chapter 19 Flashcards

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(vocab) Marco Polo

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an Italian merchant whose travels to China in the 13th century opened the door to east-west trade

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(vocab) Otto I

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an aggressive mid-10th century ruler who built a larger state and established himself as king in northern Germany

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(vocab) Frederick Barbarossa

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vigorous king who ruled in southern Germany from 1152 to 1190 CE, he sought to annex Lombardy in northern Italy to dominate Europe

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(vocab) Capetian Kings

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The descendants of a Persian noble who, beginning in 987 CE, gradually centralized power and authority to rule France for over 300 years

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(vocab) Normans

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prominent political and military leaders of Coastal France, they became the founders of the English monarchy after the conquest of Britain

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(vocab) William the Conqueror

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duke who invaded England in 1066, he ruled over much of Britain after his conquest

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(vocab) Troubadours

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A class of traveling poets, minstrels, and entertainers whom aristocratic women enthusiastically patronized

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(vocab) Eleanor of Aquitaine

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A 12th century noblewoman who was celebrated as the wife of two kings and the mother of three more

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(vocab) St. Thomas Aquinas

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A scholastic theologian, he tried to synthesize Christian beliefs and values with that of logical Greek philosophy, hoping to rationally prove that God exists

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(vocab) Dominicans and Franciscans

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organized orders of devout individuals hoping to champion spiritual over materialistic values to persuade heretics to return to the Catholic church

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(vocab) Bogomils

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A religious movement that grew rapidly in the late 10th century in Bulgaria and Byzantium, they viewed the world as a site of unrelenting struggle between the forces of good and evil

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(vocab) Cathars

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similar to the Bogomils, but found in southern France and northern Italy, they rejected church officials who they considered corrupt

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(vocab) Pope Urban II

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leader of the Christian church whose encouragement launched the efforts to restore Christian rule to the holy land

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(vocab) Saladin

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Muslim leader whose victories resulted in the recapture of Jerusalem in 1187 and ended Christian efforts to regain the holy land

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(vocab) Holy Roman Empire

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a regional medieval state formed by German princes as a Christian revival of an earlier empire

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(vocab) Manzikert

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the Byzantine military was overwhelmingly defeated by the Seljuq Turks here in 1071

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(vocab) Investiture Contest

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a controversy over the appointment of church officials in the late 11th and early 12th centuries

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(vocab) Reconquista

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the retaking of Spain by Christians after the Muslim invasion and occupation from the early 8th century until the late 15th century

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(vocab) Crusades

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huge expeditions mounted in the efforts to regain Palestine and Jerusalem from Muslim authorities

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(vocab) Hanseatic League

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A medieval trade association that stretched from the Baltic Sea to the North Sea, dominating commerce throughout much of Europe

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(vocab) Three Estates

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the general separation of European society into โ€œthose who pray, those who fight, and those who work.โ€

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(vocab) Chivalry

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an informal but widely recognized code of ethics and behaviors considered appropriate for those of noble birth

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(vocab) Guilds

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merchants and workers of arts, crafts, and trades who regulated the production and sale of goods within their locales

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(vocab) Cathedral schools

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organized by the church because of an increasing demand for educated individuals, and inviting scholars to serve as master teachers, these institutions attracted students from all over Europe.

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(vocab) Relics

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the physical remains of devout individuals widely believed to retain their religious power

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In the late 1200s, Marco Polo visited the court of

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Khubilai Khan

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In 962 CE, Pope John XII presented the imperial crown toโ€ฆ

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Otto of Saxony

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The single biggest obstacle to the rise of a powerful Holy Roman Empire wasโ€ฆ

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an ongoing conflict with the papacy

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The quip that the Holy Roman Empire was, โ€œneither holy, nor Roman, nor an empireโ€ is attributed toโ€ฆ

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Voltaire

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30
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The state that developed a tightly centralized political structure in its early stages, in which all power stemmed from a group of dukes, wasโ€ฆ

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England

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In 1066, William of Normandy conqueredโ€ฆ

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England

32
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The reconquest of land from the Muslims occurred inโ€ฆ

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The Iberian peninsula

33
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True or False: Government financial support CANNOT explain the increase in the agricultural production of the High Middle Ages.

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True. The expansion of arable land, the use of new tools, and the introduction of new crops contributed to increased agricultural production during the High Middle Ages.

