Famous People
Who was the last emperor of Rome?
Romulus Augustulus
What is the date generally given for the fall of Rome?
476 AD
This word can be defined as the formal style of academic writing or system of thinking that allowed authors to dispute through carefully defined arguments concerning theology and philosophy.
Scholasticism
Name one of the three cities that are holy to Muslims.
Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem
It was under this pope that the papal power reached its heights in the Middle Ages, for this pope controlled most of the princes in Europe.
Pope Innocent III
On Christmas day in 800 AD this happened.
Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne “Augustus” or Emperor of Rome
Who was nicknamed “Scourge of God?”
Attila the Hun
This war took place from 1337-1453
Hundred Years’ War
During the Middle Ages, an association of craftsmen in a particular trade who worked together to secure their business interests.
Guild
In A.D. 330, Constantine founded his city, on the site of the old city of Byzantium.
Constantinople
Also known as Pepin II, he was the first king of the Frankish Carolingian dynasty and the father of Charlemagne.
Pepin the Short
This event ended the Byzantine Empire in 1453.
Turks conquered Constantinople
The Byzantine Empire reached its greatest size under which emperor?
Justinian I
When did Islam start?
In the 600’s
The practice of charging interest.
Usury
”Moorish” was the name given to Islamic art. The Islamic group that created the art first inhabited this country in the 700’s. Name the country.
Spain
Which king stood barefoot in the snow for 3 days while seeking pardon from the pope?
Henry IV
In the Middle Ages, the development of these was important because they helped to develop and regulate trade and they contributed to the growth and independence of towns.
Development of guilds
Who foiled the Muslims’ attempts to enter Western Europe via Spain?
Charles Martel (the Hammer)
This is the date attributed to Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press.
A.D. 1455
The economic relationship between a lord of a manor and his peasants.
Manorialism
The papacy moved to this city in France in 1305.
Avignon
This king convened the Model Parliament, subdued Wales, and bestowed the title “Prince of Wales” on his heir.
Edward I
Gutenberg is credited for doing this in A.D. 1455.
Inventing the printing press
Who founded the Mongol empire in 1206?
Genghis Khan
When did William the Conqueror, famous ancestor of Rollo, conquer England?
1066 AD
The custom of leaving all of one’s estates to the eldest son exclusively
primogeniture
In 1150, universities were founded in these two well-known cities in Western Europe.
Paris and Oxford
He was the last, strong Capetian king of France.
Philip IV, the Fair
In the Middle Ages, a powerful new social class, the merchant class, emerged as this occurred.
Towns were built
Who was the founder of the Carolingian line?
Clovis
In what year was the Magna Charta signed by John Lackland?
A.D. 1215
When monarchs resisted papal dictates, popes directed that churches in the erring monarch’s realm be closed and all religious services cease until the monarch repented and did their bidding.
Interdict
Where was Johannes Gutenberg born?
Mainz, Germany
Which French king did Joan of Arc seek to help?
Charles VII
Ironically, this even took place off-and-on for 116 years.
The Hundred Years’ War