Chapter 10 Vocabulary

Question 1

Powerful ruler of the Byzantine Empire from 527-565.

Answer 1

Justinian

Question 2

Body of the Roman Law collected and organized by Justinian around 534.

Answer 2

Justinian Code

Question 3

Church destroyed by mobs of rioters in 532 and rebuilt by Justinian.

Answer 3

Haifa Sophia

Question 4

Leader of the Eastern Church.

Answer 4

Patriarch

Question 5

Religious image used in practices by Eastern Christians.

Answer 5

Icons

Question 6

Formal declaration that someone is no longer a member of the church.

Answer 6

Excommunication

Question 7

Alphabet invented by Saints Cyril and Methodius, in which most Slavic languages, including Russian, are written.

Answer 7

Cryillic Alphabet

Question 8

People from the forests north of the Black Sea.

Answer 8

Slavs

Question 9

Grand prince of Kiev; he converted to Orthodox Christianity in the 980’s and made it a state religion.

Answer 9

Vladimir

Question 10

Son of Vladimir; as Russian ruler he helped Kiev gain further power and wealth.

Answer 10

Yaroslav the Wise

Question 11

Russian prince who gained power by working in the Mongols.

Answer 11

Alexander Nevsky

Question 12

Moscow prince who led rebellion against Mongol rule; under his rule, Russia became an empire.

Answer 12

Ivan III

Question 13

Russian Ruler

Answer 13

Czar

Question 14

Period of European history from 500-1500, also called medieval period.

Answer 14

Middle Ages

Question 15

Germanic people who held power in the Roman province called Gaul.

Answer 15

Franks

Question 16

Religious community of men (monks) devoted to worship and prayer.

Answer 16

Monastery

Question 17

Concerned with worldly, rather than spiritual matters.

Answer 17

Secular

Question 18

Dynasty of Frankish rulers; lasting from 751-987.

Answer 18

Carolingian dynasty

Question 19

Powerful Frankish ruler (768-814) who build a large empire.

Answer 19

Charlemagne

Question 20

Landowner

Answer 20

Lord

Question 21

Person receiving a fief from a lord.

Answer 21

Vassal

Question 22

Land granted by a lord to a vassal.

Answer 22

Fief

Question 23

Warrior on horseback who promised to defend his lord’s land in exchange for a fief.

Answer 23

Knight

Question 24

Peasant who worked the land of a lord and could not lawfully leave it.

Answer 24

Serf

Question 25

Lord’s estate

Answer 25

Manor

Question 26

Church tax; usually a tenth of a peasant’s income

Answer 26

Tithe

Question 27

Code of behavior for knights, stressing ideals such as courage, loyalty, and devotion

Answer 27

Chivalry

Question 28

Staged battle for entertaining audiences and training knights.

Answer 28

Tournament

Question 29

Poet/musician at the castles and courts of Europe.

Answer 29

Troubadour