Western Europe
What was the name of the people on the lowest section of the Feudal pyramid?
Peasants/Serfs
Who was at the top of the Feudal pyramid in Medieval Japan?
The Shogun
WORTH 500!!!!
Who created the Byzantine Empire by splitting the Roman Empire?
Constatine
Which country were the Tang and Song Dynasties in?
China
Was the government of the Byzantine Empire centralized or decentralized?
Centralized
Most European governments had a close association with religion during the period 600 to 1450 C.E. True or false?
True!
Did medieval Japan have a centralized or a decentralized government?
Decentralized
Which event marks the beginning of the Byzantine Empire?
The division of the Roman Empire
What are the Tang and Song Dynasties most famous for?
Advances in the arts, science, mathematics
INVENTIONS!!
What does "post-classical" mean?
AFTER the Classical Era
In Japan, there were warriors called samurai. Who were these men compared to in Western Europe?
Knights
Women could be trained as samurai. True or false?
True!
What was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
Constantinople
Where the Tang and Song Dynasties Classical or Post-Classical?
Post-Classical!
In Medieval Japan and Europe, were governments decentralized or centralized?
Decentralized
What was the name of the economic system in Medieval Europe that was based on subsistence farming and self-sufficiency?
Manorialism
What was the name of the Japanese social and political system during the Medieval Era?
Feudalism
The Byzantine Empire did not recognize the spiritual power of the Pope, but of who?
The Patriarch
Did Buddhism appear for the first time in China during the Tang and Song dynasty?
No!
What were the immediate results of the fall of the Roman Empire?
disorder and weak central government
Which organization served as a legitimizing force for kings?
The Roman Catholic Church
Which country did Japan mostly rely on for trade during the Medieval era?
China
What is the name of the church that Justinian built in Constantinople?
The Hagia Sophia
The Tang and Song Dynasties continued practices of patriarchy encouraged by which influential Chinese thinker?
Confucius
The Justinian Code has served as a model for the legal systems of which area?
Europe