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WHI.10-11
Medieval Europe
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What signals the beginning of the Middle Ages? | fall of the Western Roman Empire |
| Who invaded and caused the fall of the Western Roman Empire? | Germanic tribes |
| What title was Charles I given after he aided Pope Leo III? | Holy Roman Emperor |
| Monks in the Middle Ages spent their days doing what three things? | working the land, praying, and copying texts |
| What system was created to protect people in Europe from invaders during the Middle Ages? | feudalism |
| powerful, rich man who owns land | lord |
| someone who manages a chunk of land for a lord and pledges his military service to the lord | vassal |
| a peasant who is tied to the land (but not a slave) | serf |
| What groups moved north into the British Isles? | Angles and Saxons |
| What group moved from Central Asia into Hungary? | Magyars |
| men who lived in monasteries | monks |
| Frankish leader who defeated the Muslims at the Battle of Tours (real name) | Charles Martel |
| advisor of the pope | cardinal |
| head of a local parish | parish priest |
| done by priests: marriage, last rites | sacraments |
| head of the archdiocese | archbishop |
| head of a smaller diocese | bishop |
| Charlemagne's name before he was crowned Holy Roman Emperor | Charles I |
| the land granted to a vassal from a lord | fief |
| Frankish king who converted to Christianity and allied himself with the pope | Clovis |
| the lord's estate | manor |
| Pope who crowned Charles I | Pope Leo III |
| Where did the Vikings come from? | Scandinavia |
| Charles Martel's nickname | Charles the Hammer |
| Books illustrated by monks | Illuminated Texts |
| geographic area with Catholic churches | diocese |
| the area the Franks invaded was formerly known as this | Gaul |
| Charles I's name after he was crowned by Pope Leo III | Charlemagne |
| The name of the empire that Charlemagne ruled | Holy Roman Empire |
| The treaty that divided the Holy Roman Empire into three parts | Treaty of Verdun |
| What does Charlemagne mean/translate to in English? | Charles the Great |
| What is the Latin name for Charlemagne? | Carolus Magnus |
| What decimated the population of much of Asia and then Europe? | Black Death (Bubonic Plague) |
| How did the Black Death spread? | fleas (on rats) |
| How many people died in Europe from the Black Death between 1347 and 1352? | 25 million |
| Battle when the Franks beat the Muslim invasion into France | Tours |
| From what region were spices traded? | around the Indian Ocean |
| What item was traded out of China and Persia? | porcelain |
| What item was traded out of the Baltic region? | amber |
| What new crop came from India? | sugar |
| From what region did waterwheels and windmills come? | Middle East |
| What invention that aided navigation came from the Indian Ocean? | lateen sail |
| What trade route stretched from China across Asia to the Mediterranean Sea? | Silk Road |
| What trade route stretched across the Indian Ocean? | maritime |
| What trade route stretched across North Africa? | Trans-Saharan |
| What trade route stretched across Europe? | European |
| Who invaded and united most of England in 1066? | William the Conqueror |
| Common law had its beginnings under whom? | Henry II |
| What document did King John sign that limited the king's power? | Magna Carta |
| The Hundred Years War was between which two countries? | England and France |
| What was the Hundred Years War fought over? | land in France (Normandy) |
| Who established the Capetian Dynasty in France? | Hugh Capet |
| Who unified Spain and expelled the Jews and Moors via the Reconquista? | Ferdinand and Isabella |
| Who expanded the Spanish Empire int he Western Hemisphere? | Charles V |
| In Russia, who threw off the rule of the Mongols, centralized power in Moscow, and expanded the Russian nation? | Ivan the Great |
| What were the Crusades? | Catholic Christians trying to regain control of the Holy Land from the Muslims |
| Which group conquered the Byzantine Empire? | Ottoman Turks |
| The Crusades began after a speech by which pope? | Pope Urban II |
| When the Ottoman Empire conquered Byzantine, What did they rename Constantinople? | Istanbul |
| What happened to the Hagia Sophia when the Ottomans conquered Byzantine? | It was changed to a Muslim mosque |
| Who helped unify the French army and led France to victory in the Hundred Years War? | Joan of Arc |
| Who was the leader of the Ottoman Turks who renamed Constantinople? | Muhammad II (Mehmet II) |
| The use of what made castles obsolete? | cannons |
| Which two religious groups did Ferdinand and Isabella expel from their country's borders? | Muslim Moors and Jews |
| Which city became the capital of the Russian empire under the tsars (czars)? | Moscow |
| Monasteries in Europe laid the foundation for the first _____. | universities |
| What battle is associated with William the Conqueror? | Battle of Hastings |
| William the Conqueror led what conquest? | Norman |
| In what year was the Battle of Hastings? | 1066 |
| City that was sacked by Crusaders in the Fourth Crusade | Constantinople |
| Muslim leader who reconquered Jerusalem after the first Crusade | Saladin |
| Using reason to support Christian beliefs | scholasticism |
| What was developed as a representative government in England? | parliament |
| What does "habeas corpus" mean? | no illegal imprisonment |
| What phrase means that court and judges should not be influenced by outside forces? | independent judiciary |
| The effort to remove Muslim Moors from Spain | Reconquista |
| a series of institutions within the Catholic Church aimed at combating heresy (in Spain) | Inquisition |
| church scholars | clergy |
| What title did the ruler of Russia start using after Ivan the Great? | czar (tsar) |
| Which king of France made Paris the capital? | Philip II (Augustus) |
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