1. Early Middle Ages

What event launched Europe into the Dark Ages?

• The arrival of the plague in 900 A.D.

• The overthrow of the last Roman emperor in 476 A.D.

• The invasion of Rome by the Huns in 600 A.D.

• The fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1200 A.D.

Who was the first Germanic King to accept Catholic Christianity?

• Charles Martel

• King Clovis

• Charlemagne

• Pope Gregory I

What was the first written code of laws for the Fracs?

• The Code of Hammurabi
• The Magna Carta
• The Twelve Tables
• The Salic Law

What was significant about Salic Law?

• It had no impact on inheritance and succession laws.
• It excluded women from inheritance and succession to the throne.
• It granted women equal rights to inheritance and succession to the throne.
• It was only applicable to men and had no effect on women's rights.

Who were the Moors?

• a nomadic tribe from Central Asia

• indigenous people of Africa

• Muslim inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula

• Viking invaders from Scandinavia

What is significant about Charles Martel?

• he was a renowned philosopher in ancient Greece

• the first emperor of the Roman Empire

• he was a famous painter in the Renaissance period

• he won the Battle of Tours in 732, which halted the advance of the Muslim Umayyad Caliphate into Western Europe

King Charles I was the grandson of

• Henry VIII
• Elizabeth I
• Catherine of Aragon
• Charles Martel

What did Charles I change his name to after becoming king of the Francs?

• Caesar

• Charles II
• Philippe I
• Charlemagne

The Saxons were from

• France and Spain
• Norway

• Netherlands, Germany & Denmark

• Italy and Greece

Where were the Slavs from?

• England

• Spain

• Norway & Sweden

• Eastern Europe