100 Drill Questions for the Middle Ages Flashcards
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Barbarian tribe that sacked Rome in 410 AD
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Visigoths
2
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Leader of the tribe that sacked Rome in 410 AD
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Alaric
3
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Roman general who was major rival of Alaric
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Stilicho
4
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To surround with hostile forces
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besiege
5
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The “Scourge of God” and “Fear of the World”
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Attila the Hun
6
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The armies that joined forces to defeat the Huns at Chalon
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Romans and Visigoths
7
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Roman general who defeated Attila
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Aetius
8
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General who defeated Attila after the death of his father on the battlefield
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Thorismond
9
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Person who persuaded Attila not to attack Rome
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Pope Leo I
10
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Vandal king who conquered North Africa
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Genseric
11
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Roman noble who murdered Valentinium to gain control of Roman throne
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Maximus
12
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Widow of Valentinian who enlisted Vandal aid
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Eudoxia
13
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Leader of the tribe that sacked Rome in 455 AD
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Genseric the Vandal
14
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Roman general who fled in shame after Genseric set Roman fleet on fire
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Basilicus
15
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Last emperor of the Western Roman Empire
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Romulus Augustulus
16
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Barbarian responsible for the fall of Rome in 476 AD
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Odoacer
17
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Ostrogoth king who killed Odoacer, taking possession of Roman Empire
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Theodoric
18
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Established monastery with vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience
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Benedict
19
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Benedictine monk who became Pope and reorganized the church
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Gregory I
20
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King of the Franks who converted to Christianity in 496 AD
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Clovis
21
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Roman general defeated by the King of the Franks, a mere boy
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Syagrius
22
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Christian wife of Clovis
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Clotilde
23
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Emperor who reconquered Rome and North Africa for the Roman Empire
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Justinian
24
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Justinian’s great generals
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Belisarius and Narses
25
Codified Roman law that became basis of much of today's European law
Code of Justinian
26
Founder of Islam
Mohammed
27
Holy book of the Muslims
Koran
28
First convert to Islam
Khadijah
29
Flight from Mecca that marks start of Islamic calendar
Flight of the Hejira
30
Date of Mohammed's flight from Mecca
622 AD
31
Muslim holy city, birthplace of Mohammed
Mecca
32
Frank who established the Church as a state in Italy
Pepin the Short
33
Frank who defeated the Muslims at Tours, ending Muslim expansion into Europe
Charles Martel
34
Muslim general defeated at battle of Tours
Abd-er-Rahman
35
King of France crowned Roman Emperor in 800 AD
Charlemagne
36
Muslim leader of an Islamic country
caliph
37
Muslim leader who admired Charlemagne and sent him a clock and an elephant
Harun-al-Rashid
38
First king to rule England as a united kingdom
Egbert the Saxon
39
Missionary who spread Christianity throughout Ireland
St. Patrick
40
Viking king who won Normandy from the French in a peace agreement
Rollo
41
King of France who let the Vikings become French vassals in return for land
Charles the Simple
42
He would kiss no one's foot
Rollo the Viking
43
King of England who built the first British navy and conquered the Danes
Alfred the Great
44
King of the Germans who conquered the Magyars
Henry the Fowler
45
Danish king who invaded England and took English crown
Sweyn
46
Anglo-Saxon king who fled to Normandy when defeated by Danes
Ethelred the Unready
47
He hated flattery and could not hold back the tides
Canute
48
Son of Sweyn who ruled England with Edmund Ironside, until Edmund's death
Canute
49
First German ruler to take the title of Holy Roman Emperor
Otto
50
Spanish hero and soldier who defeated the Muslim Moors
El Cid
51
Saxon king of England would rather be in church and who died without an heir
Edward the Confessor
52
King of Scotland who was killed by Macbeth
Duncan
53
Son of slain King of Scotland who drove Macbeth out and took throne
Malcolm
54
Norman who came to England to claim the throne - and took it
William the Conqueror
55
Battle marking the end of Saxon reign in England and the beginning of Norman reign
battle of Hastings
56
Saxon king of England defeated and killed by Norman army
Harold Godwinson
57
Native of Normandy descended from Norsemen
Norman
58
Date of the battle of Hastings
1066 AD
59
Holy Roman Emperor who was excommunicated for refusal to recognize the authority of the Pope
Henry IV
60
Pope who excommunicated the Holy Roman Emperor, but died in exile
Gregory VII
61
Pope who called for the First Crusade
Urban II
62
Muslim rulers of Jerusalem after 1070 AD
Turks
63
Series of wars to take the Holy Land from the Muslims
Crusades
64
Leader of the First Crusade army, who became king of the Holy Land
Godfrey of Bouillon
65
Monk who took up cause of First Crusade
Peter the Hermit
66
German emperor who drowned in his armor on the way to the Holy Land
Frederick Barbarossa
67
Leader of the Muslims in their recapture of Jerusalem
Saladin
68
English king who accidentally had the Archbishop of Canterbury put to death
Henry II
69
Archbishop of Canterbury who was murdered by the king's men
Thomas Becket
70
Henry II's "turbulent priest"
Thomas Becket
71
Henry II's wife
Eleanor of Aquitaine
72
Lion-hearted king of England who led the Third Crusade
Richard I
73
King of France who fought in two crusades and was sainted for his piety
St. Louis IX
74
Most valuable document ever granted by a sovereign to his people; signed at Runnymede in 1215 AD
Magna Carta
75
Order of monks that did not separate itself from the world
Franciscans
76
Order of monks devoted to spreading Christian education
Dominicans
77
King of Scotland who won Scotland's independence from England
Robert Bruce
78
King of England who took for himself the throne of Scotland
Edward I
79
Scottish knight who raised a rebellion against the English and was put to death by the English king
William Wallace
80
English king who recognized Scotland's independence and acknowledged Bruce as king
Edward III
81
He gained courage from a spider to try again to free Scotland
Robert Bruce
82
Venetian prince and explorer to China who was inspiration for Columbus
Marco Polo
83
Emperor of China during Marco Polo's visit
Kublai Khan
84
Son of Edward III who was a great military leader against the French
Edward the Black Prince
85
French king defeated by the English in the battle of Poitiers
Philip
86
Swiss mountaineer who organized revolt against Austrian rule
William Tell
87
Mongol warlord who established one of the largest Asian empires in history
Tamerlane
88
English king who conquered France, regaining lands that had belonged to his ancestor, William the Conqueror
Henry V
89
The three handmaidens of war, according to Henry V
fire
blood
famine
90
Battle of 1415 in which the English army defeated a French army four times their size
Agincourt
91
French peasant girl who fought for the French army and was burned at the stake
Joan of Arc
92
Inventor of movable type, transforming the printing industry
Gutenberg
93
The kingmaker
Warwick
94
Long struggle for power between the Lancastrian and Yorkist factions
War of the Roses
95
Periodically mad king during the War of the Roses
Henry VI
96
Murdered two young princes to become king of England
Richard III
97
English king who ended the War of the Roses
Henry Tudor (VII)
98
Political and social system of controlling land through lords and vassals
feudal system
99
Mounted soldier serving under a feudal lord
knight
100
Period in history from the fall of Rome to around 1000 AD
Dark Ages
