History 11 Term 2 Flashcards
What is the ancient Roman religion?
Roman Mythology
What is the Written and spoken language of the Romans?
Latin
Roman Republic is?
Citizens elect a representative who makes laws
How does the Roman republic decline?
Class warefare
Define senate
300 people
Legion
5000 soldiers
Civil law
Law that apply to all citizens
Edict of Milan
“Freedom to worship” passed by Constantine
Rights of Roman citizens
- Innocent until proven guilty
- Right to vote
Germanic tribes
Tribes of Europe (ex. The Franks)
Battle of tours
Christianity vs Muslims
Feudalism
Loosely organized system of rule where a powerful local lords divided their land holdings among lesser lords
Feudal contract
Kings
Lords
Knights
Peasants
Fief
Land worked by the peasants
Vassal
Land lords
Serf
Workers in the land (promised to work)
Tenant farmers
Paid rent for land - paid with labor to live on land
William the Conqueror
Duke of Normandy, wins battle of hastings
Magna carter
Signed by King John
-limits kings power
-cannot tax arbitrarily
-not above law
-council of advisors
Reasons for 100 year war
- Controversy over succession
- Money/who owns the land
- Conflict over flanders
- Struggle for National Identity
Spanish inquisitions
Tortured and testing of Catholic knowledge
Otto Von Bismack
Blood and Iron Speech
Crusades 1-4
- Peasant crusade
- Treaty
- Sack of constantinople
Justinian
Built a better temple than king Solomon
Hagia sophia
The temple Justinian builds (“holy wisdom”)
Code of law
Justinian wrote them
Seljuks
Nomadic tribe
Law giver
Suleiman
Jitza
None muslim tax
Janissaries
Sultans top military
Ataturk’s reforms
Nationalism
Populism
Republicanism
Reformism
Secularism
Climate zones of Russia
Forest
Farmland
Steppes
Cyrillic
Russian written language
Boyars
Rich nobles
Oprichniki
Secret police
Peter the Great
7ft tall
tries to modernize Russia
Hemophilia
Blood does not clot
Bolsheviks
Led by Lenin
Treaty of Brest Litovsk
Treaty that brought Russia out of WW1
Kulaks
Wealthy farmers
Weapons of totalitarianism
- Police terror
- Censorship
- Propaganda
- Religious persecution