Franks, Irish, & Anglo-Saxons

What did the decline of the Roman Empire lead to?

• Disorder everywhere in western Europe
• The rise of a new and larger empire in western Europe
• Rapid growth of wealth for almost all people in western Europe
• The spread of disease

The a Germanic people called the Franks began to build a new civilization. The new Frankish civilization would later develop into what TWO modern countries? [SELECT ALL CORRECT OPTIONS!]

• Germany
• France
• England
• Scotland
• Ireland

At first, the Franks were divided into separate groups. In [481], one Frankish group chose a man named Clovis as king. What did Clovis bring together?

• Returned all Germanic people to the worship or their old gods
• All of the Frankish groups under his rule
• Captured and looted the city of Rome
• Invaded the British Isles

Clovis was the first Germanic king to do what?

• Accept the Catholic religion [Christianity]
• Accept the norse religion [Germanic or Norse religion]
• Accept the rule of the Eastern Roman Empire
• Accept new forms of currency

Where did Clovis set up a capital?

• Paris
• London
• Aachen
• Marseilles

Who was the leader of the Franks at the Battle of Tours in 732 A.D.?

• Charles Martel
• Clovis
• Charlemagne
• Carlus Magnus

Who were the Franks fighting at the Battle of Tours?

• An army of Arab and Berber Muslims who had conquered Spain in 711
• An army of Romans and Italians Christians who had conquered France in 658
• An army of Anglo-Saxons and Jutes who had conquered England in 437
• An army of Huns and Mongols who had conquered Hungary in 932

What did the Franks’ victory at the Battle of Tours enable?

• It enabled Paganism to survive in western Europe
• It enabled Christianity to survive in Southwest Asia
• It enabled Islam to survive in western Europe
• It enabled Christianity to survive in western Europe

The king of the Franks’ son Charles is best known by his French name Charlemagne. What does “Charlemagne” mean in English?

• Charles the Magnanimous
• Charles the Greedy
• Chuck the Muck
• Charles the Great

What did Charlemagne want to do? [SELECT ALL CORRECT OPTIONS!]

• He wanted to defeat all of the Muslim armies in the Holy Land
• He wanted all the Germanic people to become Christian
• He wanted all the Germanic people to become Muslims
• He wanted to bring all of western Europe under his rule
• He wanted to bring all of western Europe under the rule of Islam