Emperor Constantine moved the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to which city?
What is Byzantium?
100
Who led (and still leads) the Roman Catholic Church?
What is the Pope?
100
What did Charlemagne name his empire?
What is the Holy Roman Empire?
100
What is a fief?
What is a tract of land on which serfs worked?
100
By what year did Islam control the southwest Asia (the Middle East) and northern Africa?
What is by A. D. 750?
200
Where did Christians in Rome worship when Christianity was not legal?
What are the catacombs?
200
Where do monks live?
What is a monastery?
200
What does "Charlemagne" mean in English?
What is "Charles the Great"?
200
What is the study of the symbols used on a coat-of-arms called?
What is heraldry?
200
Who was Charles Martel's grandson?
Who was Charlemagne?
300
Of the Germanic groups that invaded Rome, which group came from northern Europe and invaded later (by the 800s, 900s, & 1000s)--Ostrogoths, Vikings, Visigoths, Vandals, Franks, Angles, or Saxons?
What are the Vikings?
300
In the West, what do we call person who is Christian, but who is not Roman Catholic?
What is Protestant?
300
Who ruled the largest area in the West since the Roman emperors (since the fall of Rome)?
Who is Charlemagne?
300
Workers--farmers--who worked the land were called?
What is a serf?
300
How long did the eastern half of the Roman Empire last after the Roman Empire was split?
What is another thousand years?
400
What is the modern-day name for Constantinople?
What is Istanbul?
400
Which Roman emperor was the first to claim to be Christian (hint: He asked God for help in a battle and won the battle.)?
Who is Constantine?
400
In what battle did Charles Martel stop the advancement of Islam into Europe (not including Spain)?
What is the Battle of Tours?
400
What do we call a heavily fortified dwelling?
What is a castle?
500
What was the main language that remained in the eastern half of the Roman Empire?
What is Greek?
500
What does the word "Pope" mean?
What is "papa" or "father"?
500
When was Charlemagne crowned?
What is Christmas Day, 800?
500
What do we call the estates belonging to the nobles?
What is a manor?
500
What is the code of conduct called for nobles and knights?