The Renaissance 1.1 Flashcards
What Qualifies as a reason for why societies change
Inventions Discoveries Natural disasters Trade Religion Contact with other cultures
The ancient Roman Empire is thought to have reached its peak in what year?
117CE
Which of the following are reasons the Roman Empire began to weaken?
Declining economy
Weakening morale
Declining agriculture production
Population was reduced to plague, famine, unclean water supply and war
Who in 476CE successfully overthrew Rome?
The Ostrogoths
What is “feudalism”?
A system of legal and military customs where a lord gave fief to a vassal for loyalty and support
What was the main purpose of the Crusades?
To gain control of the holy city of Jerusalem.
Which of the following options can be considered consequences of the Crusades?
Sowed the seeds of later (including present) tensions between the religious groups involved
Loss of life
Spread of new ideas
What responsibility for the Crusades should be layed at the feet of the Seljuk Turks?
They took control of Jerusalem and forbade entry to non-Muslums.
What are some of the ways Christianity spread following the collapse of the Roman Empire?
The sense of hope it provided
Its missionaries
Its community service
Who were the caliphs?
The Islamic spiritual leaders who succeeded Muhammad
What four current countires made up much of the Angkor/Khmer Empire?
Laos
Cambodia
Malaysia
Thailand
Where did the settlement of Polynesia began?
Taiwan
The Christian practice of burying the dead replaced what Viking funerary ritual?
Burning them in boats
What Chinese dynasty did Kublai Khan set up in 1279?
Yuan
The Mongol control of the Silk Road allowed which Chinese inventions to make their way to Europe?
The magnetic compass
Gunpowder
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