Fall of Rome
Feudalism
The Roman Catholic Church
Decline of Feudalism
The Byzantine Empire
100
A picture made up of small pieces of tile, glass, or colored stone.
What is a mosaic
100
The economic and political system of medieval Europe in which people exchanged loyalty and labor for a lord's protection
What is Feudalism
100
The Christian church headed by the pope in Rome
What is the Roman Catholic Church
100
A deadly contagious disease caused by bacteria and spread by fleas; also called the Black Death
What is bubonic plague
100
The name for the eastern Roman Empire, located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia; it lasted from about 500 to 1453 C.E.
What is Byzantine Empire
200
A pattern of illegal or immoral activities by the government or high-ranking officials.
What is corruption
200
These people provide food and services to the knights
What are Peasants
200
A journey to a holy site
What is a pilgrimage
200
A series of battles fought between France and England from 1337 to 1453
What is the Hundred Years' War
200
The city on the eastern edge of Europe, which Constantine made the capital of the Roman Empire in 330 C.E.
What is Constantinople
300
This ruler moved the capital from Rome to Byzantium in 330 C.E.
Who is Constantine
300
These people provide protection and military service to the nobles
What are knights
300
The body of people, such as priests
What is the clergy
300
A written legal agreement signed in 1215 that limited the English monarch’s power
What is the Magna Carta
300
Considered one of the greatest emperors the Byzantine Empire ever had
Who is Justinian I
400
The Emperor's private army, which often times chose the next ruler.
What is Praetorian Guard
400
These people provide money and knights to the king
What are nobles
400
A series of military expeditions to the land where Jesus had lived, which Christians called the Holy Land.
What are the Crusades
400
A governing body created by King Edward I that included some commoners, Church officials, and nobles
What is Model Parliament
400
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the bishop of an important city
What is a patriarch
500
Name 3 social and economic problems that led to the fall of the Roman Empire
What are heavy taxes, unemployment, corruption, or crime
500
land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service
What is a fief
500
Explain the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church
What is Pope->Cardinal->Archbishop->Bishop->Priest
500
This King was forced to sign the Magna Carta
Who is King John
500
Explain the hierarchy of the Eastern Orthodox Church
What is Emperor ->Patriarch->Bishop->Priest
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