After the Fall
European Christians feared that Muslims would take control of this Byzantine city, thus causing the First Crusade.
What is Constantinople?
Ancient name for the modern day lands of France.
What is Gaul?
The name of a Viking ship.
What is a longship?
2 reasons for why Christians were motivated to fight in the Crusades in the first place.
What is Salvation, adventure, opportunity to gain land, opportunity for wealth, escape from serfdom? (any two of these)
Ancient Greek name for the city prior to Constantinople.
What is Byzantium?
The last Roman Emperor was called this.
Who is Romulus Augustulus?
Name of Viking who led voyage to new world in AD 1000.
Who is Leif Erickkson?
Charlemagne's grandfather who defeated the Moors at the Battle of Tours in 711 AD.
Who is Charles "The Hammer" Martel?
This pope is the person who called for the Crusades with a famous speech in 1096.
Who is Pope Urban II?
Name for peninsula that includes Spain and Portugal.
What is Iberian?
The largest migration in world history was caused by this group from Central Asia.
Who are the Huns?
Name for Thor's hammer which is the symbol of his power.
What is mjolnir?
Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day in what year?
800 AD
This German king drowned in a river in Turkey leading to his army turning around and heading back home.
Who is Fredrick Barbarossa?
In 874 AD Vikings started to permanently settle this island.
What is Iceland?
What are the 3 classes of people in the early Middle Ages?
What are the peasants, clergy, and nobles?
The Vikings, the first Europeans to reach North America, set up a settlement in Newfoundland called this.
What is Vinland?
The Third Crusade pitted these two legendary leaders against one another. By the end, the Turks allowed the Christians to pilgrimage into Jerusalem.
Who were Richard I and Saladin?
Large sea that separates Norway and Great Britain. Vikings crossed this sea to raid monasteries on the English coast.
What is the North Sea?