Chapter 13 Section 1

Question 1

Frank’s

Answer 1

A Germanic people who settled in the Roman province of Gaul(roughly the area now occupied by France) and established a great empire during the middle ages

Question 2

Monastery

Answer 2

A religious community of men (called monks) who have given up their possessions to devote themselves to a life of prayer and worship

Question 3

Secular

Answer 3

Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters

Question 4

Carolingian dynasty

Answer 4

A dynasty a Frankish rulers, lasting from A.D. 751 to 987

Question 5

Charlemagne

Answer 5

Also known as Charles; became ruler in 771 after his brother’s death; 6’4” tall; spread Christianity; reunited Europe for the first time since Roman Empire; traveled to Rome in 800 to crush an unruly mob and was crowned emperor by by Pope Leo III; limited authority of nobles; crowned son Louis the Pious as emperor 1 yr before death; died in 814

Question 6

Middle Ages

Answer 6

The era in European history that followed the fall of the Roman Empire, lasting from about 500 to 1500- also called the medieval period