Middle Ages SOL Review #8

Part 1: Early Middle Ages (500 AD – 1000 AD)1. The Dark Ages began due to the collapse of which government 476 AD?

ROME2. What became the unifying force of Western Europe during the Dark Ages? THE CATHOLIC CHURCH3. Who was the most powerful person in the Roman Catholic Church?

THE POPE

Part 1: Early Middle Ages (500 AD – 1000 AD)

4. What was the importance of the following church members?

A. Monasteries – Preserved GRECO-ROMAN cultural achievements.

B. Missionaries – Carried CHRISTIANITY and LATIN to Germanic Tribes.

C. Parish Priest - Served the RELIGIOUS and social needs of the common people.

Part 1: Early Middle Ages (500 AD – 1000 AD)

ONLY THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH UNITED WESTERN EUROPEDURING THE DARK AGES (500 AD – 1000 AD)

Part 1: Early Middle Ages (500 AD – 1000 AD)

5. The decline of ______________influence in Western Europe left people with little ________________ against invasion so they entered into feudal agreements with landholding ____________ who promised to protection them. ROMAN PROTECTION NOBLES6. According to the feudal system, the ___________ gives a grant of ___________ to a lesser noble. KING LAND7. This grant of land is known as a ______________.

FIEF

Part 1: Early Middle Ages (500 AD – 1000 AD)

8. The lesser noble who received the _____________ was known as a _______________. FIEF VASSAL9. What were large farming estates with the lords’ house, farmed land, and villages called?

MANORS

Part 1: Early Middle Ages (500 AD – 1000 AD)

Part 1: Early Middle Ages (500 AD – 1000 AD)

10. What does it mean that the manor had to be self- sufficient?

HAD TO MAKE EVERYTHING ON THE MANOR11. Peasants were called _______________.

SERFS

Part 2: Nation States1. Which Germanic tribe became a force in Western Europe during the Dark Ages? THE FRANKS2. Who was the greatest ruler of Western Europe during the Dark Ages? CHARLEMAGNE 3. Who did the Pope crown as Holy Roman Emperor in 800 AD?

CHARLEMAGNE

Charlemagne – 1ST Holy Roman Emperor

The Frankish Kingdom – 800 AD

Part 2: Nation States4. Under the rule of Charlemagne, Churches, ____________ , and schools were built to unite the Frankish Kingdom. ROADS5. Some invaders during the Dark Ages included the following:

a. __________ and ____________ settled in England.ANGLES AND SAXONS

b. The _______________ settled in HungaryMAGYARS

c. The ________ migrated from Scandinavia to Russia.VIKINGS

Part 2: Nation States - Invaders

Part 2: Nation States6. Invasions disrupted _____________, towns declined, manors with castles were developed, and the _________ system was strengthened.

TRADEFEUDAL

Part 2: Nation States - ENGLAND1. _______________the Conqueror, leader of the Norman

Conquest, united most of England in 1066 AD.WILLIAM

2. Why was the Great Council created? What is it known as today? TO ADVISE THE KING PARLIAMENT3. Common law had its beginnings during the reign of ______________ II.

HENRY

Part 2: Nation States - ENGLAND4. King John signed the __________ _____________ in 1215, limiting the king’s power and giving more power to the ________________. MAGNA CARTA NOBLES5. The Hundred Years’ War between ____________ and ____________ helped define England as a nation.

ENGLAND AND FRANCE

Part 2: Nation States - FRANCE1. Hugh _________ established the French throne in city of ____________, and he expanded his control over most of ____________.

CAPET PARIS FRANCE2. Who became a French hero during The Hundred Years’ War?

JOAN OF ARC

Part 2: Nation States - SPAIN1. ______________and Isabella unified the country and expelled Jews and _____________. FERDINAND MOORS (MUSLIMS)2. Spanish Empire in the Western Hemisphere expanded under _______________ V.

CHARLES

Part 2: Nation States - RUSSIA1. _____________the Great threw off the rule of the Mongols, centralized power in city of _______________ and expanded the Russian nation.

IVAN MOSCOW2. Define: Tsar KING 3. What was the major church in Russia?

GREEK ORTHODOX

Part 2: Nation States - Russa

M

BLACK SEA

BALTIC SEA

Part 3: Crusades1. What city was captured by Muslims in the Holy Land (Palestine) that led to the Crusades?

JERUSALEM2. Which Pope called for the Crusades? URBAN II (GOD WILLS IT! GOD WILLS IT!)3. What was the goal of the Crusaders?

TO RECAPTURE THE HOLY LAND AND JERUSALEMFROM THE MUSLIMS

Part 3: Crusades

Part 3: Crusades4. Who recaptured Jerusalem for the Muslims that led to the 3rd Crusade?

SALADIN 5. Which Christian city would the Crusaders sack on their way to the Holy Land?

CONSTANTINOLPE

Part 3: Crusades6. The effects of the Crusades included:

A. Weakened the __________ and ______________; strengthened monarchs

CHURCH (POPE) NOBLESB. Stimulated _________________ throughout the Mediterranean area and the Middle East

TRADEC. Left a legacy of bitterness among _______________, ____________, and Muslims

CHRISTIANS JEWSD. Weakened the ______________ Empire

BYZANTINE

Part 3: Crusades7. Which invaders from Asia would attack Russia, the Middle East and create a huge empire by 1300 AD? MONGOLS8. Constantinople was captured by the ______________ ________________ in 1453 AD and renamed Istanbul.

OTTOMAN TURKS

MONGOL EMPIRE 1200 AD

Part 4: The Plague1. How did the plague (Black Death) get to Europe in 1347

AD?ITALIAN MERCHANT SHIPS COMING BACK FROM THE MIDDLE EAST

2. How much of Europe population died from the plague? 1/3 TO 1/23. The plague led to a scarcity of _________________, the end of the ______________ system, disruption of ____________, and the decline of church ___________.

LABOR FEUDAL

TRADE POWER

Part 4: The Plague

Part 5. The Middle Ages Church1. Members of the Catholic Church among the very few who could ___________ and __________________.

READ AND WRITE2. Worked in _______________________. Preserved __________- __________________ achievements. MONASTERIES3. Translated Greek and Arabic works into ___________.

LATIN

Part 5: The Middle Ages Church4. Made new knowledge in philosophy, _________________, and science available in Europe. MEDICINE5. Laid the foundations for the rise of __________________ in Europe.

UNIVERSITIES