The Dark Ages

Charlemagne was the King of who?

• Germanic Tribes

• Franks

• Romans

• Byzantines

Who saved western monasticism?

• St. Thomas Aquinas

• Pope Urban II

• St. Benedict

• St. Pope Gregory 1

Who was Clovis I

• the father of Charlemagne

• the first true Frankish king

• an evil Saxon king

• the Pope during the Dark Ages

Why was Clovis an important historical figure during the Dark Ages?

• He converts to Islam

• He converts to Christianity

• He defeated the Franks

• He defeated the Byzantine Empire

Why was the work of monks unique during the Dark Ages?

• They preserved important works of literature

• They helped spread Islam

• They defeated the Vikings

Who was the Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire that dreamed of once again uniting east and west and bringing the entire empire back to glory?

• Charles Martel

• Suleiman the Magnificent

• Justinian

• Caesar

During the Middle Ages, who were the only literate people? (The only ones who could read and write?)

• Merchants

• Farmers

• Monks

• Actresses

What disease, spread by fleas on rats, killed up to 50% of the European population during the Dark Ages?

• COVID-19

• Bubonic Plague

• Scarlet Fever

• Measles

What religion were the Moors?

• Christian

• Jewish

• Muslim

• Hindu

The Plague spread along ______ to reach Europe.

• mountains

• Carts

• Trade Routes

• Planes