World History Flashcards
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Fierce Mongolian warriors from Central Asia
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Tartars
2
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Kievan ruler who adopted christianity
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Vladimir I
3
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Swedish Norseman
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Varangians
4
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Conquered Constantinople and killed the last Byzantine Emporer
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Ottoman Turks
5
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The Bulgar Slayer
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Basil II
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Exclusion from the fellowship of the Catholic Church
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Excommunicated
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A church, The finest example of Byzantine architecture
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Hagia Sophia
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Another name for Constantinople
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New Rome
9
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A systematic Byzantine arrangement of laws that clarified Roman legal principles
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Justinian Code
10
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The annihilation of the Byzantine army by the Selguk Turks
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The Battle of Manzikert
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A man who calls faithful Muslims to Prayer everyday
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Muezzin
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Places of Muslim worship
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Mosqes
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Famous Muslim position
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Ibn Sina
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A ruling class of Muslims who moved the center of politics from Medina to Damascus
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Umayyads
15
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The Holiest book in Islam
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Koran
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What ethnic group played a major role in establishing early Russian state?
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Slavs
17
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What Byzantine Emperor sought to restore the old borders of the Roman Empire?
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Justinian
18
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What is the name of the organized church that developed within the Byzantine empire?
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The Eastern Orthodox Church
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What 2 Byzantine missionaries developed a written language for the slavic people of Russia?
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Cyrial and Methodius
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What is the Shahadah and what 2 critical contradictions does it lead to in Islam?
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The thesis statement in Islam: There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet
1) Islam praises Jesus and his apostles but rejects his claims
2) Islam rejects that Jesus died on the cross
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True/False
Yaroslav brought Kiev to its Zenith of its power and Prestige
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True
22
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True/False
Rus means Rowers or Seafarers
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True
23
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True/False
Bands of Swedish Norseman were known to the Slavs and Byzantines as Varangians
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True
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True/False
The Ottoman Turks sacked Constantinople and killed the last Byzantine Emperor
A
True
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True/ False
Basil II was known as the Turk Slayer
False
26
List titles given to the city of Constantinople
- New Rome
- Constantine's city
- Second Rome
- Queen of the Mediteranian
- Istanbul
27
_____ became the center of the early Russian state.
Kiev
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The name of Islams holiest city is ____ and the sacred shrine there is called the ____.
Mecca; Kaaba
29
The 5 pillars of Islam are:
- Shahadah
- Salat
- Zakat
- Sawm
- Hajj
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The abbasids moved their capital to _______ once assuming power.
Baghdad
31
The way of the warrior
Bushido
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Japanese title for a great general
Shogun
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The tittle for great changes made in ancient Japanese political and economic structure
Taika reformation
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A group of families claiming decent from a common ancestor
Clan
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The founder of the Chin dynasty from which China gets its name
Shih Huang Ti
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True/False
Dynastic rule has nothing to do with lasting family power over the years
False
37
True/False
Lao-tzu is the legendary founder of Hinduism
False
38
True/False
Confucianism began in Japan
False
39
True/False
Kalidasa was the foremost Indian doctor of his day
False
40
True/False
Siddhartha Guatama was the founder of Buddhism
True
41
______ involves more than one wife
Polygamy
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The most famous enough ruler of Mali was ______ ______ who was known to be quite rich
Mansa Musa
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The greatest Mughal ruler of India was _____
Akbar
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An _________ leader rules with unlimited authority
Autocratic
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In Mongolian the term _____ ______ means universal ruler
Genghis khan
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The ____ _____ family of Japan worked their way into power by marrying in their daughters to the sons of the imperial family
Fuji Wara
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To speed up the printimg process the chinese invented the ______ ____.
Movable type
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The chinese call him the master, we know him as _______.
Confucius
49
__________ ______ conquered the disorganized and weak kingdoms in Northern India after Aalexander the Greats death creating the Mauryan empire.
