From Republic to Empire & Legacy of Roman Empire
The feature of American democracy that comes from the Romans
What is citizens have certain rights and responsibilites?
A main goal of the Crusades
What is to take Jerusalem from the Muslims?
The Franks grew powerful because of their new style of war that used this.
What is knights on horseback?
The center of community life in medieval Europe
What is the church?
The half of the Roman empire that mostly spoke Greek, had many cities, important hub for trade and wealthy
What is the Eastern half or Byzantine empire?
A main reason that the empire became harder to defend as it grew
What is slow communication?
The name historians sometimes call the Middle Ages in western Europe (Hint: Age of ____)
What is the Age of Faith?
The definition of a fief
What are land grants?
A question that would best help you predict the job a medieval boy would do when he grew up
What does his father do?
The factor that gave Constantinople an advantage for trade?
What is good location?
One factor that led to the collapse of the Roman republic
What is civil war between generals?
A main reason why the clergy were recorders and advisers to kings
What is they could read and write?
The purpose of feudalism
What is providing people with protection and safety by establishing a stable social order?
Biggest cause of disease
What are unsanitary conditions and towns were overcrowded?
The power structure of the Byzantine Empire in religious matters
What is the emperor had power over the patriarch?
Major Roman development that featured arches.
What are aqueducts?
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John wrote the gospels because
What is to spread word of Jesus's life and teachings?
Political changes in class power England that weakened feudalism
What is nobles losing power to the king or commoners?
Many towns purchased royal charters to gain independence. A charter granted them the right to
What is make laws, raise taxes, and govern themselves?
The name of the Church in Byzantine Empire after the Great Schism
What is Eastern Orthodox Church?
The fall of Rome left a lack of ________ ____________.
What is central government?
The Church gained economic power through three main ways, name one
What is collecting taxes, taking some land by force, or receiving gifts of land from the wealthy?
Three main factors leading to the decline of feudalism
What is the political developments like the Magna Carta, the Bubonic Plague and the Hundred Years' War?
A main reason for the growth of towns
What is the increase in crop yields to be sold?
A systematic body of laws that became the basis for many legal codes in the western world
What is Justinian's Code?