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WHI Middle Ages
Based off of VaDOE SOLs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What 3 things were the foundation of Medieval society? | classical heritage of Rome, Christian religion, Customs of Germanic tribes |
| What does secular mean? | worldly, not religious (not focused or based in religion) |
| As secular authority declined in the middle ages, whose authority increased? | Church |
| Where was Greco-Roman culture preserved during the middle ages? | Monasteries (where the monks live) |
| What did missionaries carry to new people? | Christianity and Latin language |
| Who became Emperor in 800 CE | Charlemagne |
| Who anoited Charlemagne Emperor? | Pope (Shows that the church has power over political authority) |
| Who served the religious and social needs of the people | Parish priests (the priest who lived in your local community) |
| As the Roman Empire fell due to invasions, what did that do to the protection that Roman soldier provided for the empire? | Led to feudal system because people were looking for protection |
| What is a fief? | Land given to vassals by nobles |
| What is a feudal obligation? | It is a mutual agreement between peasants and vassals where each provides something for the other. Peasants provide labor, vassals provide protection |
| What is the manorial system? | It is an economic system that is self-sufficient (provides for itself) |
| What are some achievements of Charlemagne? | Franks (from France) emerged as a political force in western Europe; churches, roads and schools were built to unite the empire. |
| Where were Angles and Saxons from? | |
| Where did Angles and Saxons settle? | England |
| Where were Magyars from? | Central Asia |
| Where did Magyars settle? | Hungary |
| Where were Vikings from? | Scandinavia |
| Where did Vikings eventually settle after stealing all of your stuff? | Russia |
| How did Manors and castles reinforce the feudal system? | Provides protection from invaders for everyone in the system and strengthens the system |
| How did invasions affect trade? | Trade declined |
| Who was the leader of the Norman conquest and united most of England? | William the Conqueror |
| What is common law? | Law developed from court decisions |
| Common law had its origins in England under which leader? | Henry II |
| What was the Magna Carta? | A document from 1215 that limited the power of the monarchy in England. (Parliament - like our Congress - evolved out of this) |
| Who had to sign the Magna Carta? | King John |
| Who was the 100 Years War between? | England and France (it helped define each as a nation) |
| Who established the French throne in Paris and started a dynasty? | Hugh Capet |
| Who was a teenager who fought in the 100 Years War, unified France and was eventually burned at the stake. | Joan of Arc |
| Which monarchs unified Spain | Ferdinand and Isabella |
| Which groups of people did Ferdinand and Isabella expel from Spain? | Jews and Muslim Moors (Islamic Spaniards) |
| Which Russian threw off Mongol rule and centralized power in Russia? | Ivan the Great |
| What was the Russian title for king? | Czar, Tzar, Csar, Tsar |
| Which Church influenced unification in Russia | Orthodox Church (Eastern or Greek) |
| What are the 5 events of the Crusades? | Pope Urban's Speech, Capture Jerusalem, Create Crusader states, Loss of Jerusalem to Saladin, Sack of Constantinople by Crusaders |
| Following the Crusades, what happens to the power of the Pope | It declines, Pope is weakened |
| Following the Crusades, what happens to trade? | More trading takes place between Europe and Middle East (where Crusader states were located) |
| Which Empire was heavily weakened by the Crusades | Byzantine |
| Which group invaded Russia, China, and the Muslim states in Southwest Asia (pretty much destroying everything)? | Mongols |
| Who conquered the Byzantine Empire in 1453? | Ottoman Turks (Ottoman Empire) - They were from TURKey |
| What did the Ottomans rename Constantinople? | Istanbul |
| Where did the Black Plague start? | East Asia (China) |
| How did the Black Plague Spread? | Along trade routes (Fleas on rats) |
| What are 5 impacts of the Black Plague? | Population decrease, scarcity of labor (lack of workers), feudal agreements went away, church influence goes down (people loss faith), trade disrupted (no one wants to trade in infected areas) |
| Who were educated during the Middle Ages? | Clergy (Peasants worked and nobles were busy fighting) |
| Where did church scholars work during the Middle Ages? | Monasteries |
| Monks translated texts out of Greek and Arabic into which language? | Latin |
| Church scholars through translating texts and making knowledge available led to the rise of ______________________ in Europe | universities |
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