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  • Labor shortage due to the plague’s death toll eventually led to…?
    Increased wages
  • In the late 700’s, who invaded Spain from North Africa?
    Umayyad Dynasty
  • What was the purpose of the Crusades?
    Take back the Holy Land from Muslim control
  • King Alfred the Great had to defend England against…?
    Viking Conquest
  • Jerusalem is considered the holy land for the following religions
    Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
  • Which group were seafaring people from Scandinavia?
    Vikings
  • What was the only major source of religion in Medieval Europe?
    Roman Catholic Church
  • Who did NOT contribute to the fall of the Carolingian empire?
    Turks
  • Which capital became the Muslim center of education/learning and the largest city in Western Europe?
    Cordoba
  • Charlemagne’s death marked the end of…?
    a strong, central government in Western Europe
  • Which of the following was a result of Germanic invasions?
    Loss of a common language, trade declined, formal learning became rare
  • Why was Charlemagne titled the “Holy Roman Emperor”?
    He created the Christian Empire
  • What is another name for the Medieval Times (Middle Ages)?
    Dark Ages
  • Medieval is a word that means what in Latin?
    Middle
  • The Treaty of Verdun was signed in 843. What did it do?
    Divided the Empire in 3
  • What age did young boys begin to train for knighthood?
    7
  • Henry II helped establish…?
    Common Law System
  • In the Hundred Years War, who claimed that heavenly voices told him/her to save France?
    Joan of Arc
  • Who founded the Merovingian dynasty that ruled the Franks for 200 years?
    King Clovis I
  • What is the role of the Lord in the Manor system?
    Collect Taxes
  • The Magna Carta was a document that King John was forced to sign in 1215. This event did what for the very first time?
    Limited royal power
  • After the fall of Rome, who filled in the power vacuum in Britain?
    Angels and Saxons
  • Where did the Bubonic Plague first reveal itself?
    China
  • What was the result of all the different invasions from foreign groups into Europe?
    System of feudalism
  • Who established the most successful Germanic Kingdom?
    The Franks
  • Why did the Pope want a crusade?
    Increase power in Europe
  • What group formed the Germanic Kingdoms?
    Early Barbarian Tribes
  • During the second crusade, who took part of Crusader states in Palestine?
    Seljuk Turks
  • The following are part of Emperor Charlemagne’s accomplishments...
    Encouraged learning, expanded the Frankish Empire, spread Christianity
  • What was the overall effect of the Crusades?
    Feudalism broke down
  • How was Henry II able to own more than half the land in France?
    Married Eleanor of Aquitaine
  • Emperor Charlemagne was related to who?
    Pepin the Short
  • Who ultimately stopped the spread of Islam into Europe?
    Charles Martel
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