Early Middle Ages

This was a time in the Middle Ages where the advances of the Romans were lost, and violence was rampant.

• Pax Romana

• The Troubles

• The Dark Ages

• The Great Panic

He was the king of the Franks

• Leif Erickson

• Charlemagne

• Erick the Red

• Olaf

Charlemagne's conquests would lead to the formation of the ___________ Empire

• Byzantine

• Carolingian

• Russian

• Autro-Hungarian

A renewed interest in education under Charlemagne became known as the

• Carolingian Renaissance

• German Renaissance

• Italian Renaissance

• Frankish Renaissance

When the Carolingian Empire fell, the Western part would become ______ and the Middle and Eastern part would become _________.

• France, Germany

• Germany, France

• The Holy Roman Empire, France

• France, The Holy Roman Empire

Raids from groups like the Vikings led people to turn to land owning nobles, which began this economic and political system

• Feudalism

• Authoritarianism

• Communism

• Transcendentalism

Who was at the top of the feudal hierarchy?

• Kings/Queens

• Nobles

• Vassals

• Peasants/Serfs

Who was at the bottom of the Feudal Hierarchy?

• Kings/Queens

• Nobles

• Vassals

• Peasants/Serfs

A peasant legally bound to the lord’s land is known as a

• Serf

• Slave

• Gladiator

• Helot

Peasants and serfs were...

• Rulers

• Warriors

• Merchants

• Farmers