Unit 1: Topic 1-Medieval Europe

The time in Europe after the weakening and division of the Western Roman Empire and before the beginning of the Renaissance is known as the _____________.

• New World

• Renaissance

• Middle Ages

• New Ages

Another name for the Middle Ages were _________ or the __________.

• medieval times/period or the Dark Ages

• medieval times/period or the Daylight Time

• Dark times/period or the New Ages

• Middle Ages or the New World

Geography played a large role in the establishment of kingdoms in Medieval Europe. Mountains, rivers, and seas provided natural __________ for settlers.

• land

• food

• survival

• protection

Europe’s rivers and seas also provided ________, which encouraged _______, which people used to make a profit.

• land, transportation

• transportation, trade

• water, transportation

• land, hiking

Mountains and large rivers also separated people and allowed them to develop different _______ peacefully.

• states

• cultures

• personalities

• lands

• The Western Roman empire experienced decades of invasions by which group of people?

• monks

• monkeys

• barbarians

• monasteries

Weak or corrupt emperors, who were always fighting, led to government mismanagement, which eventually led to the collapse of the _____________ due to poor management.

• England

• Western Roman Empire

• France

• Spain

Roman ________ were used as a way to encourage transportation and trade. However, they also made it easy for enemies to attack at any time.

• Roads

• Buildings

• Mountains

• Rivers

• The Western Roman Empire was too large to manage effectively, which led to political instability. 

• Overtime, it became too expensive to pay for everything in the Empire.

• Therefore, emperors raised ________ to very high levels, which weakened the ________ and angered the people.

• taxes, economy

• prices, social structure

• social structures, economy

• money, social structures

The Middle or “Dark Ages” got its name because there was a lot of _________ during that time and this time also represented a period of decline in ___________.

• learning, monasteries

• learning, violence

• violence, love

• violence, learning