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The growth of urbanization was most pronounced inโ€ฆ

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Northern Italy

35
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Medieval social commentators often described the medieval structure with the phraseโ€ฆ

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โ€œthose who pray, those who fight, and those who workโ€

36
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True or False: The guilds of high middle ages usually admitted women as members

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True. Women were allowed roles in guilds, and there were also woman-only guilds

37
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St. Thomas Aquinas believed thatโ€ฆ

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it was possible to rationally prove that God exists

38
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The Dominicans and Franciscans attacked _____ and allowed _______

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They attacked materialism and allowed no personal possessions

39
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Newfoundland was discovered around the year 1000 CE by the Scandinavian seafarerโ€ฆ

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Leif Ericsson

40
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The Reconquista occurred inโ€ฆ

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Spain

41
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True or False: During the 11th century, Sicily was captured from Muslims.

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True. During The Crusades, Christian forces recaptured Sicily from Muslim control

42
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Pope Urban II launchedโ€ฆ

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the Crusades in 1095

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The only crusade that recaptured Jerusalem was theโ€ฆ

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1st crusade

44
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The sacking of Constantinople was a direct consequence ofโ€ฆ

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the fourth Crusade

45
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The crusades increasedโ€ฆ

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Trade between the eastern and Western Mediterranean

46
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What problem did the late Byzantine empire NOT face?

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the inability of leaders to get the population to practice Christianity

47
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In 987, the French nobles chose who as their king?

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Hugh Capet

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Even though Hugh Capet was crowned King of France in 987, it took centuries forโ€ฆ

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The french Kings to build a powerful, centralized state

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In the high middle ages, the state that seemed to have to most potential to re-create centralized, imperial rule wasโ€ฆ

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the Holy Roman Empire

50
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In Italy, the political structure was marked byโ€ฆ

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a series of city-states and principalities

51
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By the year 1300, the population of Europe had risen to around

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79 million

52
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The high middle ages witnessed a resurgence ofโ€ฆ

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urbanization

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The Hanseatic League was a trading network that operated in theโ€ฆ

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North and Baltic Sea

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Central to the philosophy of the high middle ages was the rediscovery ofโ€ฆ

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Aristotle

55
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During the high middle ages, the most popular saint was

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the Virgin Mary

56
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Who founded the orders of mendicants?

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St. Francis and St. Dominic

57
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The Waldensians advocatedโ€ฆ

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modest and simple lives

58
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True or False: While Franciscans were a crusading order, Hospitallers were not.

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False. Franciscans were members of religious orders by St. Francis. Hospitallers were a crusading order.

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The last surviving Islamic outpost in Spain was

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Granada

60
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Jerusalem was captured in 1187 byโ€ฆ

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Saladin

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In 1144, ____ fell to the Turks

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Edessa

62
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True or False: The collapse of the Roman empire and invasions by migratory peoples wrecked European society and economy.

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True

63
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True or False: Pope Gregory VII ordered an end to the practice of lay investitureโ€”the selection of church officials by lay rulers.

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True

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True or False: In 1066 Duke William of Normandy invaded England and, after a speedy victory, introduced Norman principles of government and land tenure to England.

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True

65
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True or False: By the late thirteenth century, only the small kingdom of Castile was left in Muslim hands.

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False. It was Granada, not Castile

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True or False: During the high middle ages, European farmers experimented with new crops and different cycles of crop rotation.

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True

67
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True or False: Oxen replaced horses in the high middle ages, which helped to increase agricultural production.

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False. Horses replaced oxen.

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True or False: The growth of towns and cities brought about increasing specialization of labor, which in turn resulted in dramatic expansion of manufacturing and trade.

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True

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True or False: Chivalry was a formal and widely recognized code of ethics and behavior considered appropriate for nobles.

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False. It was informal.

70
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True or False: The evolution of the university coincided with the rediscovery of the works of Aristotle.

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True

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The term crusade refers toโ€ฆ

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a holy war

72
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Which Crusades reached the Kingdom of Jerusalem in the Holy Land?

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The first and Third Crusades only

73
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The Holy Roman Empire was a regional state that ruled Germany, though it also exerted influence occasionally inโ€ฆ

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Eastern Europe and Italy. It in no sense restored imperial unity to western Europe.