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World History
Middle Ages
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is another name for Middle Ages? | Medieval period |
| In what year did the Middle Ages begin and ended? | 500-1500 AD |
| Who was Clovis? | A Frankish leader who brought Christianity to the kingdom |
| What did Benedict write about in his book? | Ideals about monasteries |
| Who was Benedict's sister? | Scholastica |
| Who did lords give lands to in exchange for loyalty and service? | Vassals |
| What did lords give to vassals? | Fief |
| Who owned the manor and its estate? | Lords |
| Who was the first king that got appointed by the pope? | Pepin the Short |
| Who exocommunicated Henry IV over lay investiture? | Gregory VII |
| What is exocommunication? | banishment from the Church |
| What did Charlemagne do that helped bring Christianity to his empire? | Ordered monasteries to open schools for future monks and priests |
| What is monastery? | A religious community of men(called monks), who gave up their possessions to devote themselves to a life of prayers. |
| Who is a serf? | Medeival peasant who was legally bound to the lord's estate. |
| Who is a knight? | Armored soldiers who mounted on horseback and followed the code of chivalry |
| At the age of 7, the son of the noble becomes a __________ | Page |
| At the age of 14, a page becomes a __________ | Squire |
| At the age fo 21, a squire becomes a ________ | Knight |
| What dod pages do? | Learned courtly manners and fighted with swords to develop fighting skills. In addition, they played chess for strategy |
| What did squire do? | Knights' servants, who cared the knights' armor, weapons, and warhorses. |
| Who pledged the knights? | Lords, or kings |
| What is lay investiture? | Kings, or nobles, who appointed religious officials |
| Who crowned Charlemagne as R"oman emperor"? | Pope Leo III |
| Who was Gregory I? | An unoffical mayor of Rome who put papacy(pope's office) to a secular (wordly) power. In addition, he was the head of the Church. |
| Who became a Christian hero after defeating the Muslims at the Battle of Tour? | Charles Martel |
| What pact divided Charlemagne's kingdom into 3 kingdoms? | The Treaty of Veradun |
| Who made the Treaty of Veradun? | Charlemagne's 3 grandsons |
| The code of chivalry demanded loyalty to __________ | Feudal lords |
| Pepin the Short started which dynasty? | Carolingian Dynasty |
| Who was the first Viking to travel to North America? | Leif Erickson |
| Who organized the Lombard League? | Frederick I's enemies |
| Where did knights fight and train? | Local wars, distant wars, and tournaments |
| What was the result of the divison of Charlemagne's empire? | Lost powers of Carolingian rulers, which led to a new system of landholding and governing. |
| What is the lord's estate in feudal Europe? | Manors |
| What are the bodies of law that governed the religious practices of a Christian church. | Canon laws |
| Who took control of Rome and Italy in the 900s? | Muslims |
| After Charlemagne's rule, which part of Europe was taken by the Muslims? The Maygnars? The Vikings? | Muslims took over the southern part of Europe(including Italy and Rome); Magynars took over the eastern part of Europe; The Vikings took over the northern part of Europe |
| Who replaced the Roman Provinces? | The Franks and other Germanic tribes |