Heritage CH14 Quiz 2

Question 1

King _______ lead the Franks to eliminate the Roman Empire and conquered the last of the Romans in Gaul.

Answer 1

Clovis

Question 2

Charles _____ united the Franks to defeated the Muslims. His name means “the Hammer”

Answer 2

Martel

Question 3

Charles Martel’s empire was also known as the ______ Empire.

Answer 3

Carolingian Empire

Question 4

Charles’ son, _____ the _____, is known for making an alliance with the church of Rome. he helped defend Rome from the Lombards.

Answer 4

Pepin the Short (defended Roman Church from the Lombards)

Question 5

Pepin the Short stopped the Lombards to help the Roman church. The church anointed him as king. He gave the church these lands…. _____ States.

Answer 5

Papal States

Question 6

This ruler was the greatest of all the Carolingian kings. his name means “Charles the Great”.

Answer 6

Charlemagne

Question 7

Charlemagne divided his lands into small districts into large farming communities known as ______?

Answer 7

manors (ruled by a lord and had peasants working there)

Question 8

Charlemagne had this church scholar develop a new form of writing that used lower case and upper case letters?

Answer 8

Alcuin

Question 9

They invaded Charlemagne’s empires from the north (Scandinavia) and were called Norsemen, Northmen, or ______?

Answer 9

Vikings (how to train your dragon)

Question 10

Without an empire, Europe was now controlled by Feudalism. Kings would give land called ______ to nobles (lords).

Answer 10

fiefs

Question 11

A lord would choose nobles to manage parts of the land. These lower nobles were called

Answer 11

vassals

Question 12

This was a “mounted soldier” who defended the manor for the lord during the Middle Ages

Answer 12

a Knight

Question 13

To become a knight, a boy had to be this at age 7, and this at age 14? Knights had to be 21

Answer 13

page (worked in the castle)

squire (was an assistant to the knight)

Question 14

if there were no wars going on, knights would mack pretend battles called _____?

Answer 14

tournaments (like when you were queen at the joust)

Question 15

The best way to identify a knight was by his ______ of ______?

Answer 15

Coat of Arms (on his shield?)

Question 16

This was the code of behavior that knights lived under?

Answer 16

chivalry

Question 17

Peasants that lived on the lord’s land were called _____?

Answer 17

serfs (they like to surf)

Question 18

If a serf was a really good craftsman, they were given more privileges and called ______?

Answer 18

freemen (like a free slave)

Question 19

The king of England died without an heir. Two nobles fought a battle that decided who would become kind of Medieval England

Answer 19

Battle of Hastings

Question 20

This nobleman broke through the shield wall and won the Battle of Hastings. He was the first of the royal line called the Normans

Answer 20

William the Conqueror

Question 21

This was the type of trial under King Henry II where they would throw people in the water to see if they were guilty?

Answer 21

Trial by ordeal

Question 22

This was a type of written order given to a sheriff to resolve who owned land?

Answer 22

a writ

Question 23

This type of trial included local people who came to the court to decide disputes

Answer 23

trial by jury

Question 24

In 1215, many nobles led a revolt and created a document known as the “Great Charter”. This document protected people’s rights and was known as the _____ _____?

Answer 24

Magna Carta

Question 25

Houses and manors were later replaced by castles. This was a strong central tower in the castle where the royal family lived

Answer 25

a keep (keep family safe)

Question 26

The Crusades drove out the Muslims in the 1000s. By the 1500s, many people in Europe looked for more truth in religion and wanted to get away from the Catholic church. This reform was called the ________ Reformation.

Answer 26

Protestant Reformation