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Early Middle
Ages
500 to 1000
A.D.
Why did Europe decline between
400-700 AD?
A. natural disasters
B. constant invasions
C. the Black Death
Which Germanic tribe created
the strongest kingdom?
A. Franks
B. Goths
C. Vandals
The Franks converted to
Christianity and stopped the
Muslims from advancing
further into Europe at the
Battle of
A. Hastings
B. Tours
C. the Bulge
Who is being described?
•He was a Frankish king who built an
empire.
•Pope Leo crowned him Holy Roman
Emperor
•He spread Christianity and Roman Culture
throughout his empire
A.Charlemagne
B.Clovis
C.Caesar
Charlemagne’s empire included
which modern-day countries?
A. Greece and Macedonia
B. Ireland, Great Britain
and Denmark
C. France, Germany, and
part of Italy
Charlemagne’s military conquests
and alliance with the church helped
to blend which three traditions in
Western Europe?
A.Scandinavian and
Byzantine
B.Roman, Christian, and
German
C.Hungarian and Mongol
Which invaders were expert sailors and
ferocious fighters who came from
Scandinavia and settled in Russia?
A. Vikings
B. Angles and Saxons
C. Magyars
Which nomadic invaders came from
Central Asia and settled in present-day
Hungary?
A. Vikings
B. Angles
and
Saxons
C. Magyars
Which invaders settled in Great
Britain (England) ?
A. Angles and
Saxons
B. Mongols
C. Franks
All of the following were effects of these
invasions EXCEPT
A. towns emptied and declined
B. the feudal system was strengthened
C. trade increased
People who were bound to the land
and provided labor for the manor
were called
A. merchants
B. nobles
C.serfs
Why did people become give
up their freedom to become
serfs for landholding
lords?
A. high wages
B. excellent working conditions
C.protection
What provided protection from invaders?
A. manors with castles
B. Roman army
C. heavily armed serfs
Who held the real power in feudal
society?
King
A. king
B. lords (nobles)
Lords
C. serfs
Vassals:
Knights
Serfs (peasants)
In exchange for loyalty and military
service, a landowning lord would give a
knight a parcel of land to rule called a
A. province
B. fief
C. territory
The knight who received the land
was known as a
A. vassal
B. peasant
C. serf
The lord’s estate was called a
A.manor
B.castle
C.plantation
As the Roman Empire declined, what
became the unifying force in Western
Europe?
A.Vandals
B.Islamic religion
C.Roman Catholic Church
Who spread Christianity and brought
the Latin alphabet to the Germanic
tribes?
A. artisans
B. scribes
C. missionaries
Where were Greco-Roman cultural
achievements copied, illustrated and
preserved?
A.manor
B.monasteries
C.libraries
Who met the daily religious and
social needs of the people?
A. local lords
B. the Pope
C.parish priests