Vikings franks and byzantine and maybe some other stuff

Question 1

what is a fjord

Answer 1

a narrow long and deep body of water that going inland surrounded by mountains.

Question 2

What is mayor of the palace

Answer 2

The mayor gradually acquired further duties and powers: he obtained authority over court personnel, advised the king on the appointment of counts and dukes, protected the commendati (persons commended to the king) and the king’s wards, and eventually even came to command the royal army

Question 3

Possible causes of MWP:

Answer 3

Increased solar activity

Decreased volcanic
activity

Changes on ocean
circulation 950-1250 AD

Question 4

Feudalism:

Answer 4

A loosely organized system of rule in which
powerful local lords divided their landholdings among lesser lords a system of government in which land was exchanged for military service by knights.

Question 5

Fief:

Answer 5

A piece of land or an estate granted by a lord (often a
monarch or noble) to a vassal in exchange for loyalty, military service, or other obligations

Question 6

Vassal:

Answer 6

A person who held a fief and pledged allegiance and
service to a lord or suzerain. This relationship was typically
sealed through a formal ceremony.

Question 7

Lord:

Answer 7

A landowner or noble who granted land (fiefs) to vassals
in exchange for loyalty and various services. Lords could
range from local nobles to monarchs.

Question 8

Serf:

Answer 8

A serf was a peasant or laborer
who worked the land belonging to a
lord or noble in exchange for
protection and the right to use a
portion of the land for their
sustenance.

Question 9

Manor:

Answer 9

A manor was a
self-sustaining estate that included
a lord’s residence, villages,
farmland, and resources. It was the
central economic unit in feudal society

Question 10

characteristics of the franks

Answer 10

Germanic Tribe

Mostly farmers living in small
kingdoms

Ferocious warriors

Question 11

Merovingian Dynasty characteristics

Answer 11

Clovis unites all of the Franks
into one kingdom

Catholicism wins over Arianism

Charles Martel defeats Umayyads
at the Battle of Tours

Question 12

Carolingian Dynasty

Answer 12

Founded by Pepin the Short

Charlemagne founds Holy
Roman Empire

Carolingian Renaissance

Carolingian script

Standardized currency

Preserved Latin works

Question 13

The Vikings

Answer 13

Independent
farmers

Ruled by chieftains

Seafaring

Ferocious warriors

Norse Religion

Question 14

Invasion of England

Answer 14

Ivar the Boneless invades
England

Great Heathen Army

Danelaw

King Alfred the Great

Question 15

Vikings Settlements

Answer 15

Kievan Rus’: Volga River in modern-day Russia.

Duchy of Normandy: Northern France, a mingling
of Vikings and Franks.

Iceland and Greenland

Vinland: L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland.

Question 16

Vikings Explorers

Answer 16

Erik the Red discovers Greenland.

Leif Erikson first European to discover the New
World.

Adventures of these explorers are recorded in the
Viking Sagas.

Question 17

Western Europe After the Fall of Rome

Answer 17

Germanic Tribes

Disorganized

Feudal system

No major cities

No written books or laws

No major trade routes

No currency

Question 18

what is justinian code

Answer 18

roman laws made by justinian the 1(byzantine empire)

Question 19

what is the hagia sophia

Answer 19

a domed cathedral that was built as a cathedral in constantinople

Question 20

what was constantinople

Answer 20

the byzantine empires capital

Question 21

who was pepin the short

Answer 21

first king of the caroligian dynasty and father to charlamegne

Question 22

danelaw

Answer 22

the places ivar the boneless merged into to form the danelaw. The central eastern and northern parts of brittian.

Question 23

what was the first settlement in the new world

Answer 23

Vinland: L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland.

Question 23

what were some things that happened in the Carolingian Renaissance

Answer 23

Carolingian script

Standardized currency

Preserved Latin works

Question 24

what was vallhalla

Answer 24

a hall in which heroes killed in battle were believed to feast with Odin for eternity.

Question 25

what was the treaty of verdun

Answer 25

The treaty that split up the land of the caroligian dynasty tp the emperors sons.

Question 26

what did knights do

Answer 26

Knights were professional armored cavalry warriors, some of whom were vassals occupying land form the lords whose armies they served.

Question 27

what did kings do

Answer 27

They ruled everything and gave land to nobles to help rule the country. These nobles were willing to die for the king

Question 28

what did nobles do

Answer 28

they were given land to rule by the king in exchange for giving him knights and protecting him. They chose how they ruled in their own lands.

Question 29

what did peasants do

Answer 29

they spent their entire lives working in the fields producing food for the kingdom.

Question 30

what happened after charlamegnes rule

Answer 30

the empire split and basically fell apart.

Question 31

who killed bjorn ironside and ivar the boneless father

Answer 31

King Aella of Northumbria