Chapter 1 Rome, Dark Ages, Vikings Flashcards
Vikings lived in the northern areas of Europe now known as what?
Norway Denmark and Sweden
What are 2 reasons the Vikings became skilled seamen?
1: It was hard to make a living farming so they plunder using boats
2: Easier to travel by sea to one inlet to another than by land
Explain what a “fjord” is.
A fjord is an inlet of the sea on the coastline. Fjords are between high mountains
Make a to do list for Vikings during the winter months.
Repair Boats
Make good of rotten timber
Renew ropes AND sails
Keep weapons in trim
Viking longboats were much better than Saxon ________.
Saxon Keel
Viking longboats were driven by _____ and a great square ______.
Oarsmen
Sail
A Wooden paddle was fixed to the ____ _____ side of the Viking longboat.
Right hand
What was the name of the Viking who discovered Greenland?
Eric the Red
What was the name of the Viking who explored North America nearly 500 years before Columbus?
Leif the lucky.
While the Franks settled in France after the fall of Rome Britain was invaded by the _________,_________,and_________.
Angles Saxons and Jutes
All from Germany
The Anglo-Saxons (or English) people drove the native Celtic people into _________,__________,___________,and_____
Wales, Cornwall, Scotland, and Ireland
Anglo Saxons can be described as
Warriors who farmed
Anglo-Saxons were skilled ________ and were known for their ______ ______,________, and________
Craftsman
Fine metal
Sculptures
Jewelry
Anglo Saxons suffered from ______ _____ and _______ _______
Weak kings and Viking Raids
Irish Celts were known as what?
The educated elite
Vikings attacked Charlemagne’s old empire in ______ A.D
855
Another name for the Vikings.
Northmen
Ancient cultures such as _______,________,_________,________,________ have all contributed to the modern _______ culture that exists today.
Greeks Romans Franks Saxons Vikings
Western
The 4 factors of a civilization are _____,_______,_______,_______
Physical Social Economical Political
Romans defeated the Greeks in _______
150BC
Roman law was ________ and _______ was a common language
Pax Romana
Latin
The Romans called all those people outside of the empire ______
Barbarians
In 284 A.D the _______ _________ ________ divide the Roman empire in two.
Roman Emperor Diocletes
Diocletes successor ____________ ruled east Rome and worked hard to rebuild the old city __________ and renamed it _________
Constantine
Byzantium
Constantinople
Economic reason Rome fell:_______
Social
Political
And Physical
Emperors wasted money on lavish buildings
Diseases swept through killing many
Not loyal soldiers because forces into war
Too big to control
Frank’s conquered much of what was the Roman province of _______(______)
Gaul(France)
Most famous frank family was the __________
Merovingians
Most successful Merovingian ruler was _______ (_____)
Clovis I (481-511 A.D)
Frank’s law was called ________
Salic Code
Salic code included _____,_______, and ________ as property
Slaves wives and children
Charlemagne or ________ ________ ________ was great rule because personal intelligence and interest in rebuilding civilization
Charles the great
Charlemagne succeeded in bringing out a rebirth of learning and the arts known as _______ _______
Carolingian Renaissance
Some so scared they would pay the Vikings to leave payment called _______
Danegeld
Most Vikings were _______ or _______
Farmers or fishermen
A Scandinavian poet who recited poems at former gatherings was called ______
A skald
The Viking government all free adults could attend was called
A thing
Most savage sentence from the Vikings was called an _______
Outlaw
