World Geography: High Middle Ages
The heresy which forced the calling of the Council of Nicaea was
Arian
"The Scourge of God"
Attila
Who established a monastery in Italy at Monte Cassino?
Benedict
Who wrote Consolation of Philosophy?
Boethius
A famous illuminated manuscript is
Book of Kells
The period of time during Charlemagne's reign when schools were established, classics were preserved, and illuminated manuscripts were produced is know as what?
Carolingian Renaissance
"The Hammer"
Charles Martel
Who is credited with establishing Catholicism in western Europe?
Clovis
established Frankish Kingdom
Clovis
capital of Eastern Empire
Constantinople
The Frankish kings of the seventh century were called the
Do-Nothing Kings
leader of iconoclast movement
Emperor Leo III
Islamic ruler
caliph
Charlemagne's capital
Aix-la-Chapelle
English scholar
Alcuin of York
doctor of the church
Ambrose
The Vikings were also called
Norsemen
True or False: Charlemagne's father was Pepin the Short
True
True or False: East Frankland was given to Louis the German
True
True or False: Muslim Spain was a cultural center in the tenth century.
True
True or False: The crowning of Charlemagne was both politically and religiously significant
True
True or False: The City of God was written by St. Augustine.
True
Germanic tribe
Vandals
counselors to Germanic king
Witan
The history of Islam began on what Peninsula?
Arabian
The three methods of determining innocence or guilt in Germanic law were:
1. oath-swearing 2. trial by ordeal or combat 3. compensation
year of fall of Baghdad to Turks
1055
True or False: All of the Germanic tribes were Roman Catholic.
False
True or False: Attila the Hun was called the Bulgar Slayer
False
True or False: Muhammad was a Christian leader.
False
True or False: The Corpus Juris Civilis is a religious document
False
True or False: The Middle Ages are the years A.D. 100-400
False
True or False: The Synod of Whitby solved military differences.
False
True or False: Baghdad became the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
False
the Vulgate
Jerome
What is the holy city of Islam?
Mecca
The Donation of Pepin refers to
Papal States
crowned Charlemagne
Pope Leo III
Viking leader
Rollo
Five Germanic Tribes:
Saxons, Goths, Anglos, Vandals, and Franks
The spread of Western monasticism was due largely to
St. Benedict
What Empire became known as the Byzantine Empire?
The Eastern
What divided Charlemagne's kingdom?
The Treaty of Verdun
Who modeled his capital city in Ravenna after Constantinople?
Theodoric
Who was the Ostrogoth ruler that deposed Odoacer?
Theodoric
Who was the British king that asked for aid from the Angles and Saxons in the fifth century?
Vortigern
After the death of Muhammad, the Islamic Empire was ruled by a
caliph
In the Germanic system, the relationship between a leader and his warriors was known as the
comitatus
a person or tribe that moves from place to place
nomad
Another term for the Germanic practice of compensation was
wergild
What three things most Germanic kingdoms had in common?
witan, Roman influence, and comitatus justice system
