Chapter 10 ID's

Question 1

Byzantine Empire (255) (PERSIA)

Answer 1

The Eastern portion of the Roman Empire – capital is Constantinople

This empire is significant because the buffer between the muslims and the europeans which effectively isolated them from different cultures and ideas

Question 2

Charlemagne (742-814) (225) (PERSIA)

Answer 2

Holy Roman Emperor of the Franks (Carolingian), illiterate but sponsored an intellectual revival

This King/Emperor is significant because he was the first holy roman emperor. The pope basically gave the holy roman emperor power by saying he was imp. Charlemagne protected the pope.

Question 3

Crusades (1095-1204) (276) (RPE)

Answer 3

Armed pilgrimages to the Holy Land by Christians determined to recover Jerusalem from Muslim rule. The Crusades brought an end to western Europe’s centuries of intellectual and cultural isolation.

The crusades were significant because these were the first attempt in a long while of the europeans coming out of isolation. The first time they interacted with people.

Question 4

fief (264) (EP)

Answer 4

a land, that is controlled by that lord, given to them by the king

This land is significant because the fief created this self-sufficiency and isolation from the other people

Question 5

horse collar (274) (I)

Answer 5

A harness that uses the shoulders, not the neck, allowing farmers to efficiently use horse drawn plows

This technology is significant because it allowed farmers to more effectively plow the land

Question 6

investiture controversy (268) (PRE)

Answer 6

Dispute between the popes and the Holy Roman Emperors over who held ultimate authority over bishops in imperial lands.

This is significant because it was a major conflict between the pope very strong power over everything. Land is everything.

Question 7

manor (262) (EP)

Answer 7

A large house for the Lord consisting of outbuildings, peasant village, and surrounding land.

This house/land is significant because it was what the feudal system was based arounf, people working the land for a lords protection

Question 8

medieval (255) (PERISIA)

Answer 8

Literally “middle age”

This is significant because it signifying its intermediate point between Greco-Roman antiquity and the Renaissance.

Question 9

monasticism (255) (RI)

Answer 9

having to do with monasteries. monks having to do with a religious place

the monks would right down important events and keep records which is why we know anything about anything relating to this time periods

Question 10

papacy (265) (RPE)

Answer 10

The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church, of which the pope is the head.

This term/position is significant because

Question 11

pilgrimage (277) (R)

Answer 11

A journey to a sacred shrine or place

This journey is significant because it shows how much religion meant to the community and it influenced the diffusion of persian ideas

Question 12

schism (256) (PR)

Answer 12

a split between a religious community

this schism is important because it splits the religion in half creating new thoughts and reforms, affecting the PERSIAN ideas of that nation

Question 13

serf (262) (E)

Answer 13

legally on able to leave, tied to the land, worked the land in exchange for protection

This class of citizens is important because they were the majority of the feudal class system becoming the backbone of a backwards society

Question 14

vassal (262) (PE)

Answer 14

a king’s subordinates

these people were significant because they payed taxes to the king but were fundamentally there own kingdom or fiefdom

Question 15

Kievan Russia (256) (PERSIA)

Answer 15

State established at Kiev in Ukraine ca. 882 by Scandinavian adventurers asserting authority over a mostly Slavic farming population.

Kievan russia is significant because it was the foundation of russia