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Mr Buck ch 15
Medieval Conflicts and Crusades
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7th Grade
04/28/2009

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Heresy
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a belief that is rejected by official Church policy
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Inquisition
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a church court that investigated and judged heretics
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crusade
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a chirstian religious war
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coronation
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a crowning ceremony
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secular
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non-church or non-religious
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excommunicate
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to exclude a person from a religious community
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common law
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a body of laws that has developed from custom and judge's decisions
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Reconquista
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the movement to drive then Muslims from Spain
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clergy
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the group of people who serve as Church officials
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pilgrim
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a religious person who travels to a holy place
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What was the importance of the coronation of Constatine?
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it built up the power of the Church in Western Europe
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expel
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To force or drive out
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What 2 things did the Norman conquest of England do?
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1. The Norman Army burned and robbed England

2.  Many English nobles were killed at the Battle of Hastings

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The first Crusade______________
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captured Jerusalem and set up 4 Crusade States
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Soldiers joined the Crusades _____________
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willingly
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Why did Pope Leo III crown Charlemange emperor?
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He needed Charlemagne's protection against his enimies.
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What did the Roman Catholic Chutch gain from Charlemagne's rise to power?
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It gained in political power because a pope was able to crown an emperor.
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What year were the Jews exiled from Spain?
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1492
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Why was Cordoba Europe's largest city in the 900's
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Spain had  the largest population in Europe
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Muslim Spain was highly advanced in _________________ and ___________________
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medicine and science
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Who was Saladin?
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The muslim leader during the Third Crusade.
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Why did Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII fight over the right to appoint bishops?
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Both wanted bishops who were loyal to them.
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How was the Fourth Crusade different fro the three earlier ones?
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The Pope supported ths crusade, but not the other three.
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The words "law of the land' in the Magna Carta refers to?
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English law in the 1200's
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The struggle that shaped the Magna Carta was between?
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King John and the Pope.
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The Crusades begen because
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the Seljuk Turks destroyed Christian churches and harassed pilgrims.
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What events helped set the stage for the start of the Reconquista?
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Portugal splits from Spain
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Why was William the conqueror able to capture England?
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The English were exhausted from fighting the Norwegins
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Greater understanding between Muslims and Christians and increased trade between Europe and the Middle East were a result of
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The Crusades
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One of the political results of the Norman Conquest was that
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Power was held by relatively few Norman nobles
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The Magna Carta gave the English barons the right to approve the king's taxes.  This right led to the beginning of
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trial by jury
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The Normans were originally
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Vikings
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Why did Pope Gregory IX create the inquisition?
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to find and punish heritics
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How did the Magna Carta limit the power of the king?
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no secret arrests of freemen

consult the nobles before raising taxes

trial by jury

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What were two main achievments of Moorish Spain?
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Advanced science

Medicine

library of 400,000 books

philosophy

art

craftsmen

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name two positive and negative effects of the crusades
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increased trade between Europe and Middle East

increased knowledge of other ways of life

desire to explore

many people killed

persecution of Jews and Muslims

arab resentment of europeans

anger from Nyzantine Christians towards Roman Catholic Christians

 

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