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Ancient notes test
"Between Ancient and Modern" Notes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Middle Ages is the period between what? | ancient & modern history |
| the early period of the middle ages is known as the what? | "Dark Ages" |
| the great civilizations of what had fallen? | Greece and Rome |
| life during this era was ____ and few people expected conditions to _____? | difficult, improve |
| Civilization ______ in other parts of the world during the ______ Ages. | flourished, Middle |
| _____ in the middle east and North ____ studied and improved upon the works of the _____. | Muslims, Africa, Greeks. |
| Other civilizations prospered in sub-saharan Africa, _____, and the ______. | China, Americas |
| The _____ Ages ended about one _____ years after they began. | Middle, thousand |
| Within the next ____ Europeans would learn of a "new World" across the ____ Ocean. | century, Atlantic |
| ____ would spread, and _____ and ____ would advance our culture. | Literacy, scientists, artists |
| Historians refer to the next period of ______ history as the "______," or the _____ of ______ | Europeans, Renaissance, rebirth, Europe |
| The Renaissance was considered the ______ of ______ history. | beginning, Modern |
| Feudalism was the ____ of _____ and ____ during the ______ Ages. | system, loyalties, protection, Middle |
| Peasants moved onto large _____ as the ______ Empire crumbled. | manors, Roman |
| The ____ of the ____ protected the peasants, but often forced them to become ____. | lord, manor, serfs. |
| A serf was similar to a _____. | slave |
| Serfs could, in theory, _____ their _____, but few serfs were able to afford to leave their ____. | purchase, freedom, manor |
| During the _____ Ages, most ______ had abandoned the _____ beliefs of the ______, Romans, and _____ and became _______. | Middle, Europeans, pagan, Greeks, Celts, Christians |
| Many people were attracted to _____ life during the Middle Ages. | religious |
| The _____ was often the only way to get an ______. | church, education |
| During the Middle Ages, the _____ church was run by the _____. | Christian, Pope. |
| Other _____ included _____, priests, ____ and _____. | clergy, bishops, nuns, monks |
| Men who lived apart from society in monasteries? | Monks |
| Monks devoted their lives to what? (influenced by the entire church? | prayer and behavior |
| The monks served as what to uneducated kings and lords? | administrators |
| Monks did what before the invention of the printing press? | copied books by hand |
| The Byzantine Empire was centered around the city of what? | Constsantinople (named for Constantine) |
| Constantine was a _____ | Roman Emperor |
| The Byzantine Empire considered themselves the _____ to the Romans. | successors |
| Who moved into the empire from Central Asia? | Seljuk Turks |
| Turks were ____? | Muslims |
| The Pope Urban II assisted in a holy war against the Turks, It was called ____? | Crusades |
| The Turks eventually conquered the who? | Byzantine Empire |
| Who were the Moors? | Muslims who ruled Spain for several centuries |
| Spain enjoyed a "_____ ___" under the moors. | Golden Age |
| Germanic tribe that conquered most of present day France and Germany | The Franks |
| Who was the Frankish leader who forced his subjects to come to Christ about 1513 years ago> | Clovis |
| Subsequent Frankish leader who kept Muslim forces from invading France. | Charles Martel |
| The greatest Frankish King was who? | Charles the Great (Charlemagne) |
| Pope Leo II placed a crown on Charlemagne's head and proclaimed him....? | "Augustus," emperor of the Holy Roman Empire |
| used to describe different Frankish and Germanic lands for another millennium. | Holy Roman Empire |
| fierce warriors from Scandinavia whose many raids threatened the security of Charlemagne's empire. | Vikings |
| Vikings were Skilled.... | sailors |
| A Viking ship could only hold up to ____ men, but displace only ____ feet of water. | hundred, 3 |
| Leif Eriksson founded the modern Canadian province of New Foundland and the Vikings named it.... | Vinland |
| Vinland means... | Land of Grapes |
| Vikings who settled in North Western France | The Normans |
| Normans completed a thorough census and kept thorough tax records in the .... | "Domesday book" |
| War between Britain and France | hundred years war |
| Britain and France became allies in the 20th century to defeat....in world war 2 | Germany |
| great sickness that claimed close to 50% of the people in Europe | Bubonic Plague |
| The Plague began in ____ killing about ____ Asians. | China, 35 million |
| the Bubonic Plague was transferred from.... | flees from rats |
| death from the Plague was usually.... | very painful and fast |
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