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What did the Bedouins do?

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move in small bands across the Arabian peninsula

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Nomadic Arab shepherds and goatherds

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bedouins

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a large cube-shaped building in the center of Mecca

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Kaaba

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the name for Muhammed’s journey from Mecca to Yathrib (Medina)

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hegira

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Where were Muhammed’s words collected?

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Qur’an

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What is the Qur’an?

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the sacred text of Islam

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List the 5 pillars of Islam with clarification.

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profession of faith - there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet
5 daily prayers facing Mecca
giving of alms
fast from dawn to dusk during Ramadan
pilgrimage to Mecca once in a lifetime
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the pilgrimage to Mecca required of each Muslim

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hajj

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Where do Muslims gather to worship?

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mosques

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the struggle for faith, or holy war

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jihad

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the loosely organized Muslim legal system

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Sharia

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The three peoples of the book

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Jews
Christians
Muslims

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Who was Muhammad’s successor after his death?

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Abu Bakr

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What do you call the successor to a prophet?

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caliph

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Who reluctantly accepted the Umayyad caliph Mu’awiya after the assassination of Ali?

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Sunnis

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Who was Ali?

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the third caliph and Muhammad’s cousin

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The party of Ali

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Shia

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What did the Shia do?

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Refuse to go along with the Umayyads and chose their own leader

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What did the Shi’ites call their leader?

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imam

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Sought a mystical connection with Allah through breath control and meditation

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Sufis

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Where did the Abbasids move the capital of the caliphate to?

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Baghdad

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When did the Abbasids move the capital?

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after they defeated the Umayyads

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What was the Muslim economy built largely on?

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commerce

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What was a valuable contribution of Muslim scholars?

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translating Ancient Greek scientific and philosophical writings into Arabic

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What were the Averroes?

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the commentaries of Ibn Rushd on the works of Aristotle which influenced Christian thinking

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What did the Muslims perfect?

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the astrolabe

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What was an astrolabe?

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an instrument for finding the position and movement of the stars and planets

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Beautiful styled writing developed by Islamic artists

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caligraphy

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28
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What almost toppled Justinian and his wife?

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Nika Revolt

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What was Justinian’s wife’s name?

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Theodora

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Codified the existing laws of the Roman Empire from the time of Hadrian

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Corpus Juris Civilis

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What does Corpus Juris Civilis mean?

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body of civil law

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What was Justinian’s code?

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The updated revised version of Corpus Juris Civilis

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the most common art of the Byzantines

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mosaics

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paintings or sculptures of sacred figures

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icons

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35
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Why did some church officials find these sacred figures useful?

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teaching people about Christianity

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36
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5 ways the eastern church differed from the western church

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downplayed or rejected icons
worshipped in the vernacular
worshipped a cappella
priests married
emperor supreme authority (pope supreme authority)
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another term for church officials

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clergy

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38
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What did the eastern church become known as?

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Orthodox

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39
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The western church became known as?

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Roman Catholic Church

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40
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Who did Constantinople fall to?

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Ottoman Turks

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41
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What did the Ottoman Turks do to Constantinople?

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renamed in Istanbul

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What did the Slavs along the river Dnieper do about their problems?

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asked the Rus to intervene

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the ruler during the height of Kievan Rus’s power

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Yaroslav the Wise

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44
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Who did the Eastern church send to the Slavs?

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Cyril and Methodius

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Why were Cyril and Methodius sent to the Slavs?

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to convert them to Christianity

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Who was baptized into the Eastern church and later made Christianity the state religion of Kievan Russia?

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Grand Duke Vladimir I

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47
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Who did Kiev fall to?

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Mongol raiders

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48
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Saved the Russian city of Novgorod from invasion by the Swedes

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Alexander Nevsky

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49
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What does means Nevsky?

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of the Neva

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50
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Who else did Alexander Nevsky save Novgorod from?

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Teutonic Knights

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51
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Who led a group of monks to bring Christianity to England?

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Augustine of Canterbury

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52
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What did Alfred the Great do?

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united the small Anglo-Saxon kingdoms

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Why did Alexander the Great unite kingdoms?

