Quarter 2 Flashcards

1
Q

What was the trait that the Code of Chivalry was most concerned with?

A

Loyalty

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2
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Who were the most likely to live in a town in Western Europe during the Middle Ages?

A

Merchants

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3
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What was a “Burgher”?

A

Merchant-leaders of towns in the Middles Ages

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4
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What was the Hanseatic League?

A

Allied group of towns and cities in Central Europe

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5
Q

What invention raised Gothic Architecture to new heights?

A

Flying butress

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6
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Who was the famous Norman conqueror who won the Battle of Hastings in 1066?

A

William

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7
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What was Lindisfarne?

A

A monastery - the first major raid of the Vikings

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8
Q

Why did Prince Vladimir I convert to Christianity?

A

No diet restrictions

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9
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Where do we get the name “Russia”?

A

Land of the red (hair)

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10
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Which Pope called for the First Crusade in 1095?

A

Urban II

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11
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What Crusade saw the Christians attack Constantinople? (a Christian city!)

A

4

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12
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In 1097, Christian forces conquer the Holy Land and set up what?

A

Kingdom of Jerusalem

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13
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What creature was responsible for the spreading of the Black Death?

A

Ticks

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14
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Where were the first areas to be hit by the plague?

A

Italy

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15
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What is the estimate of deaths to Europeans as a result of the Black Death?

A

1/3 of Europe

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16
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What does the word “Byzantine” mean?

A

Complex arrangements

17
Q

What event forced Justinian to rebuild Constantinople?

A

Sport fans rioted and destroyed the city

18
Q

What was NOT a power that the Pope possessed?

A

Appoint the heirs of ruling kings

19
Q

Which was true of Charlemagne?

A

Broad and strong, an imposing figure

20
Q

What is meant by a period of “interregnum”?

A

Time with no ruling king

21
Q

What did the Magna Carta ultimately do for the people of England?

A

Expanded rights to the growing Burgher (commoners) class

22
Q

How was Joan of Arc killed?

A

Burned at the stake

23
Q

Who did Queen Isabella marry? (thereby unifying Spain)

24
Q

What city tried to sell itself as the “third Rome”?

25
How did many Western Europeans think the Jews were poisoning them?
Poisoning the wells
26
In the Decameron, Boccaccio describes the story of ten people fleeing Florence. What are they fleeing?
The plague
27
What does the Magna Carta say?
No one is above the law
28
In the 3 field system, what did it mean to be "fallow"?
Left alone
29
What is the practice of giving all possessions to an eldest son called?
Primogenture
30
What 2 nations fought in the Hundred Year's War?
France and England