The Franks Review

Charlemagne

100

His height

6'4

200

Charlemagne's hobbies

hunting, swimming

300

Name of Charlemagne's brother

Carloman

400

Name of Charlemagne's Biographer

Einhard

500

Year Charlemagne became king of the Franks

771 AD

Charlemagne Part 2

100

Number of times Charlemagne visited Rome

2

200

True or False, Charlemagne was the great-grandson of Charles Martel

False, he was the grandson

300

Capital city of Charlemagne's empire

Aachen

400

Name of the family line started by Charlemagne

Carolingians 

500

Charlemagne's Latin name

Carolus Magnus

Franks in General

100

The word Franks means 

Bold

200

Nickname given to the kings that were descendants of Clovis and Merovech

Long haired kings

300

Title given to the individual with the most power (by the year 700)

Mayor of the Palace

400

Won the Battle of Tours, nickname was "The Hammer"

Charles Martel

500

Founder of the Franks

Clovis

Franks Geography

100

City where Charles Martel stopped the Muslim Conquest

Tours

200

Former capital of a mighty empire, not Rome

Ravenna

300

This river runs through Germany and separated Germanic tribes and the Romans

The Rhine

400

Name of the city where Charlemagne's grandsons would sign a treaty that split up the empire

Verdun

500

Name of the city that lay east of Charlemagne's capital, makes perfume marketed toward men

Cologne

Previous Lessons

100

These people were the lower class in Roman society

Plebeians

200

First Roman emperor

Augustus

300

Most famous Byzantine emperor

Justinian

400

Name of revolts put down by the famous Byzantine emperor

Nike Revolts

500

Name of Muhammed's uncle

Abu Talib

More Information

100

Name of the method of teaching used at the Palace school

Dialogue method

200

Name of the head teacher at the palace school 

Alcuin

300

Name of the Epic Song written during Frankish times

Song of Roland

400

Year that Charlemagne died

814

500

Name of Louis sons 

Lothair, Charles the Bald, Louis the German

Geography

100

The three modern day countries that the Frankish kingdom was primarily comprised of 

Belgium, Germany France

200

The ocean that lay to the west of the Frankish kingdom

Atlantic

300

Name of the main river that ran through the Frankish kingdom, Germany gets its nickname from it

The Rhine

400

Name of the sea to the northern border of Frankish kingdom

North Sea

500

Name of the mountain range to the southern border of the Frankish kingdom

Pyrenees

Titles and Family Connections

100

Carloman's (the first) brother

Charlemagne

200

Charlemagne's grandfather

Charles Martel

300

Charlemagne's Father 

Pepin the Short

400

Title given to the officials appointed by Charlemagne to advise and oversee his empire

Count

500

This was the title given to the person who held the true power under the Merovingians 

Mayor of the Palace