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to repel an invasion by the Danes

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54
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Who was baptized into the Western church with 3000 Franks?

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Clovis

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55
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What were the Middle Ages also known as?

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the Medieval period

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56
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Who brought the Christian faith to Ireland?

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Patrick

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57
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Undertook reforms to strengthen both the papacy and canon law

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Gregory the Great

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58
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What did Gregory envision?

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Christendom as a spiritual kingdom under papal authority

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59
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Created a collection of guidelines for monks

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Benedict of Nursia

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60
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Three vows the Benedictine monks made

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chastity
obedience
poverty

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How did Benedictine monasteries preserve the knowledge of Ancient Greek and Rome?

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copying ancient manuscripts

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3 examples of how Western Europe declined after the fall of Rome

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loss of legal system
decline of trade and towns
loss of literacy

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63
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Defeated the Muslim invaders at Tours

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Charles Martel

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64
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What did Martel’s victory at Tours do?

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ended the Muslim advance through Spain

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65
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Forced the king of the Franks to abdicate and took the throne himself

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Pippin the Short

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What did Charlemagne do?

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chose Aaechen as the permanent capital of the Franks
organized the kingdom into countries
revived learning and literacy
recorded many of the tribal law systems
crowned Holy Roman Emperor
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2 ideas behind the pope’s granting of Holy Roman Emperor to Charlemagne

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Charlemagne had restored the glory of the Roman Empire in Europe
Charlemagne’s rule was backed by the church and God

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68
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3 advantages the Vikings had in making raids on Europe

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well built ships
navigation
intimidation

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3 reasons the Viking raids ended

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feudalism
conversion to Christianity
gradually warming climate

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4 needs met by feudalism

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protection from Vikings and crime
social organization
system of justice
quasi-government functions

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71
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highly skilled soldiers who fought on horseback

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knights

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72
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a parcel of land given to a knight in return for his military service

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fief

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73
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anyone who accepted land in return for service

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vassal

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74
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a person who granted land in return for service

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lord

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75
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bound a knight to loyal service

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oath of fealty

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76
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3 factors behind complexity of the feudal system

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one could be a lord and a vassal at the same time
one knight could serve many lords
the rules regarding feudal obligations were specific to the time and place

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77
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the economic system linked to feudalism

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manorial system

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78
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most of the peasants on the manor

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serfs

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79
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What were 2 things about serfs?

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not free to leave the manor

could not marry without their lord’s permission

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80
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Who fought the Battle of Hastings?

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William the Conqueror

Harold the Anglo-Saxon

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81
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Who won the Battle of Hastings?

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William the Conqueror

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82
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Why did William the Conqueror fight the Battle of Hastings?

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to win England for the Normans

83
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a survey of England’s property and taxable income

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Domesday Book

84
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What linked French nobility, English nobility, and lands?

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the marriage of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine

85
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Who was forced to sign the Magna Carta?

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English King John

86
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What did the Magna Carta do?

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guarantee nobility rights

87
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Summoned a parliament

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Edward I

88
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Who was at the first parliament?

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nobles
clergymen
representatives from every English county and town

89
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Who controlled the French crown in the mid-900s?

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Capetian dynasty

90
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the name given to the territories united under the German king Otto the Great

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Holy Roman Empire

91
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What did the Christians call the Muslims who controlled Spain and Portugal?

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Moors

92
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the campaign to retake the Iberian Peninsula

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Reconquista

93
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a person’s level of devotion to his or her relgion

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piety

94
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three issues which spurred the church reforms during the Middle Ages

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marriage or concubinage by priests
simony
lay investiture

95
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Who excommunicated the patriarch of Constantinople?

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Leo IX

96
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What did Leo’s excommunicating do?

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split the church in two

97
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Demonstrated the power of the papacy by excommunicating Henry IV and letting him stand 3 days in the snow before forgiving and lifting the excommunication

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Pope Gregory VII

98
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A series of religious wars between the Christian church and the Muslims

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the Crusades

99
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7 sacraments in order

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baptism
penance
holy eucharist
confirmation
matrimony
Holy Orders
extreme unction
100
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Who convened the Council of Clermont?

