Fall of Rome
Removal of Romulus Augustulus in AD 476
What was the original name of the city that became Constantinople?
Byzantium
What is Feudalism?
A system that developed in medieval Europe that involved land, loyalty and protection
What Japanese warriors were similar to European knights?
Samurai
Who was the Byzantine emperor who reunited parts of the old Roman Empire?
Justinian
What economic problem occurred when the Roman government produced too much money?
Inflation-the value of money decreased and prices increased
Who moved the Roman capital to Byzantium?
Constantine
What did a lord give a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service?
What were the powerful Japanese landowners called?
Daimyo
Who was Justinian's wife who supported laws protecting women?
Theodora
Why did Rome increasingly rely on foreign mercenaries?
Rome had difficulty recruiting enough Roman citizens for the military.
What was the Justinian Code?
Roman laws created under Justinian
What group provided military service and protection for their lords?
Knights
What was a Shogun?
Military leader who held the political power in Japan
What famous Byzantine building served as a Christian church and connection be/ religion and government?
Hagia Sophia
Name two problems that contributed to the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
Economic, political, military, social, invasions, inflation, high taxes, weak leadership
Why was Constantinople so valuable?
What was the difference between feudalism and manorialism
Feudalism was the organized structure of society within manorialism.
What was bushido?
A code of honor followed by samurai
What was the difference between a peasant and serf?
Serfs were tied to the land
How did economic problems, political instability, and military weakness reinforce one another?
lack of soldiers pay and political instability weakened leadership. Rome more vulnerable to invasions.
Give three reasons the Byzantine Empire survived long after the Western Roman Empire.
Strong defense, trade and wealth, strategic location, diplomacy, military, Christianity, culture and laws
Give one advantage of Feudalism and one disadvantage.
Provided services. Social inequality
Two similarities in European and Japanese feudalism
both had warriors, social classes, land-based power, loyalty and protection
The split in Christianity between Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox was known as:
The Great Schism of 1054