Charlemagne
Barbarian Tribes
Incredible Rulers
The Dark Ages
Christendom and Knights
100
It is the literal meaning of Charlemagne's name
What is "Charles the Great"?
100
This tribe came from the Eastern Germanic lands and fought during the time of the collapse of Rome.
Who are the Ostrogoths?
100
He cut the Gordian Knot.
Who is Alexander the Great?
100
It was a Latin motto of the Benedictine Order.
What is "Ora et Labora"?
200
He drove the Arabs out of the Franks' kingdom and he was the grandfather of Charlemagne.
Who is Charles Martel?
200
This tribe resided in Northern Italy and was always quarreling with the papal states.
Who are the Lombards?
200
He is the reason Atilla the Hun did not destroy Rome.
Who is Pope Leo the Great?
200
He became king of the Franks at only 15 years old, and then he agreed to become baptized for the purpose of controlling his people more effectively.
Who is Clovis?
200
It was the last battle in history were England was successfully invaded by outsiders.
What is the Battle of Hastings?
300
He was Charlemagne's father and he overthrew the Merovingian rule in the Frank Kingdom.
Who is Pepin the short?
300
These dangerous Asian invaders were completely destroyed by Charlemagne.
Who are the Avars?
300
He killed Odoacer by inviting him to a dinner and then having him stabbed!
Who is Theodoric?
300
He was the emperor that made the Hagia Sophia.
Who is Justinian?
300
DAILY DOUBLE!!! He was the leader of the first Crusade to Constantinople, Asia Minor, and Palestine.
Who is Godfrey of Bouillon?
400
Charlemagne became the first one of these in 800 A.D. because of Pope Leo III.
What is the Holy Roman Emperor?
400
Clovis was once their king.
Who are the Merovingians?
400
He was the last Roman Emperor.
Who is Romulus Augustus?
400
He was king of the Visigoths and he successfully attacked sacked Athens, Constantinople, and Rome!
Who is Alaric?
400
At the age of seven, the son of a knight became this and was required to move to another castle and read stories to noble women as he learned more about life.
What is a Page?
500
Charlemagne defeated this Saxon leader by killing 4,000 of his men in one battle.
Who is Widukind?
500
They were the tree kingdoms created after the death of Charlemagne
What is Italy, France, and Germany
500
He started an order of monks that saved much of the wisdom of antiquity and anticipated the first University.
Who is Benedict?
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!! The name for the period of time when barbarian tribes traveled to sack major cities of the collapsed Roman Empire and many tribes fought with each other, killing thousands.
What is The Migrations?
500
Before becoming a knight, a knight's son must first become this at the age of fourteen.
What is a Squire?
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