The Early Middle Ages Section 2

The __________ gets its name from the fact that it falls between ancient times and the modern period.

• monasteries

• Middle Ages

• Scandinavia

In the 500s a powerful group known as the __________ conquered Gaul, the region we now call France.

• Franks

• Clovis

• Muslims

Popes sent many ____________ to teach people in the northern European kingdoms about Christianity.

• Franks

• Muslims

• missionaries

Europeans lived in fear of attacks by Vikings, who were from ____________.

• Scandanavia

• monasteries

• Charlemagne

One of the first missionaries to travel to northern Europe, __________ converted many people in Britain and Ireland.

• Charlemagne

• Clovis

• Saint Patrick

_____________ was the first king of the Franks to convert to Christianity.

• Saint Patrick

• Charlemagne

• Clovis

___________ helped the poor and needy, ran schools, and collected ancient Greek and Roman writings.

• monks

• Franks

• Muslims

__________, or communities of monks were built all over Europe in the Middle Ages.

• monasteries

• missionaries

• Clovis

While the Franks were building their empire, ____________ Magyar, and Viking invaders were attacking settlements across Europe.

• Clovis

• Missionaries

• Muslims

A brilliant warrior and a strong king, ______________ led the Franks to conquer much of what once was the Roman Empire.

• Saint Patrick

• Charlemagne

• Clovis