Middle Ages
Crusades
The 5 C's
Rome & Early Christians
Rise & Spread of Islam
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What does Dr. Smith hate to call the Middle Ages?

The Dark Ages

100

Who said that war is sometimes a necessary evil?

Augustine

100

In this category of analysis, historians seek to understand how and why things change or stay the same over time.

Change over time

100

What Roman emperor named two months after himself and his nephew?

Julius Ceasar (July and August)

100

Who is known as the prophet of Islam?

Mohammed

200

What were the three stages of the Middle Ages?

Early, High, and Late

200

What were the crusades about?

Both Christians and Muslims wanted the holy land (Jerusalem) for themselves
200

Helps us to “see the past” through the eyes of the people who lived it.

Context

200

What split the Catholic West from the Orthodox East side of Rome in 1054?

The Great Schism

200

What is the holy book of Islam?

The Qur'an

300

What did the members of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Medieval Estates do?

Pray, Fight, and Work

300

What year was the sacking of Jerusalem?

1099

300

Can have immediate and underlying causes – simultaneously. It is also important to distinguish between CAUSES and EFFECTS when discussing

Causality

300

What heresy did the Council of Nicaea address, that states Jesus was less than or subordinate to God the Father?

Arianism

300

Name 2 of the 5 pillars of Islam

The Creed, Prayer, Fasting, Pilgrimage, Almsgiving

400

What most famous saint of the middle ages gave himself to a life of poverty?

Saint Francis of Assisi 

400

How did the church unanimously feel about war up until the time of Constantine?

Anti-War (Pacifists)

400

Helps us to understand that just because things happen, does not mean they HAD to happen that way

Contingency

400

What type of government did Rome start as before becoming an empire?

Republic

400

Where do Muslims go at least once in their life for their pilgrimage?

Mecca

500

What plague in the Late Middle Ages was spread by rodents and flea riders?

The Bubonic Plague

500

What was the result of the sacking of Jerusalem?

The Crusaders gain the land from the Muslims

500

States that history is more than just dates and numbers. The sum of all the different parts. 

Complexity

500

What law was passed by Constantine the Great in 313 AD that made Christianity legal in Rome?

Edict of Milan

500

What is the large stone in Mecca called that is connected to Arabia's pagan past?

The Ka'ba stone