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Medieval Europe
Test Review - Medieval Europe Notebook
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How did the Roman Empire split? What were the two “halves”? | Western Europe and Byzantine Empire (East) |
| Why was Constantinople the center of the Byzantine Empire? | Located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia |
| What helped support the large population of Constantinople? | The river and other close water ways |
| What did the Byzantine civilization help preserve from the previous Roman Empire? | Greek and Roman philosophy |
| In Western Europe, what caused the decline of trade, the breakdown of the central government and the rise of power in the Roman Catholic Church and lack of learning? | Fall of the Roman Empire |
| What were two immediate results of the fall of the Roman Empire? | A period of economic disorder and weak central government |
| Why did feudalism begin in Western Europe? | Protection was needed from Barbarian invasions |
| What was the main economic activity of the feudal manor? | Agriculture |
| What contributed to the growth of feudalism in Europe? | Collapse of a strong central government |
| Feudalism and the manorial systems eventually led to what type of government in Western Europe? | monarch |
| What did the caste system in India and the feudal system in Europe have in common? | A division of society into hereditary social class |
| What was the primary characteristic of feudal society in medieval Europe? | An exchange of land for services |
| List four effects of the Hundred Years’ War: | Changes to the map of France, changes to the power of the kings of France and England, changes to military weapons, contribution to the downfall of feudalism |
| In what way are Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism and Protestantism similar? | All branches of Christianity |
| What religion was the main feature of life in the Byzantine Empire? | Eastern Orthodox Christianity |
| What did the Roman Catholic Church in Western Europe provide the people during the Middle Ages? | Sense of stability, unity and order |
| Which institution served as the main unifying force of medieval Western Europe? | The church |
| What were the Crusades? | A holy war to win back the holy land from the Islamic nation |
| Why did people join the fight? | To gain entry into heaven |
| What was the indirect contribution of the Crusades? | Discovery of the New World by stimulating European demand for trade with the East |
| What was one major result of the Crusades? | Spread of Middle Eastern culture and technology to Europe |
| What is a valid generalization about the impact of the Crusades? | Increased trade between Asia and Europe |
| What is the name of the event in which the Christian Church was weakened due to a controversy in the power of the Pope? | The Great Schism |
| Early trade guilds were promised support if they could not work due to illness or old age. This is similar to what modern day work benefit? | Unemployment insurance |
| What was the result of an increase in commerce and trade during the Middle Ages? | Increased growth of towns and cities |
| What was the result of the invention of windmills during early Middle Ages? | Greater productivity in areas without rushing streams for watermills |
| Where did the plague begin? | Coastal areas and spread inland |
| How did the plague reach Europe? | From rats that came over on ships |
| How much of the population died due to the plague? | About half |
| What is the Weakness-Later emperors became corrupt? | Political |
| $$ Problems - Cost too much to defend such a huge empire plus unemployment led to economic difficulties? | Economic |
| When decline - hired solider were non Roman and had no loyalty toward the Empire | Military |
| "Barbarian" tribes such as the Huns and Goths successfully invaded Rome is called? | Invasions |
| What happened in 285 A. D.? | Roman Empire splits in two in order to save it. |
| What was the name of the two Roman empires that were split? | Eastern Roman Empire and Western Roman Empire |
| What happened in 300 A.D.? | Huns and Goth unite and begin invading the Western Roman Empire. |
| What happened in 330 A. D? | Emperor Constantine dedicates a "New Rome" creating the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire) |
| How long did the Constantine dedicates a New Roman ? | 1000 years |
| What happened in 410 A. D.? | Sack of Rome by the Visigoth |
| What happened in 476 A. D? | Last Roman Emperor in the west is overthrown |
| What was the first impact of the Fall of Rome? | Architecture, literature, government |
| What was the second impact of the fall of Rome? | Rome Protected and guided Europe and that is gone since there is no protection. |
| Now that the protection is gone from Rome what does that equal? | Constant warfare |
| What is the third impact of the fall of Rome? | Less people are traveling |
| What is the fourth impact of the fall of Rome? | Cities are being abandoned |
| What is the fifth impact of the fall of Rome? | Less people are learning and just trying to survive |
| Where is the place people go for hope? | Church |
| What is known as the Dark Ages? | The period from 500 AD until 1500 AD |
| What is another name for the Dark Ages? | Middle ages and the Medieval Period in Europe |
| When looking at the Reflection remember ? | People are having to move around for protection which leads to feudilism. |
| What is feudalism? | Legal/Social structure of how things are run/political |
| Manorialsim is? | Economy is based on agriculture |
| Lords is? | In charge of Manors/land given to them by a king. |
| Knights? | |
| Serfs is? | Work for protection/work for the lords. |
| Chivalry is? | Putting ladies first/ being a gentleman with manners |
| When looking at the Hook picture what do you see? | Not a city in rural area |
| When looking at the Hook picture what might this be? | People stay in manors for 100's of years legally bound there. |
| When looking at the Hook picture where might this be? | Manor-lord lives in castle/Knight in castle for protection. |
| What does self sufficient mean and how can it be applied to this picture? | Manors are self sufficient by creating what they need to survive without relying on others. |
| From Chaos Comes Feudalism means? | People fighting and people abandoning Cities (Chaos) |
| How did the social, political and/or economic system evolve in Medieval Europe? | King>Nobles>Knights>Peasants |
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