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41 Cards in this Set
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What gave Clovis' throne stability?
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his military victories and religious conversion
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What was the Treaty of Verdun?
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three grandsons of Charlemagne divided the Carolingian lands
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What was one of Charlemagne's ideas that would unite western Europeans?
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create a Christian Roman Empire
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What is the new political system that developed in western europe that stresesd alliances between monarchs and nobles?
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feudilism
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What was the time when Western Europe was so backwards because of the decline caused by the Germanic invasions?
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Dark Ages
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Ties between a lord and a vassal were made official in a solemn ceremony known as what?
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homage
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In 800, Charlemagne came to Rome to defend who against Roman nobles?
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Pope Leo III
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What did viking raids do to the people of Europe?
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isolated communities, weakened the authority of monarchs
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What were the two Latin terms used to create "Medieval?"
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medium (middle)
aevum (age) |
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What were the duties of the counts?
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solved local problems
stopped feuds protected the weak raised armies |
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What were the local officials in the central bureacracy called under Charlemagne?
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counts
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As well as Vikings being raiders, they did what?
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exploring, settling, trading, sailing
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The middle ages was an era of transition between what?
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ancient and modern times
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What are estates with peasants granted to nobles?
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fiefs
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Leo III crowned Charlemagne what?
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Roman emporer
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What are eddas?
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Written poems of the vikings
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What was the result of the Germanic invasions on the Roman Empire?
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trade declined
law and order vanished cities, bridges, roads: disuse education disappeared money not used |
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Which groups attacked the Carolingian kingdoms?
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Muslims, Slavs, Magyars, Vikings
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By being crowned by the pope, Charlemagne thought the pope seemed to be saying what?
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that church officials are superior to rulers
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More than anything else, what held Charlemagne's empire together?
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his forceful personality
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What destroyed the urban world of the Roman Empire?
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Germanic invasions
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Because Louis, Charlemagne's son, couldn't fill his shoes, when he died, who fought over the kingdom?
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Charlemagne's grandsons
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Who was the son of Charles Martel who became king of the Franks?
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Pepin the Short
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What are mounted warriers?
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knights
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Why did the Frankish kingdom begin to decline?
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kings split up land among heirs: rivals to fight for land
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Which of Charlemagne's grandsons became Holy Roman emporer?
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Lothair
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Who doubled the borders of his kingdom, to create the Frankish Empire, encouraged schools, preserved classical learning, etc?
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charlemagne
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What is a noble who served a lord of the next higher rank?
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vassal
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The Middle Ages can be described as what?
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a dynamic civilization
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In return for the Church's blessing, Pepin was supposed to do what?
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help pope against enemies
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The Medieval civilization combined elements of what two cultures/belief systems?
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Germanic, Christians
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Political power from Frankish kings eventually went to government officals called what?
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mayors of the palace
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What were the early rulers of the Franks called? Who was it named after?
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Merovingian kings; Merowig
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Who was Pepin's son who was one of Europe's greatest monarchs?
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Charlemagne
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Who became the mayor of the palace in 714 and won great prestige after defending Tours, France?
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Charles Martel ("the hammer")
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Who was the first Germanic ruler to accept Catholicism?
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Clovis
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Who was annointed by the pope- making him a divinely chosen ruler?
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Pepin the Short
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What brutal and wily warrior became king of the Franks in 481?
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Clovis
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What was the name of Charlemagne's dynasty?
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Carolingian
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Who emerged as the strongest Germanic group?
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the franks
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In the 400s, who settled in what is now France and western Germany?
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the franks
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