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Chapter 10 review
Ch10
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History
10th Grade
12/03/2007

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Term
The post-classical period in western history between the fall of the roman empire and the fifteenth century is referred to as the...?
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Middle Ages
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How was the medieval west not like other civilizations at that time?

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Religous Intensity
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What was the impact of Christianity on polytheistic religons in western europe?
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conversion of most believers of other faiths
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Why was europe so anxious about the more powerful muslim world?
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Fears of Invasion

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What were signs of vitality in the medieval western culture following the roman empire's fall?
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Rise of Population and Economy
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Following the Fall of Rome where was the center of the post classical west?
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France
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Who were the invaders who disrupted the development of political institutions in the medieval west until the tenth century?
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The vikings

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The system that described econimic and political relations between landlords and their peasant laborers was called...?
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Manorlism
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Agricultural Laborers under the jurisdiction of aristocratic landowners were called....?
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Serfs

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What benefits did Serfs get from the manorial system?

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Protection
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What was the moldboard?
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Curved Iron Plate
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What were the strenghts and weaknesses of the manorial system?

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Limited production but rather appealing
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What is the three field rotation system?
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A third of all land is left unplanted.
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The members of military elite who recieved land in return for military service i nthe bands of the greater lords were called?
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Vassals
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How did feudalism impact the medieval world?
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It greatly impacted it, giving kings even more power
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Who usually actually appointed Church bishops after 500?
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Popes, but Monarch and local Lords held the right to do so as well
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What Frankish King was responsible for the conversion of his people to christianity in order to gain a vague domination over the Franks?
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Clovis
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What belief did the conversion of Germanic kings create among the western religious leaders particularly the pope?
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They had authority separate from and greater than the power of the political sphere
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Benedict of nursia was responsible for what accomplishments in the sixth century?
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The most important set of monastic rules
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What were the benefits of the monastic movement in western europe?
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Served as a holy life and lead to greater cultivation
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What Dynasty took over the Frankish monarchy in the eighth century?
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Cardingians
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In what year was Charlemagne able to establish a substantial, if temporary, empire in France and Germany?

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800
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Why were the holy romans emperors not very powerful?

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 Relied too much on imperial claims.
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What was the impact of the improved economy after the tenth century?
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Greater Stability
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How did the introduction of feudal monarchy into England compare to the political experience of France?
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It was more abrupt.
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By what century did france achieve a complete feudal monarchy?
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Early 14th century
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When did England become a feudal monarchy?
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1066

 

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What areas were affected by expansion from western europe?
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Germany, Poland, Spain
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In what year did Pope Urban II call for the first crusade?
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1095
Term
The Reforming monastic orders founded in Assisi in the thirteenth century were created by...?
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St Clare
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Pope Gregory VII decreed the practice of investiture invalid. What is investiture?

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Practice of State Appoinment
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The 4th crusade manipulated the merchants in Venice who turned their attack on...
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Constaninople
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In the twelfth century, what Parisan scholar the author of Yes and No utilized logic to examne the ecclesiastical doctrine?
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Peter Abelard
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What twelfth century monk stressed the importance of mystical union with God over logic and philosophy?
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Benard of Clairuaux
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The leading figure in the synthesis of classical rational philosophy with Christian theology was a teacher at the University of Paris in the thirteenth century named...
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Thomas Aquinas
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Becaused of it's base in the universatites of Western Europe, the dominant medieval approach was referred to as...
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Scholasticism
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During the eleventh century what new architectural style featurin pointed arches and fly buttresses became dominant in western europe?
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Gothic
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What were the functions of the merchant and artisan guild?
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Creation of cloth, bread and jewelry
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Who was Jacques Coer?
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One of Europes most extraordinary merchants
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What was the result of the hundred years war?
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Victory for the English and nearly crippling both nations
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What ws the greatest threat to Western Vitality?

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Black Death
Term
What was more important for later western developments medieval economics or classical?
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Classical, Even today Classical principals still stand.
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