Roman Empire
How did Augustus Octavian promoted social order as emperor of Rome?
He mad adultery a crime and outlawed wasteful spending on feasts
Justinian is known for preserving what important part of the Western Roman Empire:
Roman Law
Scholasticism, led by St. Thomas Aquinas, tried to unite what two things to better understand truth and God:
Faith and reason
a disagreement on church teaching, which has occurred in Christianity in 1054 between the West and the East and in the 1300s among the Western Church is called a:
Schism
Augustus Octavian, who became extraordinarily powerful in Rome, preferred which title:
Princeps (which mean 'royal')
The Slavic People originally ended up in which part of Europe?
Central Europe
Marriages among wealthy families in the Middle Ages often occurred for what two reasons (not love)
financial and political reasons
Organized killings of Jews in Medieval Europe were called:
Pogroms
Although meant to have power along with Augustus Octavian, which part of Roman government actually held little power compared to Augustus Octavian:
The Roman Senate
What's the difference between a manor and a serf?
A manor is where feudal life occurred and a serf was stuck to work the land owned by the lord
St. Dominic de Guzman created the Dominicans to fight which heresey?
Albigensianism
This holy woman helped bring an end to the Western Schism and convinced the Pope to return to Rome from Avignon:
Catherine of Siena
Which crises helped bring an end to the Roman Empire in the 3rd century?
-natural disasters
-plagues
-economic problems
Unlike other Slavic groups who became Byzantine/Orthodox Christians, most Polish, Hungarian and Czech Christian remained:
Roman/Latin Christians or Catholics
Indulgences had what affect:
-could be gained by giving to charity,
-could reduce time in purgatory,
-could be gained by being devoted to saints
Traders in Italian city-states like Venice tried to:
gain financial/commercial control in the Mediterranean and Black Seas
Which disciple of Jesus Christ was known for helping spread Christianity in the non-Jewish, Roman world?
St. Paul (Paul of Tarsus)
This Asian nomad was known for his ruthless fighting, eventually settled his people in what would eventually become this central European nation:
Attila the Hun; Hungary
...Mr Hoyack and his wife have family that come from Hungary :)
The Holy Office, or the Inquisition, dealt with heresy among what group of people:
Anyone!
What was the impact of the Crusades?
-some cultural interactions between Christians and Muslims
-Italian city-states grew wealthier and more powerful
-Many young European men left to fight in the Middle East