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15 Cards in this Set
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Years of the Dark Ages
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400-800
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What was lost when the Germanic tribes took over
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Some aspects of Greco/Roman culture
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What were the new ideas that the Germanic tribes brought with them
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Trial by ordeal which was very different from Roman law
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Western Civlization was the blend of what three ideas
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Greco/Roman culture, Germanic ideas, and Christianity
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What made life unsafe during the Dark Ages
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The almost constant warfare between competing Germanic tribes
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What three things caused the collapse of cities
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1) Trade collapsed 2) People moved to the countryside to survive 3) People lost contact from each other
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What happened to the Latin language as a result of the cities collapsing
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Latin as a common lanaguage disappeared
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As a result of lack in communication between people, words were added and dialects, what did this form
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The Romance languages
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What took the place of the former Roman empire
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Small kingdoms
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What was all changing about these small kingdoms
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Their boundaries because they were constantly fighting
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Who did the loyalties change to and why
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Loyalties were to the tribal leaders and family because stress was on personal ties since it was hard to maintain order in a larger area
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What was the one unifying force throughout the Dark Ages
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The Catholic Church
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What did the missionaries
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They were sent to convert the Germanic tribes
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Who was a famous missionary and who did he convert
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St. Patrick and he converted the Irish
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What would happen that would cause a lot of people to convert at once for right/wrong reasons
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A king like Clovis would convert and then convince his followers
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