The contributions made by the Roman Empire in architecture.
What are vaults, domes, aqueducts, cathedrals?
100
The Frankish ruler who unified the Christian lands of Europe into a single empire.
Who is Charlemagne?
100
The person owned all the land in the kingdom.
What is a monarch? (king or queen)
100
The hierarchy of the Catholic Church, from highest to lowest.
What is the pope, cardinals, archbishops, bishops, and priests?
100
Trials in the 1200's often did this to determine a person's guilt.
What is trial by combat or trial by ordeal?
200
The contributions made by the Roman Empire in language.
What are names of months, root words, and numerals?
200
One accomplishment of Charlemagne. (*hint: he did this because he could not read or write.*)
What is he encouraged education?
200
A lord or knight who was granted land in return for swearing an oath of loyalty and service.
What is a vassal?
200
Name three ways the Catholic Church had power over the kings:
What are tithes (taxes), owning land, and excommunication?
200
These people gained power when King Edward I created the Model Parliament.
Who are commoners?
300
This happened politically after the fall of Rome.
What is Europe was left with no central government or system of defense?
300
Charlemagne helped establish this system of government by rewarding his knights with land for their service.
What is feudalism?
300
Land granted by a lord or monarch to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service.
What is a fief?
300
Thomas Aquinas invented this law, which says there is a universal order built into nature that can guide moral thinking.
What is natural law?
300
The king continues to rule; the king has to follow the laws; the king can not make new taxes without asking his barons and the church; and no free man can be jailed without a trial. (*hint: King John had to sign this!*)
What are the four key ideas of the Magna Carta?
400
The western and eastern parts of the Roman Empire did this before the fall of Rome.
What is split in half?
400
One of Charlemagne's accomplishments was working closely with this leader of the Catholic Church.
What is the pope?
400
The idea that God gives monarchs the right to rule.
What is the divine right of kings?
400
Art was created during the medieval period for this reason. (*hint: because most people could not read!*)
What is to help people worship?
400
The Byzantine emperor did not want people to worship these paintings.
What are icons?
500
The eastern half of the Roman Empire moved its capital to this city, and was renamed this.
What is Constantinople (Byzantium), and the Byzantine Empire?
500
The length of time that Charlemagne ruled the Holy Roman Empire in Europe.
What is over 40 years?
500
Unfree peasants who could not leave the manor and were the property of their lord.
What are serfs?
500
The difference between monks and mendicants. (*hint: mendicatns were also known as "friars")
What is monks live in monasteries; mendicants travel around and help people?
500
This became known as the Great Schism.
What is the split between the Roman Catholic Church and the Greek Orthodox Church?