Chapter 8 Lesson 4: The Age of Charlemagne

He established the Frankish kingdom.

• Crassus

• Julius Caesar

• Clovis

• Pepin

  He was the first Germanic ruler to convert to Catholic Christianity.

• Charlemagne

• Clovis

• Crassus

• Augustus Caesar

After Clovis death, the empire had been divided into _________ major areas

• two

• three

• four

•   five

It was the amount paid by the wrongdoer to the family of the person; he or she had injured or killed.

• ordeal

• Code of Hammurabi

•   Wergild

•   Guild system

It was based on the idea of divine intervention; if the accused person was unharmed after a physical trial, he or she was presumed innocent.

•   wergild

• ordeal

• Hammurabi code of law

• Behavioral disorder

He was the son of Charles Martel or known as Charles the Great.

• Clovis

• Hammurabi

• Crassus

• Charlemagne

He expanded the Frankish kingdom and created the Carolingian Empire

•    Charles Martel

• Clovis

•   Charlemagne

• Crassus

In order to limit the counts’ powers, Charlemagne set us this system, in which two men were sent to local districts to ensure that the counts carried out the king’s wishes.

•   English missionaries

•   Missi dominici

• Charlemagne code of justice

• Germanic laws

Charlemagne was a decisive man who was able to read and write.

• True

• False

Charlemagne had no strong desire to promote learning in his kingdom as he had intellectual Catholic clergy and government officials.  

• True

• False