WH Unit 5

Select the consequences of the fall of Rome (western half).

• a decline in learning

• a decline in Christianity

• new smaller/weaker kingdoms

• the loss of a common language

Lived in monasteries.

• Nuns

• Monks

• Laity

• Freemen

1st leader of the Franks

• Charlamagne

• Pepin the Short

• Clovis

• Pepin II

Best known of the Carolingian House; 1st Holy Roman Emperor

• Charlamagne

• Pepin the Short

• Clovis

• Pepin II

What caused the Carolingian House to fall?

• English invaders

• Muslim invaders from the south

• internal fighting that split the kingdom

• a conflict with the Pope

Political/social system common in the Middle Ages

Economic system common in the Middle Ages

The need for mutual protection from invaders and rivals lead to the rise of...

• dominant emperors

• Strong Kingdoms

• Feudalism

• the birth of the Holy Roman Empire

List the social classes of feudalism in ascending order.

• serf, freeman, knight, lord, king

• freeman, serf, noble, knight, king

• king, lord, knight, freeman, serf

Innovations in medieval farming.

• pitchforks

• new harness (horse collar)

• iron plow

• solar powered crops