The Byzantine Empire & Western Europe
What is Constantinople
What is the term for a loosely organized system of rule in which powerful local lords divided their land holdings among lesser lords?
What is Feudalism
Christians used faith to determine truth prior to the Early Middle Ages. Aristotle challenged people to use ___________ to determine truth.
What is reason
What animal did the bubonic plague originate in?
What is the Black Rat
What fast food restaurant once made bubblegum-flavored broccoli?
What is McDonalds
Who was the emperor of the Byzantine Empire during its height?
Who is Justinian
Term for Lesser Lords
Vassals
The combination of faith and reason to reach the same truth
What is Scholasticism
By what animal was the Bubonic plague spread to humans?
What is The Oriental Rat Flea
What is a cow-bison hybrid called?
What is a beefalo
Which Germanic Kingdom was the strongest and most successful kingdom during the Early Middle Ages?
Who is the Franks
The Hierarchy of Feudalism begins with King at the top, then Lords, followed by ______________, and ends with peasants/serfs.
What is Knights
What type of cathedral has flying buttresses?
Black sores in the armpit and groin that are caused by internal bleeding are often referred to as ___________
What is Buboes
How many miles per hour was the first person convicted of speeding going?
What is 8 mph
What group consisted of expert sailors from Scandinavia? They raided along the coasts of Europe and explored to the edge of the new world.
Who is the Vikings
Feudalism developed because kings/emperors were __________
What is Weak
What language were heroic epics written in?
What is the Vernacular
What group of people catapulted bubonic plague-infected corpsoes onto their enemy?
Who invented Basketball?
What is James Naismith
What treaty divided Charlemagne's empire into three regions following Charlemagne's death?
Economic system built around manors
Manorialism
What are the 7 liberal arts subjects studied in Medieval Universities?
Arithmetic, Geometry, Rhetoric, Grammar, Logic, Music, Astronomy
Approximately how many people were killed by the bubonic plague from 1347 to 1352 CE?
What is 25-30 million people
About how many chocolate bunnies are produced each year?
What is 90 million