What is Charles Martel best known for?
Defeating the Umayyad Caliphate and stopping their European expansion at the Battle of Tours in AD 732.
What's the difference between Arianism and Catholoicsm?
Arians believe God is the Father, who had a Son named Jesus. Catholics believe God is the Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit that have always been One God.
Tell us three facts about Pepin the Short.
Son of Charles Martel, father of Charlemagne (and Carloman), first Carolingian king (founded the dynasty), etc.
Who's this? Tell us three facts about him.
Charlemagne.
Choose two of these three people groups. Tell us their name and one fact about them. What do all three groups have in common?
Saxons: pagans, settled Britain; Avars: nomads, from Caucasus; Lombards: Germanic tribe, fought with Popes; Charlemagne's neighbors/enemies.
Who are these guys? What is their job?
Popes; leader of the Catholic Church; religious, political, and military leaders.
Tell us three facts about Vatican City.
Wow, you really know your stuff! / Sorry, we were looking for...
Who's this? Tell us two facts about him.
King Clovis I; Merovingian Dynasty, "first king of France", converted Franks from pagans to Catholics, etc.
What was the most interesting thing you learned today? Why?
Cool, thanks for sharing! / Wow, do you really not know?
Why did the Carolingians and the Popes have such a close relationship?
The Carolingian kings defeated the Lombards, saving the Popes and giving them the Papal States. The Popes legitimized the Carolingian dynasty in return.
Identify three major European power players in the year AD 800.
The Franks (under Charlemagne / the Carolingian Dynasty), the Abbasid Caliphate (including the Emirate of Cordoba), the Byzantine Empire, the Papal States,
What are the Papal States? Who "carved them out"?
Territory/lands controlled by the Pope/Vatican; Pepin the Short, also Charlemagne.
