Dark Ages Quiz

Question 1

Visigoths

Answer 1

Invaded Ancient Rome
First to infiltrate middle of Rome
Trapped people in Colosseum until they died of starvation and disease
Rome under siege for first time in 800 years

Question 2

Alaric

Answer 2

Leader of Visigoths
Died of fever and buried with treasure under river
Invaded because they needed food
Blocked shipments of grain into Rome to starve Romans
City gates open and Visigoths storm in after two years

Question 3

Clovis

Answer 3

King of the Franks
Chose Catholicism (Barbarian)
Systematically had his family killed

Question 4

Byzantine Empire

Answer 4

Eastern Empire

Question 5

Feudalism

Answer 5

Kings-
Nobles-
Knights-
Peasants

Question 6

Justinian

Answer 6

Built Hagia Sophia church
Had many countries
Went bananas after his wife died
Wanted to put Roman Empire back together
Byzantine Emperor
Wanted “Roman Lake”
Unpopular later

Question 7

Constantinople

Answer 7

The capital of Byzantine Empire

Question 8

Theodora

Answer 8

Justinian’s wife
Refused to leave with Justinian
50:50 team with Justinian

Question 9

Hagia Sophia

Answer 9

Church built by Justinian

Question 10

Monastery

Answer 10

Place where catholic men live outside the rest of the world and commit themselves to God (monks)

Question 11

Convent

Answer 11

Place where Catholic women go outside the rest of the world to worship God (nuns)

Question 12

Bede

Answer 12

Writes 5 volume history of Europe
Reason we can read Plato, Odedipus, etc
Possibly most educated man in Europe

Question 13

St Benedict

Answer 13

Lived as a hermit in Italian countryside
Head of monastery for a bit
Monks tried to poison him twice
Established 12 new monasteries

Question 14

Islam/muslim

Answer 14

Islam: religion
Muslim: people

Question 15

Battle of Tours

Answer 15

Moors vs Franks
Moors attacked on 7th day
Moor victory!
Charles credited for saving Christianity

Question 16

Charles “the hammer” Martell

Answer 16

In charge of Moors
Struck by enemy
Credited for saving Christianity

Question 17

Abdul Rahman Al Ghafigi

Answer 17

Leader of Muslims
Died while trying to invade France

Question 18

Charlemagne

Answer 18

Loved learning and women
Had 5 wives and 20 years
Built Holy Roman Empire
Made Emperor for 14 years
46 year reign
Become Christian or meet God immediately
Ruled lots of area
Largest kingdom in Europe

Question 19

Holy Roman Empire

Answer 19

Led by Charlemagne
Something that could last a while

Question 20

Bloody Verdict of Verdun

Answer 20

Lots of execution with new rules that day

Question 21

The Black Plague

Answer 21

Cysts, bumps
Boubous filled with puss, bacteria, blood
Lymph node turns black
30% mortality rate

Question 22

Joan of Arc

Answer 22

Hears 3 voices
Illiterate
Visits Prince Charles 3x until he listens
Got executed but they regretted it later
Tortured for a year

Question 23

Great Heathen Army

Answer 23

Huge
Led by Ivar
Got York
Vikings

Question 24

Aella

Answer 24

King of York City
Supposed to have killed Ivars father, captured

Question 25

Alfred the Great

Answer 25

Built fortresses because Vikings didn’t like them Vikings wouldn’t attack them 25 years of fighting to bring down Heathen army

Question 26

Ivar the Boneless

Answer 26

Couldn’t walk Got carried by soldiers Killed people walking on his hands Died fighting Irish