WHI.10a Lesson Riddles Review

I am the “middle” stretch of time, bridging a crumbling empire and a coming renaissance. What era am I?

• Iron Age

• Medieval Age

• Age of Discovery

• Industrial Age

Ships slice my icy fjords; my warriors raid, trade, and settle from England to Rus’. Where did these sea-wolves first raise sail?

• Iberian Peninsula

• Scandinavia

• North Africa

• Italian Peninsula

A power vacuum beckoned me south. I crossed the Rhine, embraced Catholic baptism, and forged a realm in Gaul and parts of Germany. Who am I?

• Odoacer

• Clovis I

• Alaric II

• Theodoric the Great

Romans left me roads and laws; missionaries taught me creeds; my own kinship oaths shaped my courts. What “three-legged stool” supports my society?

• Greek philosophy, Roman tax, Celtic myth

• Classical Rome, Christian belief, Germanic custom

• Byzantine rituals, Islamic law, Frankish coinage

• Norse saga, Persian science, Athenian democracy

I sprang from Scandinavia, yet my legacy lingers in Normandy’s name and Dublin’s streets. Which group am I?

• Huns

• Vikings

• Angles

• Saxons

Latin titles such as dux and comes cling to my chieftains, granting Roman prestige long after emperors fell. What phenomenon is this?

• Classical continuity

• Total cultural rupture

• Byzantine annexation

• Islamic governance

Withdraw the legions and we arrive—Angles, Saxons, Jutes—planting words that will become English. Which island do we reshape?

• Sicily

• Britain

• Iceland

• Crete

My conversion from Arianism bound my people to the Catholic Church, paving paths for alliances and war. What decisive act was this?

• Edict of Milan

• Baptism of Clovis

• Council of Nicaea

• Synod of Whitby

Raiders fear me least; I store wealth, knowledge, and parchment but lack walls. Thus I become their favorite target. What am I?

• Stone keep

• Monastery

• Merchant guild hall

• Roman amphitheater

I am a Germanic payment price—gold for a life or limb—aimed to cool vengeance with coin. What legal custom describes me?

• Wergild

• Tithe

• Danegeld

• Feodum