Dark Ages
Feudalism
Vikings
Crusades
Religion
100
This is the great empire that fell and was totally overrun by invaders leading to a very dark time in Europe.
What is Rome?
100
This is what the King promised the Lord if the Lord showed him loyalty and paid him taxes.
What is Land and Protection?
100
This is the region of Norther Europe that the Vikings were originally from.
What is Scandinavia? (Modern countries of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark)
100
This is a war fought over religious reasons - a holy war.
What is a Crusade?
100
This person is the head of the Catholic church.
Who is the Pope?
200
This man conquered many of the areas in modern day France and became the first King of the Franks. He later became a Christian as well, and was responsible for protecting the church from invaders.
Who is Clovis?
200
They were the group of people who were tied to the land. When a new Lord took over, they were part of that Lord's rule. They worked the land and lived off of the land.
What are Peasants? (or Serfs)
200
This is the first place the Vikings attacked.
What is England?
200
Pope Urban II urged many people to travel to this place to win it back from Muslim Turks.
What is the Holy Land?
200
This person is the most important prophet in the Muslim faith.
What is Muhammed?
300
This is the approximate number of people who died from the Black Death, a plague that ravaged Europe for four years.
What is 25 million people, or about 1/3 of the total population?
300
This structure was designed to protect the people living on the manor if they were in trouble. It was also where the Lord of the manor lived.
What is a Castle?
300
This is how the Vikings viewed or thought of their Norse gods, as...
What is Super-Humans? (Extra-powerful humans)
300
In this Crusade, many young people gathered together to win back the Holy Land. This attempt did not work however. This Crusade is known as the ...
What is Children's Crusade?
300
Someone who practices Islam as their religion is known as this.
What is a Muslim?
400
This Frankish king was crowned Emperor by the Pope in AD 800 and ruled over the Holy Roman Empire.
Who is Charlemagne?
400
The system of Feudalism ends because of these two major events in Europe.
What are the Crusades and the Black Plague?
400
The name Viking means this in the old Norse language.
What is "A Pirate Raid?"
400
These are two reasons why people would have went on a Crusade.
What is ... 1) If you died in battle your sins would be forgiven 2) You would not have to pay taxes anymore 3) You could gain more land 4) To defend Christianity and the Church
400
There were many reasons to call this time the Dark Ages. Rome had fallen, peoples lives were hard, people were not educated, the Vikings invaded, the Crusades were not all that successful, Muslims were threatening Europe, and the Black Plague hit. This is what many people turned to.
What is Christianity?
500
Name something that flourished under Charlemagne's rule.
What is ... Education improved Art began to come back Feudalism started to develop Read more about Charlemagne on pages 281-283
500
These are the 4 social orders in Feudalism.
What is ... King (Monarch) Noble (Lord) Knight Serf (Peasant)
500
The days of the week were named after Norse gods. Can you name them all?
What is ... Tuesday - Tyr's Day Wednesday - Odin's Day (King of the Gods) Thursday - Thor's Day (God of Thunder) Friday - Frig's Day (Wife of Odin)
500
Name all of the groups in Europe that had a Crusade.
What is ALL OF THEM! - Peasants - Nobles - Kings - Children (The Knights did the fighting for the Nobles and Kings)
500
This time period in Europe was their return to the arts and ways of the Greeks and Romans. It was a period of "rebirth" for Europe.
What is the Renaissance?
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