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Middle Ages Part II
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12/10/2009

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The Job of the Church
Definition
Unify the force of the middle ages.
Guarantee eternal salvation.
It received money because it would take an offering an offer eternal salvation.
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Sacraments
Why were they important?
Definition
The body of beliefs
If you followed them they would lead to to live a better soul.
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Canon Law
Definition
The law of the church
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Heretic
Definition
Going against the beliefs of the church
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Being a heretic lead to...?
Definition
Excommunication
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What was the College of Cardinals?
Definition
The group that choose the pope.
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How did Pope Urban get all the people to fight in the crusades?
Definition
He promised them salvation from all their sins, salvation, and they could keep all the witches that they conqueror.
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Who was Saladin?
Definition
Leader of the Muslims.
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What was the third crusade called?
Definition
The Kings Crusade
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What crusade was the most successful?
Definition
The first crusade.
Term
What were some of the goods brought back from the crusades?
Definition
Soaps, silks, and grains
Term
What were 3 factors that led to a better community..
Definition
Growth of Towns
New Trade Routes
Technology
Term
What were some of the new technology of the time period used in agriculture?
Definition
Horse Collar
Horse Shoes
Term
Another name for the Plague
Definition
The Black
The Pneumonic Plague
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How were towns regulated?
Definition
By craft and merchant guilds.
Term
How did you prove yourself to become a guild?
Definition
Apprentice and then make a masterpiece.
Term
What was one thing that the Jews were involved in and people accused them?
Definition
They were part of the banking industry so people thought that they were stealing money and that they were the cause of The Plague.
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What encouraged the growth of learning in Christendom?
Definition
The church and the rise of cities.
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What were some of the things that Christendom did to have a better education?
Definition
They made universities
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Thomas said....
Definition
Faith and reason don't have to contradict each other.
Term
What was the Universal Language?
Definition
Latin
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What are the languages based from Latin?
Definition
Romance languages
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Who were the Dominicans?
Definition
They took the vows of poverty and stress missionary work to the common people.
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Who was Pope Urban?
Definition
He was the leader of the crusades.
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What happened in the second crusade?
Definition
The Muslims took back Jerusalem.
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What happened in the fourth crusade.
Definition
They didn't even make it to Jerusalem.
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Who made up the middle class?
Definition
The bourgeoisie
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What was s guild?
Definition
It eliminated monopolization in towns.
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What was an apprentice?
Definition
Someone who works with no pay.
Term
What was a journeyman?
Definition
Someone who works and makes a small bit of money.
Term
What was a mater?
Definition
Someone who creates a masterpiece.
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What was the job of the merchant guilds?
Definition
To bring in goods from the trade routes.
To control the regulation of businesses.
They could be taken out by pirates on the water routes.
They could be taken out by robbers on the land routes.
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Jews
Definition
Their jobs were money lenders aka bankers.
Term
Universities
Definition
they had no set courses for teaching
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Who was St. Thomas Aquinas?
Definition
He created the Aquinas college and then universities were named after him.
"Certain truths can be understood by reasoning, other truths can be understood by faith."
Term
Romanesque
Definition
Type of architecture
Cathedrals with very thick walls and small windows that the top.
The arches were called flying buttresses and their jobs were to transfer the larger amount of weight to the lesser to make it stronger. They had rounded arches.
Term
Gothic
Definition
Type of architecture. More windows and pointed arches.
Term
Characteristics of a Nation
Definition
Had a central government that can defend itself against enemies.
A nations people are set off from neighboring groups by language, religion, traditions,and ways of life.
The people within a nation are loyal and proud to their root. It's called "nationalism"
Term
Who was William the Conqueror?
Definition
He became famous for being one of the original people that made England a country. He gathered facts about poverty and created a book called "Doomesday Book"
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Who was Thomas Becket?
Definition
Arch bishop of Canterbury
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What did King John of England have to do?
Definition
He had to sign the Magna Carta.
Term
What was the Magna Carta?
Definition
The Law above the King.
The King can be forced to obey the law.
There is equal justice for everyone under the law.
It was created in 1215.
Term
What was the Iberian Peninsula?
Definition
2 leaders: King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.
Includes Portugal and Spain.
Christianity was spread throughout the peninsula.
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What was the Orthodox Church?
Definition
It split apart from the Catholic Church.
The pope was the leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
The patriarch was the leader of the Orthodox Church.
Term
What was the Cyrillic Alphabet used for?
Definition
It was used to write Russian, Bulgarian, and Serbian.
Term
What were Icons?
Definition
They were mosaics or paintings of holy people within the church.
Term
What were mosaics?
Definition
They were small pieces of colored glass or stone that formed pictures. (stained glass)
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Where did Slavic Tribal Groups settle?
Definition
They settled in modern day Russian and moved to Poland. They captured Kiev City.
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Who was Genghis Khan?
Definition
Mongol invader.
He was compared to Attila the Hun.
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What occurred in Moscow?
Definition
It became the nt city in Russia.
Kremlin was a walled wooden fortress located around Moscow.
The Tutonic Tribe conquered Germany.
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