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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a manor? | self-sufficient unit |
| IWhat is inquisition | A court used in Spain to persecute non christians |
| What is Chivalry | code of conduct for knights |
| What is Papal Supremacy | The pope has supreme authority over all knights and emperors |
| What is Lay Investiture | When a king appoints church officials |
| What is a Guild | an association of people with the same profession |
| What is Parliament | the Legislative body of Medieval England |
| What is the Reconquista | The policy of driving the muslims out of Spain |
| What is the Feudal System based on? | A system of loyalties and protections |
| What was the most powerful institution of the middle ages? | The church |
| Who were the three people knights fought for? | Their lord, their god, their lady |
| What was the status of women in the middle ages? | limited to the home and church |
| What was the main goal of the crusades? | To recover the holy land and holy city |
| What did the Magna Carta grant to the nobles? | basic legal rights |
| What was the major cause of the Great Schism? | Arguments over who was the true pope |
| What was the central issue of the hundred years war? | The throne of france |
| What city were they looking to capture during the crusades? | Constantinople, eventually Jerusalem |
| What was Justinian's Code? | The body of civil laws created for the roman empire |
| what is czar? | Russian for King |
| What was the capital of new rome? | Constantinople |
| What caused the split between the Eastern Orthodox and the Roman Catholic Churches? | use of Icons |
| The Abbasids ruled which empire? | The Muslim Empire |
| What civilizations most influenced the development of russia? | The Byzantine and Mongol Empire |
| What is Islam | To submit to god |
| WHo are the Sunnis? | The Group that believes that the leader of the muslims only has to be a good muslim |
| who are the Shiites? | The group that believed that the Muslim leader must e a descendant from Muhammad |
| Why was the Hijrah important? | Because Muhammad was accepted as a more important political leader. |
| What signaled the beginning of the the Middle ages? | The decline of the Western Roman empire |
| Why did Germanic poeples invade the Roman Empire? | A Jealousy over rome's power and wealth |
| Who was the feudal contract between? | A contract between greater lord and a lesser lord? |
| How were feudalism and The manor system related? | The manor system was the economic system that supported feudalism |
| Describe gothic architecture | Pointed arches, ribbed vaults, stained glass windows |
| What caused the decline of the middle ages? | Middle class develops, crusades, hundred years war. |
| What did the devastation of the bubonic plague lead to? | The collapse of medival society |
| What are two important teachings that are common to all 3 faiths | The belief in one God and some concept in an afterlife |
| Explain three issues that led to the desire to reform the medieval church | Simony, lay investiture, and marrying of priests |
| Why did science make little progress in Europe during the Middle Ages | Most scholars thought all knowledge must fit with church teachings |
| Define a mystic | Someone who seeks devine wisdom and spiritual guidance |
| What does Caliph mean? | successor |