Key Terms
What is a frontier?
land just beyond the border of a country
This fierce leader of the Huns led a wild tribe of horseman from Asia
Attila the Hun
Italy
another word for the head or leader of the Roman Catholic Church
The Pope
Iceland
What is a barbarian?
uncivilized primitive people, people living outside Greece or Rome in the days of the Roman Empire
This leader was also known as Charles the Great
The Franks settled in this area we know know as...
France/Belgium
Group who believed in Norse Gods
Vikings
What is the period of European history extending from the Fall of Rome A.D. 476 to about A.D. 1450?
The Middle Ages
Son of Eric the Red, who sailed to Vinland
Leif Ericson
The Huns pushed Germanic tribes into this Empire
The Roman Empire
What was the language of the Roman Catholic Church? (Latin or Greek)
Latin
Name TWO Norse Gods
Odin/Thor
What does it mean if some is exiled?
forced to live away from home in a foreign land
Emperor Hadrian
The Northman were adventurers who came from lands known today as...
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland
Group that believed in the gods Zeus, Hera, and Poseidon
The Romans
What did Vikings like to carve or decorate?
Dragon heads, carved animals
a long story of brave deeds
One of the German tribes that destroyed Rome
The Vandals/The Goths
The Byzantine Empire was apart of the Western Roman Empire with its capital at this city.
Name the TWO sections the Catholic Church split into in A.D. 1054.
Known as the Valley of the Gods, where dead Viking warriors lived forever
Valhalla