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WorksheetsChapter 7 Sections 1 and 2: The Early Middle Ages
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
This was a time of social, economic, and political decline.
The Fall of Rome
The Clovis Era
The Dark Ages
The Basel Singularity
The Goths, Saxons, and Vandals are all examples of...
Frankish Kingdoms
Germanic Tribes
Barbarian Hordes
European Soccer Teams
Who united the Frankish tribes?
Charlemagne
Charles Martel
Pope Leo III
Clovis
What did Charles Martel's victory over the Muslims at the Battle of Tours mean to the Europeans?
More land to control.
God favored the Christians.
Freedom for trade.
The end of the Dark Ages
Who was crowned emperor of the Roman Empire on Christmas of 800 CE?
Charlemagne
Clovis
Charles Martel
Pope Leo III
How did Charlemagne ensure his will was done and justice was ensured in his empire?
Elected judges.
Hired mercenaries.
Traveled the empire.
Appointed Missi Dominici
What treaty divided Charlemagne's empire into thirds between his grandchildren?
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Trent
Treaty of Verdun
Treaty of Tours
Who were the nomadic horsemen from Hungary who raided the outskirts of Charlemagne's Empire?
Magyars
Huns
Vikings
Vandals
What Scandanavian group of farmers and sailors raided Europe and broke down the remnants of Charlemagne's empire?
Huns
Saxons
Vandals
Norsemen
The word "Viking" was not the good of people. It actually means...
To go exploring the seas.
To seek out trade.
To seek mercenary jobs
all of the above
A Feudal Contract is a...
System in which a powerful lord granted a vassal a fief.
Decentralized political structure in which powerful lords divided their landholdings among lesser lords.
Mock battle where knights practiced their skills.
Document that set out the rights & privileges of a town.
Chivalry only applied to which of the following groups?
Women
Commoners
Serfs
Nobles
Charlemagne being crowned the Roman emperor by Pope Leo III was significant because he was…
Viking
Jewish
Germanic
Roman
The Treaty of Verdun divided Charlemagne’s empire into _______ regions.
Three (3)
It didn’t divide it, Charlemagne’s empire stayed whole until after WWII.
Four (4)
None of the above. It was actually called the Treaty of Tours.
Which of the following phrases is used to describe the political, social, & economic decline experienced by Western Europe after the collapse of Rome?
The Middle Ages
The Medieval Times
The Troubles
The Dark Ages
The peasants/serfs who work the land belong to what?
The Fief (estate, manor)
The King
They belonged to themselves.
Their lord
Muslim armies were stopped by the army of which of the following individuals?
Charlemagne
Clovis
Charles Martel
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Charlemagne did NOT use which of the following to unite his empire?
Religion
Naval might
Education
Christianity
Which group overran Eastern Europe, plundering Germany & parts of France & Italy for 50 years?
Vikings
Saxons
Urals
Magyars
Which of the following actions is one of a Lord’s obligations to serfs?
Repairing roads, bridges, & fences to ensure the health & safety of their serfs
Providing them with protection
Helping fund the dowry of the eldest daughter of every serf
Paying them in coinage for every pound of goods collected by the serf
A serf was bound to…
The Land
Their Lord
The Liege Lord of their Lord
The King
Serfs were NOT allowed to participate in which of the following activities?
Swimming in rivers as a form of bathing
Farming land for their own subsistence
Hunting in the woods surrounding their manor
Sledding during the winter months when there was no farming to do
How many liege lords did a vassal have?
Vassals could serve an infinite number of liege lords.
One (1)
None of the above. Liege lords actually served vassals.
Two (2)
The vikings were NOT __________.
Fond of sea travel
A hygienic people
Explorers
An empire
One of the causes of Rome’s fall was…
The use of mercenaries in Roman legions
An overuse of salt
Halting the use of coinage
Spending too much time developing external trade, not internal trade
The territory belonging to the Franks under King Clovis eventually became known as…
Frankia
Austrasia
France
Gaul
Charles Martel stopped…
The rise of the Carolingian Dynasty.
Muslim advancement into western Europe.
The fall of the Eastern Roman Empire.
The fall of Austrasia.
What other name was Charlemagne known by?
Clovis
Charles Magnus
Charles the Great
Carolingian
Which king wanted to create a unified Christian Europe?
Charles Martel
Leo III
Pepin of Herstal
Charlemagne
In Latin, the Middle Ages roughly translates to…
Medicus
Maledicus
Medieval
Mercator
Scholars from which era gave the Middle Ages the nickname “the Dark Ages?”
The Renaissance
The Middle Ages
Byzantium
Tudor England
__________ was a way of life for Medieval nobles.
Compulsory education
Warfare
Chariot racing
Needlework
Noblewomen were able to ____________.
inherit land
always choose their husband
None of the above
Both A & B
Which of the following women were incredibly influential in politics of the early Middle Ages?
Lady Jane Grey
Margery of Kempe
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Queen Elizabeth II
Nobles fortified their homes with which of the following?
There wasn’t a need to fortify homes, as all castles were already built out of stone.
Piranha filled moats
Drawbridges
All of the above
