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| invaders from outside the empire, spoke a different language |
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| What led to the end of the Roman Empire? |
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| 1. barbarian invasions, 2. disease, 3. weak leaders, 4. changing values including the development of Christianity, 5. slaves, 6. arguing and fighting (civil war) |
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| Which empire slowly developed from the Eastern Roman Empire? |
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| Constantine moved Rome's capital from Rome to another city. List the two names for this city. |
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| Byzantium (first), Constantinople (second) |
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| What made Constantinople (Byzantium) prosperous, or rich? |
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| Its location was good for trade. |
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| Describe the Byzantine Empire. |
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| Christian, continued Greek language and art, theaters, university, palaces, churches, gold, dome buildings, mosaics |
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| Byzantine emperor, builder of walls and churches, organized laws, expanded the empire, |
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| How did the Byzantine Empire end? |
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| conquered by Ottoman Turks |
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| Roman emperor, saw cross in sky, won battle with crosses painted on shields, became Christian, moved capital from Rome to Constantinople, made Christianity the official religion |
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| What kind of art was created during the Byzantine Empire? |
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| Christian, gold, symbols, mosaics, domed churches |
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| from the Middle Ages, between the Roman Empire and the Renaissance |
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| What was life like for the earliest Christians? |
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| Christianity was banned in the Roman Empire until Constantine. Christians were persecuted, jailed, and killed. |
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| Why was the Church so important to people in medieval times? |
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| Life was short and hard. Believing in heaven gave them hope that they would be happy someday. |
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| How did the Church become powerful? |
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| It was important to people and they gave gifts of money, land, and crops to the Church. The Church became wealthy. |
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| Why did medieval churches use statues and stained glass windows to teach Bible stories? |
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| Most people couldn't read. |
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| Why did some people become monks and nuns? |
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| to serve God, because they would have food and shelter |
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| How did medieval monasteries help communities? |
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| farms, inns, helped sick, fed hungry, kept records, preserved texts and art, teachers |
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| a vassal who served his lord as a warrior |
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| a poor person with no land |
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| a peasant that belonged to the land |
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| a piece of land given to a vassal by a lord |
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| Why did feudalism develop? What were the advantages of feudalism? |
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| organization and protection through teamwork |
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| to get resources and products they want or need, to make money, to get new ideas |
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| Why did so many cities develop near waterways? |
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| transportation - Being able to trade with other people far away led to success and people could get resources and products from other places. |
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| How can trade be used in negotiations between countries? |
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| A country can refuse to trade with another country until they do a certain thing. |
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| What happened to the western Roman Empire? |
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| It was left without one powerful leader. People had to fight for their own land and feudalism began. |
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| to separate someone from the Christian community because of their behavior |
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