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Pope Urban II

101
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Why was the Council of Clermont called?

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a holy war against the Turks

102
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Recaptured crusader states and defended them against attacks led by Richard the Lion-hearted

A

the Muslim sultan Saladin

103
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Where did the Christians attack during the 4th crusade?

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Zara and Constantinople

104
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the most important of the early trading cities in Italy

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Venice

105
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Where did merchants travel to to sell their goods

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trade fairs

106
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what led to the creation of banks

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the increased use of money and credit

107
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What were most money lenders?

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Jews

108
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Why weren’t Christians money lenders?

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against religious laws

109
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trade organizations that set standards and prices for their products

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guilds

110
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children learning the skills of a craft from a master

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apprentices

111
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craftsmen who had not qualified to become a master

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journeyman

112
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a new type of support that made Gothic architecture possible

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flying buttress

113
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the process of decorating a written manuscript with pictures or designs

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illumination

114
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a code of honor requiring knights to be generous and courteous to women and other knights

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chivalry

115
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wandering singers who performed epics and romances

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Troubadours

116
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wrote THE CANTERBURY TALES

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Geoffrey Chaucher

117
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wrote THE DIVINE COMEDY

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Dante Alighieri

118
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what increased the flow of Greek learning into Europe

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growth of universities

119
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attempted to reconcile revelation and reason in an approach called Scholasticism

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Thomas Aquinas

120
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Thomas Aquinas’s most important work

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Summa Theologica

121
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a belief that is opposed to the church’s official teaching

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heresy

122
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legal procedures supervised by special judges who tried false teachers

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inquisitions

123
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churchmen who lived among the people

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friars

124
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Who fought the Hundred Years’ War?

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France and England

125
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led the French to victory at Orleans

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Joan of Arc

126
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Was fought between the families of the Yorks and the Lancasters over control of the English throne

A

the Wars of the Roses

127
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What was the Black Death?

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a plague that swept across the European continent

128
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How much of Europe died during the Black Death?

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1/3

25 million

129
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Who began the Muslim Empire

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Muhammad

130
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Muhammad’s story

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began to preach in Mecca
Fled to Medina
consolidated power
defeated Mecca

131
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Where are Muhammad’s teachings contained?

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the Qur’an

132
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1 rule about the Qur’an

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must be studied in Arabic

133
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Which caliphs were assassinated?

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2nd-4th

134
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Who killed Muhammad’s grandson?

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5th caliph

135
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Who do the Shi’ite Muslims follow?

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direct successors of Muhammad

136
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Who do the Sunni follow?

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a dynasty descended from Abbas

137
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Who was Abbas?

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Muhammad’s uncle

138
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what are the Sunni

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orthodox muslims

139
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What was the capital of the Byzantine empire?

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Constantinople

140
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What land did the Byzantine empire cover?

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the Bosphorus Strait

141
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What is the Bosphorus strait?

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the link between the Black and Mediterranean seas

142
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What did Justinian do?

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attempt to reconquer Roman lands to the West
certified Roman law and legal opinions
undertook massive building program

143
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How did Justinian conquer Rome?

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He destroyed it

144
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What happened after Justinian’s death?

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the empire lost all its conquered lands

145
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What ended up making up the code of Justinian?

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Greek and Latin scholars compiling and simplifying 400 years of documents

146
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What did the pope and patriarch do to each other before the church split?

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they excommunicated each other

147
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What does catholic mean?

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universal

148
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what does orthodox mean?

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correct praise or belief

149
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What did the Slavs want?

A

Byzantine culture

150
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What did Cyril do?

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invented the Cyrillic alphabet for the Slavs to read the Bible

151
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What did the Russians do?

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came south from Scandinavia

established a capital at Kiev

152
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What did Vladimir do?

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chose the Byzantine faith

153
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What did the Turks do?

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broke up Islamic political structure

154
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What did the Persians do in Baghdad?

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captured it and divided the power between the caliph and the sultan

155
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What did the Seljuk Turks do with Baghdad

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took control, then occupied Asia Minor

156
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What did the Ottoman Turks do?

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conquered Asia Minor and conquered the Balkans

157
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What happened to Constantinople?

