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When were the Middle Ages?
Roughly AD500-1500
What do geographers describe Europe as?
The peninsula of peninsulas.
Why do geographers describe Europe as the peninsula of peninsulas?
Because it's one large peninsula with many small peninsulas.
What divides Spain and France?
The Pyrenees
Where is the Rhine?
The Rhine runs northward through Germany and the Netherlands to the North Sea.
Who moved to the British Isles?
The Angles, Saxons, and Jutes
Who was Charlemagne?
Multiple answers possible.
What did Chrlemagne do?
Multiple answers possible.
Who was Clovis I?
He was a Frankish leader.
There were two main rivers in Europe, what were they?
The Rhine & the Danube.
Define the Middle Ages.
1.the period of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the West (5th century) to the fall of Constantinople (1453), or, more narrowly, from roughly A.D.500 to 1500 .
Define Medieval.
- relating to the Middle Ages.
Define Topography.
- a detailed description or representation on a map of the physical features of an area.
Define clergy.
- the body of all people ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church.
Which language - that is not English - does the word medieval come from?
Latin.