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Columbus or Vikings?

Review the following words.

Ancient давній, coastlineберегова лінія, Icelandic ісландський, to correspondвідповідати, Eiric the RedЕрік Рижий, Leif KirikssonЛейф Еріксон.

Who discovered America? Was it Christopher Columbus or ancient Norsemen, Vikings, sailing from Greenland five hundred years before him?

Do you know anything about this question?

It is not a new question and it arose again in 1957 when an ancient map, called the Vinland Map, was found in London. It is a map of the world as it was known one thousand years ago and scientists think that it was made about 1440.

What is Vinland? Scientists believe that it was the Norsemen's name for North America. The map shows Western Europe clearly with a coastline running from North Africa through Gibraltar and including the British Isles to Norway and the Arctic Ocean. It shows Iceland and Greenland. But it also shows to the west of Greenland a great country the Norsemen called Vinland. The outlines of the coast of Vinland on the ancient map correspond to those of the coast of Newfoundland and North America today. Icelandic sagas tell of a Norsemen, Eiric the Red, and his son Leif Eriksson? about the voyages they made. They sailed from near the place on modern maps of Greenland called Julianehaab, discovered Vinland at the end of the 10th century, built houses, wintered there, and returned to Greenland. The ancient Norsemen left sailing instructions behind them.

The Icelandic sagas tell about the things we can see on the ancient Vinland Map found in London in 1957.

1. Find in the text English equivalents of the following words and word combinations.

Сплачувати податки, вільний та незалежний, підписаний, приєднуватись, було вирішено, відповідати, сага, організовувати експедицію, наполягати на поверненні, бути впевненим.

2. Translate the following words and word combinations into Russian or Ukrainian and make up sentences with them.

Аt an early age, by sailing to the west, did everything he could to make them continue, with olive-coloured skins, to pay very heavy taxes, is known to the world as, began to grow, with a coastline running from, correspond to.

3. Put the question to the bold type word or expression.

1. They knew nothing about such a big continent as America.

2. The voyage was very dangerous and difficult.

3. The American colonies belonging to England had to obey the laws of "the mother country".

4. The new country began to grow.

5. It shows Iceland and Greenland.

6. The Icelandic sagas tell about the things we can see on the ancient Vinland Map found in London in 1957.

4. Make up the plan to the text and retell the text according to the plan.

Питання для самоконтролю.

1. Перевірка розуміння змісту тексту за допомогою питань:

Why did the American colonies have to obey the laws of "the mother country"?

Where was The Declaration signed?

What can you tell about the first American flag?

Who discovered America?

What do you know about this question?

What do you know about Columbus?

What can you tell about Vikings?

What is Vinland?

2. Перевірка засвоєння лексичного мінімуму за темою: “The National Symbols and Governmental System of the USA”.

3. Перевірка розуміння змісту тексту за фахом за допомогою запитань або виконання завдань до тексту.

4. Перевірка засвоєння граматичного матеріалу за темою: „Читання дробових чисел, дат”.