This PDF can be used to create a set of three or four part cards to help students learn about the Dark Ages, or the Early Middle Ages. Each term is shown with a picture card, word card, a picture and word card (control), and description card. Terms included are: The Dark Ages, Fall of Rome, Viking Invasions, government, disease, education, Golden Age of Islam, and Charlemagne. Prior to classroom use: the set should be printed onto card stock, cut, and laminated.