Economic Disasters
When prices go up and your money buys less.
What is inflation?
The "insane" emperor who made people lose faith in Rome.
Who was Nero?
This word means taking things by force.
What is plunder?
The new name for the Roman Empire in the East.
What is Byzantium?
This King of the Franks was crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
Who was Charlemagne?
A period with very few jobs and very little buying.
What is a recession?
People turned to this religion for peace in violent times.
What is Christianity?
Who were the people who conquered Rome and shocked the world/
Who were the Germanic Tribes or the Visigoths or the Goths.
The holy book of Islam that Muhammad’s followers study.
What is the Koran?
How was the Christian Church divided?
It was divided the same way that the Roman Empire in the west had been divided, into dioceses.
This happened to the "Gap" between the rich and the poor.
What is it got wider (or bigger).
What did the Muslim faith call those who were not part of their religion?
What is a nonbeliever?
Emperor Constantine tried to do this to solve the problem with high prices.
What is take the gold from the temples and turn it into money?
Two countries the Arab armies conquered (one in Africa, one in Europe).
What are Egypt and Spain?
Church leaders wore the same clothing as the Romans which are today called this.
What are vestments?
The army stopped bringing back riches.
Some people became Christians to get these positions in the church.
What are church leaders?
The Aristrocrats were this time richer than regular people.
What is FIVE TIMES as rich?
What countries are named today that were the Byzantine Empire?
What are Greece and Turkey?
Where students learn about the Roman empire and culture and art?
What are universiies