GOOD STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
CHARLEMAGNE WAS
TALL,HARDWORKING,AND INTELLIGENT.
HE GOT HIS NAME BECAUSE HE HAD A
THICK HEAD OF HAIR.
HE WANTED TO SPREAD CHRISTIANITY AND
LEARNING AND CULTURE THROUGHOUT HIS
EMPIRE.
CHARLEMAGNE’S SOLIDERS WERE AN
IMPRESSIVE SIGHT,WITH THEIR LEATHER
VESTS,LIGHT ARMOR,AND GLITTERING
SWORDS.
HE UNITED MOST OF THE REGION THAT IS
NOW ITALY,SPAIN,AND GREECE IN HIS
EMPIRE.
IN 799, THE POPE WAS ATTACKED BY
MUSLIMS.
AFTER CHARLEMAGNE HELPED THE POPE,HE
WAS CROWNED THE “GREAT AND
PEACEFUL”EMPEROR OF THE ROMANS.
HIS CAPITAL CITY INCLUDED A LIBRARY,A
SWIMMING POOL,A PALACE,AND A CHAPEL.
HE WAS A GREAT RULER BECAUSE HE MADE
THE LAWS FAIRER,WAS A GOOD
MANAGER,AND BUILT ROADS AND BRIDGES.
THE GERMAN-SPEAKING EMPIRE THAT GREW
OUT OF CHARLEMAGNE’S EMPIRE WAS
CALLED THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE.
EVENTUALLY,POWERFUL ROMAN -----BEGAN FIGHTING WITH EACH OTHER
BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO BE THE NEXT
ROMAN EMPEROR.
WHO WAS THE MOST FEARED AND
NOTORIOUS OF ALL BARBARIANS?
WHO WAS HIS BROTHER?
THE HUNS WERE EXCELLENT---AND EXPERTS
WITH --- AND ---.
WHAT IS A FLAT,GRASSY,AND TREELESS
AREA CALLED?
SOMEONE WHO CANNOT SPEAK GREEK IS
CALLED A -----.
THE ANGLES AND SAXONS LIVED IN WHAT
PRESENT-DAY COUNTRIES?
THE HUNS WERE THE MOST FEARED TRIBE
AND THEY CAME FROM-----------.
WHAT WORD DO WE USE TODAY THAT
DESCRIBES CAUSING DESTRUCTION?IT
COMES FROM ONE OF THE NAMES OF THE
TRIBES.
WHAT ARE THE SEVEN DIFFERENT TRIBES
THAT ROMANS GROUPED TOGETHER AS
BARBARIANS?
WHEN THE WARS BEGAN,SO MUCH
MONEY WAS SPENT THAT THERE
WASN’T ENOUGH MONEY TO MAINTAIN
THE ROADS,ANDTHEREFORE,----DECREASE
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
MILLENNIUM,THERE WAS A
SAYINGTHAT SAID,”ALL ROADS LEAD
TO -----”.
WHICH RIVER DID THE HUNS CROSSIN
ORDER TO DEFEAT A ROMAN ARMY IN
EASTERN EUROPE?
WHICH POPE RODE OUT TO MEET WITH
THE HUN GENERAL IN AN ATTEMPT TO
SAVE ROME?
WHAT DID THE HUN GENERAL SEE THAT
MADE HIM AFRAID OF THE POPE?
AFTER THE HUN GENERAL BECAME
SICK AND DIED,THE HUNS BECAME
WEAK BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T HAVE A
LEADER AND THEY WERE WEAKENED
BY------.
THE --- ROMAN EMPIRE WAS CENTERED
IN ROME
THE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE WAS
CENTERED IN -------.
WHO WAS THE GERMAN KING THAT KILLED
THE EMPEROR OF ROME?