Assessment Chapter 17 Section 2

The ________________________ gets its name from the fact that it falls between ancient times and the modern period. (pg. 500)

• Middle Ages
• The Franks
• Monasteries
• Clovis

In the 500s a powerful group known as the ________________________ conquered Gaul, the region we now call France. (pg. 503)

Popes sent many ________________________ to teach people in the northern European kingdoms about Christianity. (pg. 501)

Europeans lived in fear of attacks by the Vikings, who were from __________________. (pg. 503)

• The Franks
• Scandinavia
• Monasteries
• Japan

________________________, or communities of monks were built all over Europe in the Middle Ages. (pg. 502)

• The Franks
• Scandinavia
• Monasteries
• Japan

________________________ helped the poor and needy, ran schools, and collected ancient Greek and Roman writings. (pg. 502)

• The Franks
• Monks
• Kings
• Vikings

While the Franks were building their empire, ________________________, Magyar, and Muslim invaders were attacking settlements across Europe. (pg. 503)

• The Franks
• Monks
• Kings
• Vikings

One of the first missionaries to travel to northern Europe was Saint ______________ who converted many people in Britain and Ireland. (pg. 501)

________________________ was the first king of the Franks to convert to Christianity. (pg. 503)

A brilliant warrior and a strong king, ________________________, led the Franks to conquer much of what once was the Roman Empire. (pg. 503)