People paid heavy taxes.
Trade Declined
Many People lived in Poverty
Resources shifted to the East
What are economic reasons why the Roman Empire fell?
100
Class of people in feudalism who couldn't possess land and only had their labor to offer.
What is a serf?
100
The stated goal of receiving the sacraments from the Roman Catholic Church
What is assuring people get into heaven?
100
The cause of why some merchants became so wealthy?
What is specialization?
100
First major political figure to rule a large part of Europe after the fall of Rome, approved by the Pope.
Who is Charlemagne
200
Empire was split into two halves
No good System found for choosing leaders
Praetorian Guard could not choose good leaders
What are political reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire?
200
The two careers that noble families encouraged their sons to take.
What is knighthood and the clergy?
200
The head of the Roman Catholic Church, who was the most powerful of all leaders in Europe during the Medieval period.
Who is the Pope?
200
The reason why serfs were eventually able to leave estates and seek better wages and treatment.
What is the bubonic plague?
200
The official state Religion of the Roman Empire when it fell and whose governing institution was the only Europe-wide institution to continue afterwards?
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
300
The rotunda of the US capitol building is an example of this type of Roman architectural legacy.
What is a dome?
300
Medieval towns freed themselves from nobles by taking their wealth and buying ___________.
What are charters?
300
Outlawing the selling of church positions, making sure that only Rome appointed priests and by excommunicating Kings who didn't follow the Pope's orders
What are steps the Church used to strengthen its power in Europe?
300
Name of the war that saw both English and French Kings raise their own armies instead of depending on nobles and knights, which also saw technological innovations that did away with the advantages of castles and helped forge national identities in the hearts of commoners instead of being loyal to local estates and nobles.
What is the 100 years' war?
300
Name of King that in addition to being King John's father, instituted reforms that did away with people being judged through trial by ordeal or trial by combat (often used by feudal lords and kings)
Who is King Henry II?
400
System of government and economy that arose in Europe after the fall of Rome in order to provide protection from raiders.
What is feudalism?
400
Power shifted from nobles to this group of people because this group made a lot of money catering to the wants of nobles and then when the nobles needed money to raise armies they were able to lend the nobles money.
What are merchants?
400
Which level in the Church hierarchy is missing in the following list....Pope, Cardinal,__________, Bishop, Priest, Monks & Nuns.
What is the archbishop?
400
The document that initially introduced 'habeas corpus' to law, protecting nobles from imprisonment without trial, but wound up protecting serfs and merchants from being imprisoned by nobles.
What is the magna carter?
400
1054 event caused by the patriarch of the Eastern church outlawing worship of icons and doubting the fallibility of the pope.
What is the separation of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church (the schism)?
500
English uses Latin roots and prefixes.
What is the influence of the Roman Language on the English language?
500
Name of organization which limited membership and made sure that its members made quality products thus assuring that prices remained high and its members made a lot of money.
What is a guild?
500
The role of the church in relation to government in the Byzantine Empire
What is the unification of church and state?
500
Name of wars designed to take back the Holy Land that served to impoverish Kings, Lords and Knight, precipitating changes in the social order that led to the decline of feudalism?
What are the crusades?
500
The Byzantine leader who rebuilt Constantinople after the chariot riots, expanded the empire to its largest hold over the world and developed laws which are still used today by most western countries?