Middle Ages

Question 1

The name given to farming peasants during the middle ages

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Serfs

Question 2

Communities in which groups of Christian men and women gave up possessions to live simply

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Monasteries

Question 3

Pax Romana is a time period often linked to Caesar Augustus that means...

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Time of Roman Peace

Question 4

The symbolic act through which a lord presents a vassal with a stick or a clod of earth

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Investiture

Question 5

In the middle ages, warrior culture valued...

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Family loyalty

Question 6

This was the name for the Eastern Roman empire after the Western half fell

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Byzantine Empire

Question 7

They raided monasteries, had nicknames like "Skullsplitter", and sailed from Scandinavia.

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Vikings

Question 8

This barbarian tribe lived in the area of modern day France

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Franks

Question 9

This half of the empire spoke Greek, and included Greece, Asia Minor, Syria, and Egypt

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Eastern Roman Empire

Question 10

This monk set strict rules for how to live in a monastary, and was almost poisoned twice.

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Benedict

Question 11

He wore purple robes, red sandles, and a crown encrusted with pearls, oh, and split the empire!

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Diocletian

Question 12

In 496, this Frankish king converted to Christianity after believing God helped him in battle

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Clovis

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT a name for Rome's capital in the East

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Rome

Question 14

In which type of trial could a woman choose a warrior to take her place?

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Trial by combat

Question 15

This Roman emperor converted to Christianity and moved the capital to Byzantium in the East

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Constantine

Question 16

The name for the political and military system based on land holding in the middle ages

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Feudalism

Question 17

In Rome, these laid the foundation for future laws and made all equal in the eyes of the law

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Twelve Tables

Question 18

This part of the empire was poor, and threatened by barbarian invasions after the split

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Western half

Question 19

The time period between 500 and 1000 A.D. is sometimes known as this because learning decreased

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The Dark Ages

Question 20

To determine guilt or innocent, people in the middle ages used...

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Trials by ordeal, Trials by combat

Question 21

This Frankish king revived learning by setting up schools and learning to read as an adult

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Charlemagne

Question 22

This is the name for the area that is modern day France

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Gaul

Question 23

This mayor of the palace was given the title of king after writting to the pope.

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Pepin the Short

Question 24

Even a lord is a ___________ to the king.

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Vassal

Question 25

His name means "Charles the Great." He ruled for 46 years. He was named Holy Roman Emperor.

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Charlemagne

Question 26

In the middle ages, only _______ could read

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Monks

Question 27

This half of the empire spoke Latin and included Brittania, Gaul, Spain, and Italy

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Western Roman Empire

Question 28

The piece of land given to the vassal from the lord

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Fief

Question 29

This part of the empire was rich because it was the centre for trade routes coming from Asia

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Eastern half

Question 30

This man was mayor of the palace in 714 and defeated the Muslims at the Battle of Tours.

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Charles Martel

Question 31

This man named himself dictator of Rome for life and was later stabbed twenty-three times.

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Julius Caesar

Question 32

Which of the following languages does not use Latin as its base?

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English

Question 33

This guy sailed from Greenland to Newfoundland hundreds of years before Columbus

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Leif Ericson

Question 34

This man is remembered as Rome's first and best emperor

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Caesar Augustus

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