World History Chapter 13 section 1 – Flashcards
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medieval period from 500 to 1500
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Middle Ages
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Where did the Middle ages roots come from - 3
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heritage from rome belief in catholic church customs of germanic tribes
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who overran the western half of the roman empire
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germanic invaders
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what three effects did the germanic invasions have on the western empire
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disrupted trade, downfall of cities, population shifts
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why did the learning decrese in the wester roman empire (WRE)
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no written language
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what type of rich tradition did the germanic tribes have
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oral traditon of songs & legends
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explain the impact the germanic peoples had on language
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no common language
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what eventually replace roman provinces, what institure kept peace and order during these chaotic times
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germanic kingdoms, church
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what held germanc society tgether
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family ties, and personal loyalty
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germanic people in gaul
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franks
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franks leader, bought christianity to the region
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clovis
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wife of clovis, urged him to convert to christianity
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clothilde
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explain how clovis convert to christianity
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after winning battle, while asking fro gods help
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in southern europe people were afraid of attacks by what religious group pushing many people to convert to christianity
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muslims
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religous community of men who give up possesions to devot themselves to prayer
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monasteries
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men who lived in monestaries
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monks
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women who followed similar ways of life of monks
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nuns
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italian monk, wrote a book about rules of monasteries
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benedict
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benedicts heada an convent and adapted some rules to womem as her brother wrote
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scholastica
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idenitify three things monks did to help people become educated in communities
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opened schools, maintained libraries, copied books
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became pope broadened authority of papacy
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gregory I
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worldly power involved in politics
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secular
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identify three things greory did with church revenues
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raise armies, repair roads, help the poor
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what would be the central theme of the middle ages
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churchly kingdom ruled by the poor
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how many kingdoms did England split up into
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7
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who had the largest and strongest kingdom in europe
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franks, formerly gaul
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mayor- extended reign in north, south and east
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Charles martel
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battle in whick franks defeated muslim invadors
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battle of tours
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son of Charles martel who became king after him
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pepin the short
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family that ruled the franks for 751- 987
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Carolingian dynasty
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ruled the kingdom, built an empire
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Charlemagne
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identify some things through battle Charlemagne was able to do with his kingdom
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conquer new lands, spread Christianity
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man who crowned Charlemagne the pope
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pope leo III
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who do Charlemagne limit the power of
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nobles
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what was one of Charlemagnes greatest accomplishments and who did he surround himself with
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encouragement of learning, English german, Italian, and Spanish scholars
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Charlemagne had the monasteries open what to train future monks and priests
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schools
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son of Charlemagne, crowned as emperor
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Louis the pious
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who were the sons of Louis the pious and what did the fight for
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lothair, Charles the bald, Louis the german- whow would control the empire
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divided empire into 3 kingdoms for Louis the pious sons (treaty)
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treaty of Verdun
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the lacknof strong rulers led to what
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feudalism
