Middle Ages Quiz

After the Western part of

the Roman Empire fell in

476, Western Europe

entered a period that some

called the ______.

• DARK AGES

• Medieval Age

• Middle Period

Western Europe became

isolated from the thriving

civilizations in the Middle

East, China, and India as

___ between the regions

slowed and once thriving

towns were abandoned.

• growing

• trade

• farming

During this time, Classical Greek and Roman ideas and culture combined

with Germanic and Christian traditions to form a new

civilization.

• DARK

• Middle

• MEDIEVAL

After the fall of Rome, there was no longer ___ group or kingdom that

ruled all of Western Europe.

• two

• one

• three

Between the years __-__, Germanic tribes like the Goths, Vandals,

Slavs, and Franks carved up Western Europe into kingdoms.

• 400-700

• 400-600

• 300-600

• 700-900

Led by their king, ___, the Franks conquered Gaul (present day

France) in 486.

• Charlemagne

• Frank

• Clovis

When Clovis converted to Christianity towards the end of his reign, the

Franks gained the ___ (the leader of the Christian Church in Rome)

as a powerful ally.

• king

• Pope

• kingdom

In 768, Charles I, the grandson of Charles Martel,

became king of the Franks.

• Frank

• Clovis

• Charlemagne

• Tom

During his reign, he fought the Muslims (Spain),

Saxons (Northern Europe), Avars (Austria-Hungary),

Slavs (Eastern Europe), and Lombards (Italy) to expand the

Frank empire to encompass most of Western Europe and he was an ally of the Christian Church and forced those he conquered to convert to Christianity.

• Frank

• Clovis

• Charlemagne

• Tom

He conquered land to his supporters and soldiers, appointed nobles to rule over local regions, and kept track of what was happening in his empire by using missi

dominici (royal messengers).

• Clovis

• Charlemagne

• Tom

• Frank