| A | B |
| Missionary who established Christianity in Ireland | Patrick |
| 1st Frankish rulers to convert to Christianity | Clovis |
| Pope who created a set of rules for monastic life | Benedict |
| Sister to Benedict; starts religious order for women | Scholastica |
| Increased Papal power: ushered in an era of more secular popes | Gregory I |
| Frankish dynasty that begins with Pepin the Short | Carolingian Dynasty |
| 1st Frankish Dynasty | Merovingian Dynasty |
| Germanic Tribe which settled in the area of Gaul | Franks |
| Defeated the Muslims at the Battle of Tours | Charles Martel |
| Began the Carolingian dynasty; father to Charlemagne | Pepin the Short |
| King of the Franks who was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 CE | Charlemagne |
| Invaders from Scandinavia | Vikings |
| Nomadic peoples from Hungary who impacted Western Europe in the 900's CE | Magyars |
| Viking who discovered Greenland | Erik the Red |
| Viking explorer who sailed to what is now Newfoundland | Leif Ericson |