WorksheetsModule 4 Early Middle Ages Review Key Terms
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Who was Justinian?
In 527, he became the
Byzantine emperor.
leader of the Eastern Church
formal declaration that someone is no longer a member of the
Church
a body of Roman law collected and organized by Justinian around
AD 534
patriarch
Hagia Sophia
Justinian Code
icons are religious image used in practices by Eastern Christians
True
False
What is a formal declaration that someone is no longer a member of the
Church?
excommunication
Icon
Patriarch
Who invented the Cyrillic alphabet?
Saints Cyril and Methodius
Justinian
patriarch
Who are the Slavs people?
people from the forests north of the Black Sea
people from Russia
people from western europe
Who was Yaroslav the Wise?
grand prince of Kiev; he converted to Orthodox Christianity in the 980s
and made it the state religion
Russian prince who gained power by working with the Mongols
son of Vladimir; as Russian ruler he helped Kiev gain further
power and wealth
what is a czar?
Russian emperor
people from the forests north of the Black Sea
a strong soldier
who was Charlemagne?
dynasty of Frankish rulers, lasting from 751 to 987
Germanic people who held power in the Roman province called Gaul
powerful Frankish ruler (768 to 814) who built a huge empire
The slow decline of the Roman
Empire marked the beginning of a new
era in European history called the
............................, It lasted from around 500
to 1500.
Middle Ages
Franks
Carolingian Dynasty
a religious community of men (monks) devoted to worship and prayer
secular
monastery
Franks
what do we call a landowner in the Middle Ages?
Peasant
Lord
Vassal
a land granted by a lord to a vassal is called a ....
tithe
serf
fief
manor
a peasant who worked the land of a lord and could not lawfully leave it is called a ......
serf
knight
fief
vassal
what is a tithe?
warrior on horseback who promised to defend his lord’s land in exchange
for a fief
Church tax; usually one-tenth of a peasant family’s income
person receiving a fief from a lord
code of behavior for knights, stressing ideals such as courage, loyalty, and
devotion
tournament
chivalry
troubadour
staged battle for entertaining audiences and training knights
troubadour
chivalry
tournament
