Middle Ages Test UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Middle Ages Test UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
medieval - CORRECT ANSWER- "middle age"
Germanic Tribes - CORRECT ANSWER- mostly farmers and herders, no cities or written
laws, lived in small communities governed by unwritten customs
Between ____ and ____, Germanic Tribes carved ...
Middle Ages Test UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
medieval - CORRECT ANSWER- "middle age"
Germanic Tribes - CORRECT ANSWER- mostly farmers and herders, no cities or written
laws, lived in small communities governed by unwritten customs
Between ____ and ____, Germanic Tribes carved western Europe into small kingdoms -
CORRECT ANSWER- 400 and 700
Battle of Tours - CORRECT ANSWER- Muslim armies overran Christian lands from
Palestine to North Africa to present-day Spain. When Muslim armies crossed into France,
Charles Martel, rallied Frankish warriors, and won
when was the battle of tours? - CORRECT ANSWER- 732
At the battle of tours, what was the christian's victory a sign of? - CORRECT ANSWER- that
god was on their side
Who was Charlemagne? - CORRECT ANSWER- grandson of Charles Martel, king of the
Franks
when did Charlemagne become king of the franks? - CORRECT ANSWER- 768
How long was Charlemagne's reign? - CORRECT ANSWER- 46 years
What happened on Christmas Day in 800? - CORRECT ANSWER- Charlemagne was
crowned emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo III
What significance did the crowning of Charlemagne have? - CORRECT ANSWER- A
Christian pope had crowned a Germanic successor to the Roman emperors. Doing this,
, revived the ideal Christian community, Christendom. It also sowed the seeds for desperate
power struggles between future popes and Germanic emperors
In the long run, what did the crowning of Charlemagne do? - CORRECT ANSWER-
deepened the split between eastern and western christian worlds
What did Charlemagne strive to create? - CORRECT ANSWER- a united Christian empire
Who were the missi dominici? - CORRECT ANSWER- officials sent out to check on roads,
listen to grievances, and see that justice was done
Charlemagne regarded _________ as another way to unify his kingdom - CORRECT
ANSWER- education
Could Charlemagne read and write? - CORRECT ANSWER- He could read but not write
What did Charlemagne feel the need for officials to do, regarding education? - CORRECT
ANSWER- keep accurate records and write clear reports
When did Charlemagne die? - CORRECT ANSWER- 814
Who took the throne after Charlemagne? - CORRECT ANSWER- His son, Louis I
When was the Treaty of Verdun created? - CORRECT ANSWER- 843
Treaty of Verdun - CORRECT ANSWER- split Charlemagne's empire into three regions for
his grandsons
Charlemagne's lasting legacy - CORRECT ANSWER- extended Christian civilization into
northern Europe, furthered the blending of Germanic, Roman, and Christian traditions, and
set up a strong, efficient government
feudalism - CORRECT ANSWER- a loosely organized system of rule in which powerful
local lords divided their landholding among lesser lords
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