The Vikings famous for sailing huge distances from their home in Scandinavia between AD 800 and 1066 to raid and plunder , but they also with people from other countries . The name ? Viking ? a pirate raid' in the Old Norse language . Around 500 years before Christopher Columbus ? discovered' the American continent , Vikings its shores , landing in what is now Canada in around AD 1000 . Vikings in Thor , the god of thunder , and Loki , a cheeky mischief - maker who shape - shift to become all different kinds of animals . What a beast ! The Vikings expert boat builders and sailors . When important Viking , he placed with all their clothes , jewellery , even their animals , in a burial ship .