Chandragupta Maurya
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An extended family is also called a _____ -family
Joint
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A collection of veligous Indian literature
Vedas
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A war-like people that migrated into the Indus Valley
Aryans
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An ancient Indian languge
Sanskrit
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The hindu God that permiates everything in the universe
Brahman
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Central to the teaching or Budha
4 noble truths
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What ancient African civilization conquered thye Egyptians for a time?
Kush, Aksum
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Who united the Mongol tribes and established a mongol empire in the steppes? What title was he given?
Temugin, Genghis Khan
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List the standard of traditional values in India, China, and Japan?
India- hinduism, the caste system
China- confuscianism, historical literature
Japan- shinotoism, mythology
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What was the name of the reform movement in Japan that sought to weaken the influence of local clan leaders while strengthening the authority of the central government?
Taika Reform
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What did rhe ancient chinese call their land and why?
Middle kingdom, they believe their country to be the center of the earth
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True/False
Japanse Civilizations began along the banks of the Indus river
False
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True/False
Priests were the highest class in the Indian caste system
True
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True/False
The great wall is considered to be the most remarkable building acheivement of the ancient mongolians
False
64
True/False
Japanese warriors were called Samarai
True
65
True/False
During the period of Mongol domination, the Russian city of Moscow declined in prominance
False
66
A vassal agreed to supply those financial payments to his Lord on special occasions
Aids
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The ceremony by which a man became a vassal
Homage
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Land grants
Fiefs
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Asiatic nomads later kniwn as Hungarians
Magyars
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A new style of handwriting devloped by monks during the middles ages
Carolingian miniscule
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True/False
In the year 800 on Christmas Day the pope took the crown from Charlamagne and declared he was no longer king
False
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True/False
Charles succeeded pepin and became known as Charles the bald
False
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True/False
Among the franks the Carolingians came before the Merovingians
False
74
True/False
Near the end of the 7th century Pepin II became mayor of one of the stronger Frankish states
True
75
True/False
Gregory I was possibly the best representative of the early medieval popes
True
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Serfs devoted 2 or 3 days a week to working for their Lord, an obligation known as ____ _____.
Week work
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________ were the more privileged peasants, who served as manorial officials or provided skilled laborer.
Freeman
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1/6 to 1/3 of the Arbale land was not set apart as the lords ______.
Demesvie
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By the _____ of ___ the church forbade the pillage of her property and extended protection to all the none cobats.
Peace of God
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A vassal agreed to supply financial agreements to his lord called ____ on special occasion.
Aids
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The act of a lord giving a vassal the right to use a fief
Investiture
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A kings servant
Vassal
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A new political system in which local rulers offered the people protection in return for services
Feudalism
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Received East Franklin after the treaty of Verdun
Louis The German
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Charlamagnes most distinguished scholar
Alcuin
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List 2 reasons for the rise of Bishops of Rome to prominence over other bishops.
He was located in the most important city in the empire (Rome), After the fall of Rome he was one of the few sources of authority remaining in the west
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What palace official became the real power behind the Frankish Throne?
The mayor of the palace
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What 2 stages of preparation did a young man have to go through to become a knight?
Page and squire
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Why did the peasants work for their lord and give him pat of the crops they raised?
In return for the use of his land and its resources
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What 3 groups invaded Europe in the 9th and 10th centuries? What group caused the most damage and how?
Muslims, Magyars, and Vikings
Vikings because they plundered and terrorized the villages of Europe
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True/False
In the middle ages most people went out of their way to avoid living on manors
False
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Tru/False
The castle was the center of life for the peasants
False
93
True/False
Charles Martel lead the Franks to victory over the Muslims at the battle of Tours in 732
True
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True/False
Charlamagne is known for being the worst Carolingian king and not a very figure of the Middle ages
False
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True/False
Patrick and Boniface were 2 english monks known for outstanding missionary activity
True
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In 1187 the Muslims recaptured Jerusalem under their new leader ______.
Saladin
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To retake the Holy land from the muslims, much of "Christian" Europe se out on the ______.
