Early Middle Ages Answers

What type of government did the Roman Empire utilize?

What was one major result of people moving from urban to rural areas after the fall of the Roman Empire?

What was an effect of the decline in trade after the fall of the Roman Empire?

After the Roman Empire collapsed, the Catholic Church began to unify Europe by

What was true of the government under the Roman Empire?

What was likely the main reason for the decline in knowledge of Latin after the fall of the Roman Empire?

The graph shows the populations of European cities between 100 CE and 1000 CE.

Read this excerpt about the life of Charlemagne.The plan that he adopted for his children's education was, first of all, to have both boys and girls instructed in the liberal arts, to which he also turned his own attention. As soon as they were old enough, in accordance with the custom of the Franks, the boys had to learn horsemanship, and to practice war and hunting, and the girls to familiarize themselves with cloth-making, and to spin thread, that they might not grow lazy through idleness.

Read this excerpt from a book of rules for monks.Idleness is the enemy of the soul. And therefore, at fixed times, the brothers ought to be occupied in manual labour; and again, at fixed times, in sacred reading.

What important victory did one founder of the Carolingians achieve?