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Euro. Beginning/Byzantium
Accelerated World History Europe and Byzantium
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10th Grade
02/07/2017

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When dealing with crime the Germans originally used blood feuds or eye for an eye mentality. Later, they developed a __________ that would be an amount of money for wrongdoing.
Definition
Wergild
Term
As the Roman Empire fell, the Church grew in power with the Bishop of Rome or __________ in charge
Definition
Pope
Term
Monastic movement was the practice of removing oneself from society and dedicating your life to God that was greatly influenced by Saint ___________ with his "rules" for monks' behavior.
Definition
Benedict
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_______________ created the Carolingian Empire (largest until Napoleon) and was granted the title of Holy Roman Emperor on 12/25/800.
Definition
Charlemagne
Term
Frankish rulers lost power to their major domo or mayor of the palace. One such domo that took the power from the Merovingians was Charles Martel's son, ___________ the Short.
Definition
Pepin
Term

In the Monastic movement, monks and nuns did a variety of things for European society. What is one thing they did?


•  Provided schools and hospitals
•  Travelled very little
•  Lived luxurius lives
•  Spent more time doing good works than praying
Definition
                   Provided schools and hospitals
Term
By being the first Germanic ruler to be Christian, _________ was able to gain favor with the Roman Catholic Church and create a vast kingdom by 510 AD.
Definition
Clovis
Term
In order to determine guilt in the Germanic society, __________ or physical trials that were based on the idea of divine intervention (i.e. grabbing a hot iron) were used.
Definition
Ordeal
Term

Nuns lived in convents called?

•  Missionaries
•  Abesses
•  Tucks
•  Friars
Definition
Abesses
Term
The beginning of strong politically and spiritually influential popes started with _______________ I
Definition
Gregory
Term
Two ways to keep a system built on war from always fighting was to grant titles of nobility and for knights to keep a strict oath/code of ___________ that says they will defend the Church, protect the defenseless, treat captured with hospitality (kindness), and treat women with respect
Definition
Chivalry
Term
______________ were a place for the knights of the age to show off skills and train.
Definition
Tournamants
Term
The ___________ were a successful Scandinavian peoples that were skilled warriors, master boat builders, and most likely settled due to trade being easier than pillaging.
Definition
Vikings
Term
The land that you owned would be called a ______ which gave you political, economic, and social power over that land.
Definition
fief
Term
The new social/political order that emerged after the Carolingian Empire weakened causing disorder and invaders made the local areas unsafe was called ______________.
Definition
Feudalism
Term

Which is true about those that fought in wars during the middle ages?

•  They were large armies.
•  They were typically foot soldiers with light armor.
•  They were rich nobles.
•  They were peasants or serfs
Definition
They were rich nobles.
Term
As we saw with Charlemagne, the __________ (person or place) has the most power in this new social and political system because of the impact they/it has on the entire society.
Definition
Pope/Church
Term
In the new system, there were lords who promised _______ (really the only valuable commodity at the time besides loyalty) to those that would promise to fight and protect them.
Definition
land
Term

When William of Normandy takes over England he does several things to give the central government more power. Which of the following was NOT one of them?

•  Created a Census that allowed for the crown to tax more accurately
•  Force all nobles to swear an oath to him as the sole ruler of England
•  Required all nobles to intermarry with French noble women to create a united society.
•  None of the Above
Definition
Required all nobles to intermarry with French noble women to create a united society.
Term
Under Philip IV (Fair), France increased its bureaucracy by creating its own parliament called the _______-__________ (meeting of all 3 classes)
Definition
Estates-General
Term
In _____ (year), William of Normandy defeated King Harold at the Battle of __________ which set up a strong England.
Definition
1066; Hastings
Term
The Poles, Czechs, Hungarians, Bosnians, Serbians, Bulgarians, Kievian, and Russian are all collectively a part of the same group of people called the ________.
Definition
Slavs
Term
Issues between Thomas a Becket and King ________ over where clergy should be tried and punished ended in the king's knights killing Thomas a Becket in Canterbury.
Definition
Henry II
Term
Under King John's tyrannical rule, English nobles forced him to sign the ____________ or Great Charter in ______ (year) in order to list their rights in a document and limit the king's power.
Definition
Magna Carta; 1215
Term
The Holy Roman Empire was reorganized under ________ who unified German culture and the Church, eventually being crowned the Holy Roman Emperor in 962. 
Definition
Otto I
Term
Under Edward I, England created its own Parliament consisting of two houses making it bicameral. The upper house of nobles and bishops was called the House of _________ and the lower house of knights and townspeople was called the House of ___________.
Definition
Lords; Commons
Term

hat was a problem that the Byzantium Empire faced?

•  Threats from the muslims
•  Small amounts of territory
•  Threats from Vikings through Ukraine
•  None of the above
Definition
Threats from the muslims
Term
Constantinople falls twice. Once in 1204 to armies from the west and _______ (year) to the ____________.
Definition
1453; Ottoman Turks
Term

The leader of the Muslims in 1187 made a peace treaty with King ____________ (Roman numeral or nickname is fine).

 

Definition
Richard I or Lionhearted
Term
The difference between the West and East when it came to religion was that the emperor was in charge of the society and he appointed the head of the church that is called a ___________.
Definition
Patriarch
Term
___________ was the ruler of Byzantium in 527 who put down the Nika Revolt and codified the law.
Definition
Justinian I
Term
Pope ____________ was started the wars against the Muslims in Jerusalem.
Definition
Urban II
Term
____________ was the Muslim leader in control of Jerusalem in 1187.
Definition
Saladin
Term
The issues between the Roman Catholic Church in the west and the Greek/Eastern Orthodox Church in the east lead to a ________ or separation between them.
Definition
schism
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