Great Kings of France
The nickname of Charles Martel, the new king of the Franks.
What is Charles the Hammer?
The greatest Frankish king of all?
Who was Charlemagne (or Charles the Great)?
The reason that Eric the Red had to leave Iceland
What was he killed two neighbors in a fight?
The kingdom located in the south of England
The name of the famous battle where William's and Herold's armies fought one another?
What was the Battle of Hastings?
The winner of the battle at Tours.
Who is Charles the Hammer and the Franks?
Charlemagne's gradfather
Who was Charles the Hammer?
The name that Eric the Red gave to the land that he discovered so that other Viking settlers would come there.
What was Greenland?
The people of Wessex paid the this to the Vikings to avoid an attack.
What was gold?
The advisors appointed this man to be the next king after Edward the Confessor.
Who was Harold of Wessex?
In the story told by the Arab historian the Muslim general was worried about his men because of this.
What was they were too worried about their plunder and not the battle?
What was...
1. More copies of Scripture
2. Built new roads and bridges
3. Started schools for boys
4. Taught better ways to farm
5. Told parents to bring families back to church
6. Fought wars and expanded his kingdom
The Viking settlers in Greenland got enough grain by trading these things.
What was sealskins, polar bear furs, and tusks?
The peasant's wife scolded Alfred for this.
What was burning her cakes?
This man married an English princess and was related to the king, and therefore, thought he should be the next king.
Who was William of Normandy?
The Muslims rode back to their tents during the fight for this.
What was the wealth inside their tents?
Although Charlemagne was a great and powerful ruler, he never learned to do this well.
What was write his letters?
The fruit that Leif Ericsson found in the new land that he discovered.
What is grapes?
This is what happened to Alfred's body.
What is nobody knows?
The "bad omen" that the people of England saw when Harold became king.
What was Halley's Comet?
The city where the Muslims and Franks fight their huge battle.
What is Tours?
Charlemagne's people called him this because his kingdom had a peace like the Pax Romana
What was the "Emperor of the Romans"
The name of the new land that Leif found.
What is Vineland?
The battle between the Vikings and Alfred's army took place here.
Where was Salisbury Plain?
The name carved on Harold's tomb.
What was "Harold the Unfortunate"?