Which region's name is linked to Viking settlements established in the land that would become Normandy?

• A. Brittany
• B. Lorraine
• C. Normandy
• D. Aquitaine

Answer: (C)

The name linked to Viking settlements is Normandy because the area was settled by Norsemen who established a duchy there, and the land they settled came to be known as the land of the Northmen. After the Frankish king Charles the Simple granted Rollo control of territory along the Seine in 911, Rollo and his followers settled this part of northern France. The region was soon called Normandy (from the Latin Normanni, meaning Northmen), reflecting the Norse origins of its rulers and settlers. Other regions have different origins for their names—for example, Brittany derives from a Celtic/Brittonic lineage, Lorraine from a ruler’s name in its history, and Aquitaine from older geographic or tribal naming—so none of them indicate Viking settlement in the way Normandy does.