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Semester 2 Final Exam
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History
9th Grade
05/14/2011

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Who was the first Roman emperor to accept Christianity?
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Theodocius
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Who was Constantine?
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Roman emperor, converted to Christianity before he died and founded Constantinople
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Who was Sulla?
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A Roman general who later became the sole consul in 88 BC
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Crassus
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A Roman politician, part of the 1st triumverate with Pompey and Caesar
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Cooptation
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When the ruler picks who will succeed him.
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The Reluctant Emperor?
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Claudius, elected to rule by the army so they could control him.
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Visigoth chief who captured Rome
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Odoacer
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What did Constantine accomplish?
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Constantinople
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Who made up the 2nd triumverate?
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Marc Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian
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Two major classes in Rome
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Plebians and Patricians
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Geographic features that set Italy apart from Greece.
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Italy was a mountainous peninsula
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Ruler of the empire at height
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Leo III
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Causes of decline of Kiev
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Lack of trade with Constantinople and fighting the Muslims.
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Why Moscow was the 3rd Rome
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Very powerful because of Ivan the Great
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Justinian Code
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4 books of rules and laws
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Who did the Slavs borrow from for their culture?
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Vikings
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Mosaics
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Pictures made of glass fragments
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Who brought advise to Justinian
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His wife Theodora
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Justinian's nickname
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"Emperor That Never Sleeps"
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What happened to Moscow after the fall of Constantinople?
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Became the 3rd Rome and the center of the Orthodox church
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dominant church in Western Europe
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Roman Catholic
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How monasteries got their money
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tithes/donations/wills
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Secular
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On earth, clergy (monks and nuns)
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duties of a vassal
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Serve the lord that provides their land
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Who wrote "Rules for Monasteries"
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Pope Benedict
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Decorated religious writings
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illuminated manuscripts
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How the Carolingians overruled the Merovingians
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Using the church
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Why the Vikings left their land
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To get more land and $
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Vassalage
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You serve your lord (military service), they give you a place to live and food
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Feudalism and why it was the dominant government
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Nobility had land in exchange for military service, Protection
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Relationships within feudalism
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KING

Lords

Vassals

Peasants

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Sons of Louis the Pious
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Charles the Bald

Lothar (Holy Roman Emperor)

Louis the Pious

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Norse Gods
Definition

Odin- father

Thor- thunder

Loki- mischeif

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Alcuin of York
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Brought classical Christian teaching to Aachen
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Pepin the Short
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1st Frankish ruler to accept Christianity and Charlemagne's dad
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Charles "the hammer" Martel
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Pepin's illegitimate son who drove the Muslims away at Tours
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squire
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15, knights assistant
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charter
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granted a town it's independence
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scholasticism
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memorization based on logic
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knight
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fought for a lord and the church
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Hastings
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decisive battle, 1066, William the Conqueror beats Harold II
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Agincourt
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1415, Henry V wins w/longbow
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effect of the Hundred Years' War
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France and England totally separate
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results of William's rule
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Created Great Council to help him rule, every landowner is a vassal
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DOOMSDAY BOOK
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Determined how much William could tax people
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Constitutions of Clarendon
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Limited judicial powers of Rome, clergy must be tried in civil courts, and the King elected his bishops
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Great Schism
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2 Popes
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Babylonian Captivity
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When the pope was forced to move to Avignon
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Battle of Orleans
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Joan of Arc's big win!
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Jun Hus' questions of the church
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Transbutation, communion of only bread for laity, and unquestioned authority of the clergy
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grandi
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old rich
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popolo grasso
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new rich
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popolo minute
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lower peasant classes
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money economy
Definition
economy based on $ not trade
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signori
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city council- members from guilds
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city-state with the most stable govt.
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Venice
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Machiavelli
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cynical writer/thinker, wrote political satirical book called "The Prince"
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motivations of Europeans to establish new trade routes
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$$$
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humanism
Definition
Human matters > supernatural matters
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Michelangelo
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Artist and Architect, painted the Sistine Chapel
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da Vinci
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Painter, scientist, engineer, painted Mona Lisa and the Last Supper
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Renaissance time period
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14th-17th centuries
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wealth of Venice- where from?
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Constantinople
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What made the Italian Renaissance different?
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more about becoming human
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Gutenberg
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created the printing press
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A Renaissance individual- describe
Definition
Well rounded
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