Crusades
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Pope ________ ___ decreed that no king could impose a tax on he clergy
Boniface VIII
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_______ ___ Augustus who became known as the real founder of France
Philip II
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Anglo Saxon kings had the ____, an assembly of the great men of the kingdom
Witan
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The most important and enduring contribution of King Edward I of England
Parliment
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The great charter that inserted the power of the king of England
Magna Carta
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The former Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Henry II
Thomas A Becket
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When King William surveyed the assets of his land and readers the result in the law
Domesday Book
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Was the Danish ruler who made England a part of His empire
Canute
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He was the German King also known as Barbarossa or Red beard
Fredrick I
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A local leader who would take territory and assume the role of protector
Dukes
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"Brothers" who renounced worldly possessions and lived lives of poverty
Friars
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The year the church reform began in Cluny, France
910
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The year King Henry sought the popes forgiveness by standing barefoot in the snow for 3 days
1077
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What pope called for a Holy quest, to free the Holy land from the Turks and in what year did this occur?
Pope Urban II, 1095
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What 2 men struggled for the English throne in 1076? What was the name of the battle where this issue was settled and who won?
William duke of Normandy vs. Harold earl of Wessex, battle of Hastings, William won
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What conflict of interest did many of the German emporers have?
They were more concerned about Italy's welfare and neglected the affairs of their homeland
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Under which pope did the papacy reach its zenith?
Pope Innocent III
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What German King founded the Holy Roman Empire and in what year did this take place?
Otto I in 962
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True/False
Alfred the Great was beaten by the Danes
False
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True/False
Christians battle muslims for control over the Holy land mainly during the years of 1291-1487
False
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True/False
It was King john who was forced by english nobles to sign the Magna Carta
True
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True/False
Hohenstaufen was the family name of 2 of Englands most famous kings, Henry I and Henry II
False
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True/False
The 3 great weapons used by the pope during the middle ages were used by the pope during the middle ages were Excomunication, Internment, and Inspection
False
121
"The prince of schoolmen"
Thomas Aquinas
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He was the Archbishop of Canterbury who was one of the top 3 scholastic thinkers
Anselm
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The study of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music
Quadrivium
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Day laborer
Journeyman
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Advocated by the church for goods sold
Just Price
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True/False
Moneychangers deceased in importance after the fall of Rome
False
127
True/False
When the government takes your stuff its called a barter
False
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True/False
The practice of charging interest for the use of lent money is called usary
True
129
True/False
A master level of skill at a certain trade could be achieved fairly quickly
False
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True/False
The term Universitas gradually came to designate those who united for the common purpose of education
True
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The few items that could not be made or grown on a particular manor could be obtained by _____ - exchanging goods for goods
Barter
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Because most merchants did not know the value of coin minyed outside their own region, _________ grew in importance at the markets or trae fairs throughout Europe
moneychangers
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The privledges granted a town by a fuedal lord were usually written down in a legal document called the _______.
charter
134
To become a ______, a journey man hd to undergo an oral exam, present an example of his work, and take an oath to obey the regulations of the guild
Master
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At first any association of people, such as a guils, was called a _________, but gradually the term came to designate thos united for the common purpose of education
Universitas
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A new intelectual movement which appeared in the 12th century that sougt to harmonize faith nd reason
Scholasticism
137
A popular teacher of philosophy and theology at Paris, who advocated asking questions as the "first key to wisdom"
Peter Abelard
138
The common spoken language
Vernacular
139
Building style that emphasized rounded arches, heavy columns, and small doors/wondows
Romanesque
140
Married Isabella, thereby uniting the kingdoms of Aragon ams Castile
Ferdinand
141
What 2 nations fought during the Hundred Years War and what were the dates?
England and France 1337-1453
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To what city was the papacy exiled? What was this period called?
Avignon, the babalonian captivity of the church
143
What people did the Spanish and Portugues seek to drive out of the Iberian Peninsula? What was this effort called?
Spanish muslims (moors), the reconquista
144
What. Louded the work of midieval science?
