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World History
Medieval Europe Quiz #1 Review
Directions—use the following sources of information to review the questions below: Barbarian West Reading, Charlemagne
Two Column Notes, Viking Reading and Wordsplash, Monastic Life Reading, pages 291-295 in the textbook
The “Dark Ages”
What does “medieval” or “Middle Ages” refer to?
How did Western Europe change after the fall of the Roman Empire?
What impact did Germanic tribes have on the former areas of the Western Roman Empire?
Why did cities decline after the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
In what ways did learning and literacy decline?
What group of people maintained some literacy and learning?
Charlemagne
What people did he lead and in what times period (dates)?
What does the name “Charlemagne” mean?
What religion did Charlemagne spread and what methods did he use to promote the religion?
How did Charlemagne revive trade?
In what region of Europe did Charlemagne rule?
What did Charlemagne do to effectively run his country (3 major factors)?
How did Charlemagne promote education and what major language did he promote?
Monastic Life
What was the life of a monk like? (rules, daily work, vows, etc.)
What important work did monks do for European civilization?
Who was the Venerable Bede and why is he important?
Vikings
Where was the Viking homeland?
What was the overall impact of the Viking raids?
In what time period did the Vikings raid Europe?
What was the way the Vikings raided Europe? What targets did the Vikings like to attack?
In what modern day countries did the Viking settle?
What areas of the Americas did Vikings make it to?
What were Viking ships like?