The Frankish Empires (1)

The Frankish Empires (1)

Select the correct choice


1	The chief official to the Merovingian kings was the?:
		Mayor of the Palace.
		Count.
		Abbot.
		Missi Dominici.


2	By allying themselves with the Roman Church, Frankish rulers?:
		united all of Europe under one ruler.
		ended the conflict between the Roman and Byzantine churches.
		made the Merovingian kings more powerful.
		strengthened both the Church and the Frankish state.


3	The Battle of Tours (733)?:
		aided the spread of Christianity in the Frankish kingdom.
		checked the advance of the Muslims in Europe.
		made Pepin II Mayor of the Palace.
		ended the Viking raids of the Atlantic coast.


4	Charlemagne supervised his empire by sending out officials called?:
		capitularies.
		missi dominici.
		papal legates.
		tax farmers.


5	Charlemagne revived learning by?:
		establishing Aachen as his capital.
		sending royal officials to check on the nobility.
		inviting scholars to his court and establishing a palace school.
		making Latin the official language of the Church.


6	The fortified areas on the edges of Charlemagne's empire were called?:
		basques.
		castelands.
		frontiers.
		marches.


7	The Treaty of Verdun was important because it?:
		established a lasting peace between the Pope and the Lombards.
		marked Charlemagne's conquest of the Saxons.
		divided Charlemagne's empire among his grandsons.
		ended the Viking raids in France.


8	After Charlemagne's death, his empire eventually was?:
		invaded by Vikings and Magyars.
		conquered by the Muslims.
		reunited under the Byzantine Emperor Justinian.
		ruled by Pope Gregory I.