The Franks

The Franks settled the area that is present day what country?

• France

• Morocco

• Sweden

• Russia

Early on King Clovis became a religious follower of what?

• the eastern Orthodox branch of Christianity

• the Roman Catholic branch of Christianity

• Judaism

• Islam

Many Franks became Catholic followers.

• True

• False

The sons of Clovis divided the empire into kingdoms. Later these kings fought over land.

• True

• False

Why was Charles Martel significant?

• he was a powerful Frankish military leader who defeated the Muslims

• he became a pope

• he brought Judaism into northern Europe

• all of these

Who is the head of the Catholic Church?

• the bishop

• the laity

• the pope

• the priests

At the Battle of Tours in 732, what happened?

• Charles Martel stopped the Muslims from advancing further into Europe.

• the Franks were defeated and taken over by the Muslims

• the Franks fought the Byzantines

• all of these

Charlemagne was also known as what?

• Charles the Terrible

• Charles the Conqueror

• Charlie

• Charles the Great

Charlemagne helped do what?

• invite scholars to the Frankish empire

• build schools and churches

• reform the money system

• all of these things

What happened after Charlemagne died?

• the kingdom weakened

• the Franks conquered land in Asia

• there was a horrible potato blight

• the Muslims took over all of Europe