Late European Empire
What important geographical city was the capital of the Byzantine empire?
Constantinople (Or: Istanbul)
The Viking polytheistic religion encouraged them to:
Die while in battle (or while raiding)
Name one event that led to the rise of feudalism
Breakdown of empires, invasions of outsiders (vikings)
What did Pope Urban II promise any knights who went on crusades?
All of their sins would be forgiven
What was the most common symptom of the black death?
Red/Black lumps (buboes)
Who united the largest Western European empire since the Roman empire?
Charlemagne
Name TWO advantages of the viking longship
Fast, stealthy, could travel in shallow waters/upriver, lightweight, could be turned over and used as shelter (any two)
Name one event that led to the decline of feudalism
Crusades, Black Death, Peasant Rebellion, 100 years war
Name one other reason knights went on crusades
1. Riches/plunder
2. Second born sons who wanted land of their own.
What brought the black death to Europe?
Rats/fleas on trade ships
Justinian led which empire to its glory years?
Byzantine/Western Roman Empire
True or False: The Vikings used slaves
True
What was life like for a serf?
Very poor, long, hard work, bad hygiene, tied to the land
(Your discretion)
What was the role of a squire?
To serve the knight (protect him, clean his armor, sharpen his weapons)
How were victims treated?
Hot knife to drain the buboes, or bloodletting
(plague doctor acceptable)
What split the main faction of Christianity into two divisions, Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox?
The Great Schism
What is the name of the European explorer who likely reached North America 400 years before Columbus?
Leif Erikson
Why did European lords begin switching from Motte and Bailey castles to Stone keep castles?
Wood castles were able to be burned down with flaming arrows
What happened in Jerusalem during the first crusade?
Crusaders killed almost all of the Muslim inhabitants and stole many goods
What is one effect that the black death had on Europe?
Almost half the population died
Inflation
Shortage of workers
led to the peasant rebellion and the end of feudalism
What was the code of Justinian?
Collection of laws
When Vikings traveled into Eastern Europe and mixed with Slavic peoples they formed what Empire
Kievan Rus
What were the three classes of people in feudalism?
King, Lords/Knights, Serfs
What was a code of chivalry?
Knight's code which encouraged them to be role models.
Was the plague a virus, bacteria, or fungi
Bacteria