The Middle Ages

Question 0

The Dark Ages

Answer 0

•after the German barbarians destroyed the Roman Empire’s rule around 500 CE
•trade declined, cities were
abandoned
•law and order vanished and education stopped

Question 1

Time Period

Answer 1

Fall of the Roman Empire - the start of the Italian Renaissance

Question 2

Effects of the Dark Ages

Answer 2

• rise of illiteracy
• disunity - development of Romance languages
• end of democracy - chaos in the countryside

Question 3

4 Most Significant Franks

Answer 3

Clovis - converted Franks to christianity
Charles Martel - defeated Moors at Battle of Tours
Pepin the Short - Martel’s son who fought against barbarian tribes; gained favor of Pope
Charlemagne - the greatest king who went to England

Question 4

Charlemagne

Answer 4

• crowned emperor by Pope
• established power of Church in political life
• encouraged learning
• spread of Christianity
• built churches, roads, and schools to unite empire

Question 5

Charlemagne’s Empire collapses / Treaty of Verdun

Answer 5

3 grandsons divided the empire into:

• France
• Germany
• Holland-Italy

Question 6

Vikings Attack

Answer 6

Vikings attack Charlemagne’s divided empire which then boosts feudalism.

Question 7

Feudalism

Answer 7

Political system in which land is exchanged for loyalty. No protection for common people.

Question 8

Manorialism

Answer 8

Feudal economic system; self-sufficient farming estates where lords and peasants share the land

Question 9

Fallow

Answer 9

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