French curriculum 5e history — review game: Christendom and Islam (6th-13th centuries): worlds in contact

5e — French national curriculum (ages 12–13)

History game “Christendom and Islam (6th-13th centuries): worlds in contact”: Around the Mediterranean, a Western Christian town, Constantinople with its great dome, and a city of the Muslim world are linked by merchant ships.

History review game, French curriculum 5e: Christendom and Islam (6th-13th centuries): worlds in contact. Every answer is checked and explained.

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Teaching documentation of the game “History, French curriculum 5e — Christendom and Islam (6th-13th centuries): worlds in contact”

About this game

Review the unit of the French history curriculum for 5e (ages 12–13), “Christendom and Islam (6th-13th centuries): worlds in contact,” with the questions from its lessons: “Byzantium, a Christian empire of the East”, “Charlemagne and Carolingian Europe”, “The birth and spread of Islam”, “Baghdad and learning in the Muslim world” and “Christendom and Islam: contacts and conflicts”.

Review a unit of the French 5e history curriculum

This review game covers a unit of the French history curriculum for 5e: “Christendom and Islam (6th-13th centuries): worlds in contact.” Its questions come from the 5 lessons of the unit already online: “Byzantium, a Christian empire of the East”, “Charlemagne and Carolingian Europe”, “The birth and spread of Islam”, “Baghdad and learning in the Muslim world” and “Christendom and Islam: contacts and conflicts”.

Each round has 10 questions drawn at random: multiple choice, true or false, fill in the blanks, matching and timelines. After each answer, an explanation recalls what to remember. Hints are free, and you can go back.

The game follows the French national curriculum: 5e is the second year of middle school in France, for students aged 12 to 13. Elsewhere, it works as general knowledge for curious learners of that age. Play it again and you get other questions: it is good practice before a test.

Tip for a successful review

For each question, first ask yourself which world it is about: the Christian West around the pope, the Christian East around its emperor, or the Muslim worlds around their caliphs. Then place each event on a timeline, from the oldest to the most recent. And remember that these worlds do not only fight: they trade, negotiate, and share knowledge. If you get it wrong, read the explanation carefully.