Middle Ages
5. What historical event marks the beginning of the Middle Ages?
The Fall of Rome (476 CE)
What is feudalism?
Political and social system based on the granting of land in exchange for loyalty, military assistance, working land, etc.
Angles and Saxons
Charlemagne was a member of this tribe
The Franks
1. Who was a famous artist (art) OR the name of a famous painting during the Renaissance?
Leonardo DaVinci, Michaelangelo
The Last Supper, Sistine Chapel, Mona Lisa, David,
2. What was another name for the Middle Ages?
The Dark Ages, Medieval Era
Why did feudalism develop?
Barbarian invasions after the fall of Rome
Martyr for the French during the 100 Years War
Joan of Arc
Why was Charlemagne known as the "Father of Europe"?
He put Europe back together for the first time after the fall of Rome by uniting Frankish kingdoms.
What does the word "Renaissance" mean?
Rebirth, Rebirth of culture/arts/science/reasoning
3. Who were the crusades between and why?
Muslims and Christians to retake the Holy Land
This is "land" in the feudal system
Fief
Who are Ferdinand and Isabella?
Led the reconquest of Spain to reclaim it from the Muslims for the Christians.
The only people who could read and write during medieval Europe
Church scholars
Name of the movement that placed an emphasis on the individual
Humanism
4. What were three effects of the The Black Death?
Declining trade, end of feudalism, Population decline, Church loses influence, decline in cities
What is a manor?
An economic system in the Middle Ages built around large estates and included the village and land surrounding it.
Founded France by uniting kingdoms
Hugh Capet
Three achievements of Charlemagne
Built schools, expanded Frankish Empire, standardized money and created a bureaucracy
Invention of the printing press was by?
Gutenburg
Describe the Japanese feudal system
The Japanese feudal system (approx. 1185–1868) was a hereditary, military-based hierarchy where the Shogun (military dictator) held real power, using daimyo (lords) and samurai (warriors) to manage land and population
Describe how the feudal system worked identifying the class structure.
Serfs provided labor to the knights who provided loyalty and military service to the nobles who provided service to the kings. The kings provided land to the nobles who provided land and protection to the knights who provided protection to the serfs.
This empire influenced the develop of Russia
Byzantine
Who crowned Charlemagne the Holy Roman Emperor and why?
The pope to legitimize their authority
Who believed the ends justify the means?
Macchiavelli