Vocabulary
Germanic Tribes
Barbarian Invasions
Byzantine Empire
Vikings
100
This refers to the land just beyond the border of a country.
What is frontier?
100
A German boy was considered a man when he received these.
What were his sword and shield?
100
This was the motivation for the barbarians to invade.
What is power?
100
This was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
What was Constantinople?
100
This was the name given to the Viking invaders.
What was "Northmen"?
200
This is the term for someone who is primitive and uneducated.
What is uncivilized?
200
Germanic tribes were ruled by these.
What was an assembly of men?
200
This group was chasing the Germanic tribes from the East.
Who was the Huns?
200
The Byzantine Empire lasted for this long after the Western Roman Empire fell.
What is 1000 years?
200
The Vikings used these to navigate their ships.
What were the stars?
300
This was a Germanic tribe that invaded Rome.
Who were the Vandals?
300
This was the Roman term for the Germanic tribes.
What is barbarians?
300
This was the leader of the Huns.
Who was Attila?
300
This was the language of the Byzantine Empire.
What is Greek?
300
The Vikings looted cities in France, Spain, and Italy during the middle years of this century.
What is the 7th Century (mid-800's)?
400
This means to be forced to live away from home in a foreign land.
What is exiled?
400
These protected the Roman frontiers.
What were rivers and mountains?
400
This barbarian tribe invaded Italy and took Rome.
Who were the Goths?
400
The Christian church split into the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox in this year.
What is A.D. 1054?
400
The Vikings in France were known by this name.
What was the Normans?
500
This is a long story or song about brave deeds.
What is a saga?
500
The Germans used this form of writing.
What is Greek and Roman writing?
500
This tribe attacked Rome in A.D. 455.
Who were the Vandals?
500
Constantinople was named after this Roman emperor.
What was the Emperor Constantine?
500
In A.D. 1000 this Viking explorer landed on the east coast of North America.
Who was Leif Erikson?
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