middle ages

Most culturally advanced European city of the Middle Ages

Cordoba

Cathedral architectural styles that were NOT critical for building

Romanesque arch

Norman king who conquered England

William

Accomplishments of Charlemagne (3)

• He spread Christianity throughout Europe

• He built schools and preserved ancient writing

• He developed a written code of laws.

Effects of the Crusades (3)

• Trade between Europe and Asia increased

• Knowledge of Muslim culture spread throughout Europe

• Relations between Christians and Jews became strained.

What did the increase of money and credit lead to during the Middle Ages?

The creation of Europe's first banks.

Knight's responsibilities to his lord (3)

• Providing military service

• Give money on special occasions

• Remain loyal.

Place of entertainment in Constantinople; chariot racing

Hippodrome.

Skilled Scandinavian navigators who targeted England, northern France, and Constantinople

Vikings.

Crowned Emperor of the Roman people by the pope

Charlemagne.

Name of the English governing body

Parliament.

Considered a powerful emperor of the Byzantine empire

Justinian.

New church formed after the split in the Christian church in 1054

Orthodox.

Reasons for Pope Urban II calling the first crusade (2)

• The pope was afraid that Constantinople would be taken by the Muslims

• Because the Turks had defeated the Byzantine Empire.

Major city that grew in importance and later became the capital east of Kiev

Muscovy.

Famous cathedral in Paris, France

Notre Dame.

What city became the center of the Byzantine empire?

Constantinople.

The church that Justinian and Theodora built in Constantinople

Hagia Sophia.

Who reluctantly signed the Magna Carta?

King John.

Who blockaded Byzantine trade in the Mediterranean Sea and attacked Rome?

Vikings.

What was a mace?

A spiked club.

Difference between a Romanesque arch and a Gothic arch

The Gothic arch is pointed and the Romanesque arch is rounded.

Effects of the Black Death (3)

• People blamed God for the plague which increased opposition towards the church

• Europe and China had lost one-third of their populations

• The manor system ended.

Plague that spread throughout Asia, Africa, and Europe

Black death.

Ruler during the height of Kievan Russia (1019-1054)

Yaroslav the Wise.