Question #1

What ethnic group migrated to and conquered the Iberian peninsula after pillaging Rome in 410 CE?

a) Franks

b) Visigoths

c) Vikings

d) Vandals

e) Ostrogoths

Question #2

King of the Franks, Clovis I, was a pagan barbarian who converted to what religion in 500 CE?

a) Hinduism

b) Roman Catholic Church

c) Orthodox Christianity

d) Islam

e) Buddism

Question #3

Scandinavian Norsemen were called Vikings which means:

a) Strong

b) Sea-farer

c) Smart

d) Pirate

e) Chosen

Question #4

It is believed that the Bubonic plague came from:

a) Spain

b) England

c) China

d) France

e) India

Question #5

The Bubonic plague was caused by:

a) Punishment from God

b) Poor sanitation

c) Rats

d) Infected fleas

e) Bad food

Question #6

In the 8th & 9th centuries (700s and 800s) over 80,000 books of ancient Greek and Roman knowledge were gathered and translated by peaceful collaboration by Muslim, Jewish, and Cristian scholars in which country?

a) Scandinavia

b) Germany

c) England

d) France

e) Spain

Question #7

Who fought King Steven for the English throne in (1141).

a) King Author

b) Empress Matilda

c) Alfred the Great

d) William the Conquer

e) Eleanor of Aquitaine

Question #8

A trebuchet is a:

a) kind of food

b) catpult

c) kind of clothing

d) a building

e) a form of transpotation

Question #9

William the Conqueror who took the English throne in 1066 was from:

a) Normandry (now part of France)

b) Spain

c) Gemany

d) Italy

e) Engand

Question #10

Who conquered the Visigoths in Spain in 711 CE?

a) Vikings

b) Vandals

c) Franks

d) Berberers and Arabs

e) Angle-Saxons

Question #11

The Normand people were originally:

a) Scandinavian

b) English

c) French

d) German

e) Spain

Question #12

Who is considered the greatest European King of the "Dark Ages"?

a) Charles the Hammer Martel

b) Emperor Charlemagne

c) King Otto

d) King Author

e) Aleric I

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