The Rise of European Nation-States

Question 0

England

Answer 0

Anglo-Saxons had defended England against Viking invasion for centuries

Question 1

Church vs. Kings in Europe

Answer 1

European monarchs tired of the church’s leadership and formed nations to consolidate power.

Question 2

William the Conqueror

Answer 2

• France

* 1066 - French cousin of a dead English king, invaded England and beat the English at the Battle of Hastings

Question 3

Bayeaux Tapestry

Answer 3

Called the ‘Norman Conquest’ because William was from a part of France called Normandy

Question 4

Domesday Book

Answer 4

•Used to levy taxes
William brought his French friends into England as lords. He had each of them do a census on their fiefs and in their towns.

Question 5

Henry ll

Answer 5

•common law

• grand juries
• petit juries

Question 6

King John and the Magna Carta

Answer 6

1215 CE - Runnymede
•nobles forced him to sign the Magna Carta (Great Charter) to place limits on his power
•gave some of his power o Parliament
•assured everyone had a right to a trial by jury

Question 7

Parliament - Two Houses

Answer 7

Cause: Magna Carta

A two-part congress made up of nobles and commoners to advise the monarchs.

Question 8

Hugh Capet

Answer 8

• France
• seized the throne of France and started the Capetian dynasty
• gradually got rid of feudalism

Question 9

Philip IV (The Fair)

Answer 9

• France

* started a national assembly/congress called the ‘Estates General’

Question 10

The Hundred Years’ War

Answer 10

England vs. France
•France’s goal: throw English out; English had some French land b/c of William the Conqueror
•English had better weaponry: longbow and cannon
•Battle of Agincourt - the use of longbow and cannon brought modern warfare

Question 11

Joan of Arc

Answer 11

• French teenager
• led the French army
• won big battle at Orleans
• captured, tried, condemned as a witch by the English

Question 12

Impact of War

Answer 12

• English left France
• France had a new sense of unity and nationalism
• feudalism declined
• chivalry ended

Question 13

Who was occupying most of Spain during this time?

Answer 13

Jews and Moors

Question 14

Ferdinand and Isabella

Answer 14

• Spain
• unified country and expelled Jews and Moors
• began Inquisition against heretics

Question 15

Charles V

Answer 15

• Spain

* encouraged Spanish exploration into the Western Hemisphere

Question 16

Which conquering group had overtaken Russia at this time?

Answer 16

The Mongols

Question 17

Ivan the Great

Answer 17

•overthrew Mongol rule
•centralized power in Moscow
    -leaders called czars (Caesars)
•expanded Russian nation
•Orthodox church influenced unification among different city-states