Test 4 Flashcards
Who led the Ottomans to capture Constantinople in 1453?
Mohammed II
The ________ established the first large empire in western Europe after the fall of Rome?
Franks
The Treaty of _______ formed the nations of France and _________?
Verdun
Germany
Who finished the vulgate, a Latin translation of the Bible?
Jerome
_________ wrote The Prince which is the only lasting book of importance from the Italian Renaissance?
Niccolo Machiavelli
_______ is remembered for painting the Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
_____ of the Roman church began using the title pontifex maximus that once was used by Roman Emperors.
Popes
_____ crowned Charlemagne as emperor of the Romans?
Leo III
The Holy Roman Empire was born when the pope crowned ______?
Otto the Great
________decreed that popes should be chosen by cardinals?
Nicholas II
What was the year the Catholic church officially split?
1054
The first “unofficial crusade” was which crusade?
The Peasants Crusade
The ______ crusade recaptured Asia Minor?
First
The ______ council forbade anyone except church officials to possess a copy of the Bible?
Toulouse Council
What council condemned both Wycliffe and Huss?
Council of Constance
This Greek philosopher was know as “The Philosopher” to Europeans?
Aristotle
The Frankish ruler who established the Merovingian line of kings was_____?
Clovis
This group of people reached the coasts of North America by A.D. 1000?
Vikings
The Holy Roman Empire was born in what year?
962
Leonardo da Vinci is most remembered for what painting?
Mona Lisa
From which of Abraham’s sons are the Arabs descendants?
Ishmael
________ is considered to be the last prophet of Islam?
Mohammed
The battle in 732 that checked the Muslim advance into Western Europe was _________?
Battle of Tours
The Turks conquered Asia Minor in what battle?
Battle of Manzikert
The practice of withdrawing from society and living in solitude?
monasticism
_______ translated the entire Bible into English for the first time?
John Wycliffe
_________ is the teaching that tried to combine Greek philosophy and Romanism?
scholasticism
This plague destroyed 1/3 to 1/2 of the population of Europe?
The Black Death
This Mayor of the Palace’s name means “hammer”?
Charles Martel
What set the stage for a jointly ruled Roman Empire?
Papel States
_________ was the duke of Germany who established the Saxon line of Kings?
Henry the Fowler
A certificate from the pope that excused a person from doing penance was______?
Indulgences
The movement that began to move Europe into the Modern Age was the ________?
Rennisance
A monk who preached and did missionary work outside the monastery was a ______?
friar
Who wrote Divine Comedy?
Dante
Led the Muslims in holy wars?
caliphs
Towers on a castle?
turrets