Magic and superstition
145
What new social class arose with the rise of the towns in the 11th and 12th centuries? What were their cheif occupations of the people of this class?
Middle class, bankers, craftsmen, slilled laborers, merchants
146
What were the primary centers of trade on the local level in Europe? What were the centers of trade for large-scale international trade?
Markets, fairs
147
List four basic freedoms shared by most townspeople.
Exemption of manorial obligations, free status, privledges for administering their own justice, the right to buy and sell freely in the market place
148
Who were the 2 greatest writers of the late Middle ages? Identify each mans native country and most important work?
Dante- italy- the divine comedy
| Geoffrey chaucer- england- the canterbury tales
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What was the german constitution called? What assembly did it establish?
The golden bull, the diet
150
Who issued the papal bull unam sanctum? What did it assert?
Pope Boniface VIII, That you must be obedient to the pope for salvation
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True/False
Following the collapse of the Hohentaufen house, the house of York came to occupy the throne of the Holy Roman Empire
False
152
True/False
Bolonga and Paris were 2 of the earliest universities begun in Europe
True
153
True/False
The primary function of a guild was to regulate business activity of a given town
True
154
True/False
We get ourwordbank from the french word banca
False
155
True/False
Many factors contributed to the shrinking of towns in medieval Europe.
False
156
______ _____ was a fearless preacher, a distinguished scholar, and a patriotic leader. Also known as the "morning star of the reformation".
John Wycliffe
157
Wishing to settle the questions of heresy in Bohemia, the Holy Roman Emperor summoned John Huss to the _____ of ______.
Council of Constance
158
______ ______ is justification by faith alone
Sola fide
159
The _____ of _______ was a type of bank in which the Catholic Church said that excess works were stored for the pope to pass out to whom he chose
Treasury of saints
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On the afternoon of April 17, 1521, Luther stood before the Emporer, princes, and bishops of the Holy Roman Empire at the ______ of ______.
Diet of Worms
161
Luthers close friend and coworker, who drew up the Augsburg confession.
Philipp Melanchthon
162
The King of France
Francis I
163
The catholic reaction to the changes instituted by Martin Luther
Counter Reformation
164
Condemned, among other things, forty-eight allegedly heretical editions or versions of the bible
Index of prohibited books
165
The society of Jesus
Jesuits
166
What pope launched a fundraising drive to rebuild St. Peter's basilica? What did his agents sell in order to raise the needed money?
Pope Leo X, indulgences
167
What did the pre-reformer John Wycliffe uphold as the supreme authority for all believers? What great work did he do in order to expose the corruption of the roman church to the English people
The bible, he translated it into the common language
168
At the Leipzig debate, Eck charged that Luther was holding views similar to what early church reformer? What conclusion did Luther reach as a result of his debate?
John Huss, the church council could be in error
169
At what council did the Roman Catholic Church set forth its doctrinal position? Who was the pope that called this council
Council of Trent, pope Paul III
170
What settlement ended the civil war that broke out among the catholic and Protestant princes of Germany? What compromise was reached by this settlement?
The peace of Ausburg, every prince was able to choose the religion of their own state
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True/False
To recant means to renounce your beliefs
True
172
True/False
Luther posted the 95 thesis on October 31, 1517
True
173
True/False
Luther started the inquisition to find out and punish those who were accused of still holding catholic beliefs
False
174
True/False
Emporer Charles V never summoned Luther to him so he could defend his beliefs
False
175
True/False
After his death, the bones of John Huss were dug up, burned and the ashes tossed into a nearby stream
False
176
True/False
Invasions by Suleiman, leader of the Ottoman Turks, distracted Charles V from fully addressing the spiritual issues Luther was bringing up
True
177
True/False
Ignatius Loyola wanted to start a new religious order to suppress heresy and promote the Roman Catholic education
True
178
True/False
In the Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer presented positive views of the clergy of his day
False
179
True/False
Prague is the only city associated with the life and ministry of John Huss
True
180
True/False
Lollards were often imprisoned, tortured, and killed by Luthers followers
False
