"The Dark Ages" Quiz

Instructions:  Choose 10 questions from any topic heading to answer.  Make sure you write down the question AND the answer, so that I know which ones you have chosen.  You MAY use your notes.  

Dark Ages Video Quiz

The Visigoths

Other than being killed by the Visigoths, what was one of the main ways people died during this first successful siege on the Roman empire? _______________.

A Dark Age

After the Roman empire got sacked, they lost their leadership and with it, their civilization.  What were some outward signs that showed the decay of civilization? 

1.____________________________________________________________________________

2.____________________________________________________________________________

3.____________________________________________________________________________

Clovis

Clovis united his people by choosing what religion? _______________________.

When Clovis conquered cities, instead of killing his captors, he made them soldiers in his army.  What is the advantage of that tactic? _____________________________________________________________________________.

Justinian

Justinian’s greedy ruling led to revolt.  He wanted to flee the land, but his ___________ refused to be so cowardly, convincing him to stay.

1. Mother
2. Wife
3. Sister

Bubonic Plague

Out of every 10 people, how many died from the plague? ________.

What animal carried the plague into the land? __________.

Literacy

To be “literate” means you can read and write.  Who were the most literate individuals of the Dark Ages? ___________________.

Charlemagne

Name three things that made Charlemagne a great leader.

1.___________________________________________________________________________________

2.___________________________________________________________________________________

3.___________________________________________________________________________________

When he was just starting out, Charlemagne shared power with his brother, and then his brother mysteriously died.  Infer what happened to his brother: _____________________________________________________________________________________

Charlemagne’s empire was really huge.  How did he maintain control over all those countries?

_____________________________________________________________________________________

Charlemagne died of ___________    _____________.

The Vikings

The first time they invaded Great Britain, the Vikings wanted their __________.  They took so much of this that the people Britain had literally none left!  The second time they came around, the Vikings wanted to take control of their __________.  

Why was Great Britain so vulnerable to attack? ______________________________________________

Knights

When you pictured knights as a little kid, what kind of images came to your mind?_____________________________________________________________________________________

Now what do you think of them?__________________________________________________________

Coming out of the Dark Ages:

What were some of the signs that people were starting to come out of the Dark Ages (become more civilized again)?________________________________________________________________________

What was a big contributing factor to the people of the Dark Ages being able to get back on their feet again?________________________________________________________________________________