2.6

Question 1

Roman Empire Religion

Answer 1

Christianity (because of Constantine): united Romans until west half fell

Question 2

Byzantine Empire

Answer 2

eastern half of Roman Empire
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Highly centralized political structure
Roman Catholic Christianity
Lost territory to Islam empires

Question 3

Western half of Roman Empire

Answer 3

Decentralized entities

Question 4

Kievan Rus

Answer 4

Adopted eastern orthodox Christianity
Imitated Byzantine Empire: architecture, alphabet, church organization
Centralized

Question 5

Constantinople

Answer 5

capital of eastern Roman Empire, Ottoman Empire (Instanbul), is the same as Byzantium

Question 6

Ottoman Empire

Answer 6

Muslim
Ended Byzantine Empire

Question 7

Western Europe

Answer 7

Isolated from trading connections
Roman Catholicism a continuity in Europe
Hierarchy: popes, bishops, cardinals

Question 8

Roman Catholicism in Europe

Answer 8

Incited European Christians to fight Muslims: the Crusades

Question 9

Crusades

Answer 9

Connected Europe to bigger trade routes

Question 10

Important Religions in Europe:

Answer 10

Christianity, Judaism, Islam

Question 11

Iberian Peninsula

Answer 11

Ruled by Muslims

Question 12

Jews in Europe

Answer 12

Scattered
Traders
Marginalized due to suspicion/distrust

Question 13

Political state in West Europe before 1200

Answer 13

feudalism, manorialism

Question 14

Feudalism

Answer 14

System of allegiances between leaders kept by trade of land

Question 15

Manorialism

Answer 15

peasants dependent and tied to the land they work on and their lords for protection.
Peasants known as “serfs”, not OWNED by lords but bound to the land

Question 16

political changes in Europe after 1200

Answer 16

Growth of monarchs, militaries, bureaucracies, centralized authority, competition, war for power between said monarchs, decrease in power of the noble class