Name of the Christian church that developed in the Byzantine Empire.
What is the Eastern Orthodox Church?
100
This event in 476 AD marked the start of the Middle Ages, as well as the need for the feudal system.
What is the fall of Rome?
100
This king and emperor was best known for encouraging learning throughout early Medieval Europe.
Who was Charlemagne?
100
Another name for peasant farm workers – they had very little freedom during the Middle Ages.
Who are serfs?
200
This city’s location near the Mediterranean and Black Seas, as well being the crossroads between Europe and Asia made it one of the most important trade centers in the world.
What is Constantinople? (Or Byzantium, or Istanbul)
200
These professional soldiers were paid for by an exchange of land and services.
What are knights?
200
This king was forced to sign the Magna Carta and help turn England into a constitutional monarchy.
Who was King John?
200
The center of learning in Medieval Europe – they invented universities.
What was the Church?
300
The Byzantine Empire was originally the eastern portion of this older empire that split in two.
What is the Roman Empire?
300
This is a self-sufficient community with farms and villages that is owned and run by a noble lord.
What is a manor?
300
These men are in charge of the Roman Catholic Church and are still very important today.
Who are the popes?
300
These wars were fought to control the Holy Land – the area where both Jesus and Mohammed spent time.
What are the Crusades?
400
This code took the best Roman laws and organized them into a comprehensive legal code that strengthened the Byzantine Empire.
What is the Code of Justinian?
400
The main goal of the feudal system – wait, is that another Viking invasion I hear?
What is security and protection?
400
This theologian (religious scholar) used Christian faith and classical philosophy to better understand the great questions of life.
Who was Thomas Aquinas?
400
The type of architecture that created this cathedral.