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It fell to the Ottoman Turks after a two month siege

158
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What did monasteries do?

A

maintained tradition and stops chaos

159
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What did the monks do to maintain tradition?

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copied documents

160
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Patrick’s story

A

escaped from slavery in Ireland

returned to teach the Irish

161
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Who was Clovis?

A

king of the Franks

162
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One Christian act occurring at this time?

A

missionaries going out

163
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What did Pope Gregory do?

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acted as Rome’s mayor
made treaties
raised armies
built roads

164
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Who crowned Pepin the Short king of France?

A

the pope

165
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4 facts about Charlemagne’s reign?

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golden age
efficient government
revived learning
crowned the Holy Roman Emperor

166
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Who were the Vikings?

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Scandinavian raiders who led lightning strikes onn inland rivers

167
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What else did the Vikings do?

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explored and settled Iceland, Greenland, and Vinland

168
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What was the feudal organization?

A

lord/king
vassal/lord
knight/vassal
serfs and free peasants

169
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What did Christian life do?

A

gave life coherence

170
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What was Simony?

A

Christianity for money

171
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How was orthodoxy enforced?

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excommunication

172
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What were two new orders in society?

A

franciscans

dominicans

173
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What did the Franciscans do?

A

work among the poor

174
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What did the Dominicans do

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preach and teach al the classes

175
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3 reasons for the Crusades

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advance of the Seljuk turks
hope of reunion with the Byzantine church
outlet for bellicose knights

176
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What does Pope Urban promise for the crusaders?

A

forgiveness of sins
freedom from creditors
choice of fiefs from conquered lands

177
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Events of the 1st crusade

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took Jerusalem

created the Crusader States

178
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3rd crusade

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Richard and Saladin fought to a draw

179
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4th crusade

A

captured and sacked constantinople

180
Q

Children’s crusade

A

thousands of children led into slavery

181
Q

9th crusade

A

final crusade

182
Q

Results of the crusades

A 
Jerusalem remained under Muslim control
Constantinople fell to the Turks
Church lost power, prestige
Feudalism weakened
Europeans were exposed to the products of the Far East
183
Q

one thing abut english government

A

constant war between feudal kings

184
Q

What happened with William of Normandy’s great grandson Henry II?

A

inherited, married into, and conquered much of France

185
Q

Henry II’s 2nd son did what?

A

lost most of his father’s land

186
Q

one thing that occurred during John’s reign

A

French king forced his vassals to choose between France and England

187
Q

2 parts of the Magna Carta

A

no taxation without representation

due process

188
Q

What is due process

A

right to look at evidence
ask for bail,
charge must be given within 48 hours or so

189
Q

What does parliament represent?

A

English middle class

190
Q

Who creates the Model Parliament

A

Edward I

191
Q

Why does Edward I create the Model Parliament

A

to raise money

192
Q

Who attended the House of Commons?

A

knights and burgesses (businessmen)

193
Q

who attended the House of Lords

A

nobles and priests

194
Q

what did parliament eventually do

A

limited the power of the king

195
Q

the situation with Boniface and Philip IV

A

Pope Boniface was humiliated because Philip ignored papal bulls
Boniface died after being unsuccessfully kidnapped by France

196
Q

What occurred in the Babylonian captivity?

A

Philip convinced cardinals to chooser a french pope (Clement V
Clement moved to Avignon, France, with his court

197
Q

What happened in the great western schism?

A

Urban IV was elected Pope in Rome
CLement VII was elected Pope in France
the church sent a 3rd pope
the council of constance removed all 3 and put in Martin V

198
Q

Why did the feudal system collapse?

A

the peasants demanded wages during the Black Death

199
Q

Why was the 100 years’ war fought

A

france and england fighting over land

200
Q

2 new weapons of the 100 years’ war

A

longbow

cannon

201
Q

What grew in both countries in the 100 years’ war

A

nationalism

202
Q

what happened with joan of arc besides her victory?

A

led charles vii to be crowned french king

captured by the british and burned at the stake as a heretic

203
Q

names of constantinople

A

new rome
byzantium
istanbul

204
Q

What did Francis do?

A

began an order of friars

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