Potluck
War; Death; Famine; Destruction; Illiteracy; Invaders; Devout Christianity
The Dark Ages
Europe is NOT covered or surrounded with mountains, peninsulas, rivers and seas.
TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
Name the first book ever printed by the printing press.
The bible
Who was the leader of the Catholic Church?
The Pope
The __________ was a self-sufficient community since all their survival needs were provided for them by their service and loyalty to their noble lord.
MANOR
Name two motives for starting the Exploration of the world:
spread Christianity
new trade routes to Asia
break the hold Muslims had on trade
new knowledge
fame/glory/wealth
claim new lands/colonies
Unclean conditions with rats and fleas and trade routes to Italian city states were the main reasons this spread killing 25 million Europeans.
Black Death; The Plague
What were the Crusades?
A series of Religious holy wars to take Jerusalem from the Muslims
Jerusalem is holy to the Christians due to several events that occurred there. Name one event.
Christ was crucified there
Mary was born there
Jesus healed the sick there
Every manor had a ___________ that was the center of the community since everyone was Christian.
Church
Pope Innocent III began the Crusades to try to get control of the Byzantine Empire and promised forgiveness of sins/debt to all who fought.
True/False
False was Urban II
Rebirth of knowledge happened during this time in Europe.
Renaissance
Name the city that is holy to Jews, Christians and Muslims.
Jerusalem
The church had great influence socially since the people believed in the 7 sacraments and salvation.
True/False
True
This group was discriminated and persecuted against; blamed for the plague; and forced to flee to eastern Europe.
Jews
A Muslim, Turkish tribe that took control over Jerusalem in 1071. The Muslim group Pope Urban II wanted to expel from the holy city.
Seljuks
The first Norman King of England; introduced Feudalism to England; was illegitimate
William the Conqueror
Saladin united the Muslims in the 2nd crusade to win back this holy site in Jerusalem that is a house of worship that was believed to be where Muhammad received the Koran from God.
Dome of the Rock a Mosque
Name the one reason the church had great power economically.
largest landowners
tithe/tax collected 1/10 of income
The King gained loyalty from nobles in exchange for granting them land known as _______________. On these lands many nobles built ______________ to provide protection from attacks for serfs and the nobles who lived in them.
fiefs
castles
Charlemagne had many accomplishments as the Frankish King. Name three:
ended the dark ages/stopped barbarians
uniting Europe with Christianity
spread feudalism
improved education/ School at castle in Aachen
preserved roman books
standardized taxes/coined money
local markets
holy roman emperor
conquering and uniting western Europe
fair courts
The most powerful Christian Empire in the 5th century that ends the Dark Ages with the leadership of Charlemagne.
Frankish Empire
Ferdinand and Isabella contributed a lot to Spain and the world. Name two of their influences:
1. United Spain by kicking out the Muslims in their country
2. spreading Christianity and supported the Catholic Church and the Pope
3. supporting explorers with money for their expeditions like Columbus to bring great wealth and new colonies for their country
4. expanded trade to the world
The church had great power politically and influenced the government/kings. Explain why with two reasons.
excommunicate or depose kings
advisors to noble lords/kings
clergy could read/write Latin
only Nobles could be clergy
__________________was the King of Wessex who stopped the____________ invasions and paved the way for his son and grandson to rule over one united England. He also translated books from Latin to English and rebuilt London.
Alfred the Great
Vikings or Danes