Video: “The Dark Ages” 1). What empire fell in 410 A.D.? 2). How did the Visigot
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Video: “The Dark Ages”
1). What empire fell in 410 A.D.?
2). How did the Visigoths take Rome?
3). What else contributed to the Fall of Rome?
4). When did the Dark Ages take place?
5). What happened to Roman buildings during the Dark Ages?
6). Why was it called the Dark Ages?
7). What conditions made Christianity seem appealing?
8). What is significant to know about Constantine?
9). Why did Clovis of Gaul convert to Christianity?
10). What was “the ordeal”?
11). What were the legacies of Clovis?
12). What did Justinian set out to do?
13). Who was Theodora? What did she do for Justinian?
14). What was Justinian doing or trying to recapture?
15). What was Justinian building back home? What was this cathedral supposed to depict?
16). What was a result of the bubonic plague?
17). How did the bubonic plague spread?
18). Even though he survived, what happened to Justinian?
19). How many died as a result of the bubonic plague?
20). What would have struck you about Europe in the 6th & 7th Century?
21). How was the work schedule of life different in the Dark Ages compared to today?
22). How many children died (for parents) in the Dark Ages?
23). What important work did monks do?
24). Why did so many people seek monasteries and convents?
25). What new religion was spreading over North Africa, the Middle East, and onto Europe during the 8th Century?
26). What did Charles “the Hammer” Martel, of the Franks, do that was so important in preparing for the advancing Moors?
27). Why did the Vikings venture outside of Scandinavia?
28). Why were the Vikings such good raiders?
29). Give one example of Viking savagery.
30). Where did the Vikings explore?
31). What did the Great Heathen army do?
32). How did King Alfred stymie the Vikings?
33). After the Viking threat had abated, what did knights do?
34). Why did the Crusades take place?
35). How many Crusades took place? Over how many years?
36). Who won the Crusaders?
37). List some ways the Crusaders changed Europe.
38). Why did the population of Europe explode after 1,000 A.D.?
39). What should we remember about the Dark Ages?
Explanation / Answer
1)Rome; Visigoths
2)In 410 A.D. Alaric and the Visigoths sack Rome after years of holding the city under siege.
3) What else contributed to the Fall of Rome?
Invasions by Barbarian tribes
Economic troubles and overreliance on slave labor
The rise of the Eastern Empire
Overexpansion and military overspending
Government corruption and political instability
4) from 500 to 1500 A.D.
5)During this period, barbarian Goths, Vandals, and Huns destroyed many fine buildings and works of art that had existed during Roman times
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