Religions
Founder/key figure of Christianity, believed to be the son of God
Greece is one of these - an area of land surrounded by water on 3 sides
What is a "peninsula"?
The form of government in Rome before it was an empire - people elect representatives to make decisions
What is a republic?
The term for the division in Christianity into the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church
What is the Great Schism?
The religion that most people in Europe practiced during the middle ages
Christianity
Holy text of Judaism
What is the Torah?
Macedonian king who expanded his father's empire and conquered Persia
Who is Alexander the Great?
The term for a peaceful time in Rome
What is the Pax Romana?
Byzantine emperor who updated Roman laws and ruled with his wife Theodora
Who is Emperor Justinian?
In the feudal system, this group is at the bottom
What are peasants/serfs?
The main apostle who spread Christianity
Who is Paul?
The king of the gods for the Ancient Greeks. Roman name was Jupiter.
Who is Zeus?
The first emperor of Rome
Who is Augustus Caesar?
The capitol of the Byzantine empire - first called Byzantium, then changed to this, eventually called Istanbul
What is Constantinople?
The most powerful institution in Europe during the Middle Ages
What is the Catholic Church?
The term for the central tenets or beliefs of Islam
What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
The name of Alexander the Great's empire - culture that combined Greek and other cultures
What is "hellenistic"?
The term for the rich elites in Rome
What are patricians?
The term for the leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church
What is the Patriarch?
The name for the system of mutual obligations in Europe during the Middle Ages
What is the feudal system?
The city in Arabia where Muslims are required to make a pilgrimage to
What is Mecca?
The type of democracy that Greece had where people vote on everything
What is direct democracy?
The general of the civilization that fought Rome during the Punic Wars
The two Byzantine missionaries who spread Christianity to the Slavs and created the Cyrillic alphabet
Who are Cyril and Methodius?
The pope gave this title to Charlemagne, mixing church and state
What is the "Holy Roman Emperor"?