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30 Cards in this Set
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When did the Dark Ages occur?
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1300 -1400 AD
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Why did people call it the Dark Ages?
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Romans thought Barbarians who came in destroyed everything.
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What are 2 other names for the Dark Ages?
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Medio euo or the Medieval period.
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What is Christianity?
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Belief in the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth --> follow God and you will be rewarded with everlasting life.
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When did Jesus live?
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1 - 33 AD
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Jesus of Nazareth?
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-Jewish
-born in Bethlehem -prophet |
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When was Jesus crucified?
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33 AD
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What did people name Jesus and what does this name mean?
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Christ - "son of God"
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Why did Christanity appeal to people?
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-mass appeal
-more easily understood than polytheism -more positive -better place after this life |
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Why did most people not practice Roman religion?
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Only educated people practiced Roman religion.
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When did the Papacy begin?
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64 AD
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What is the Papacy?
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-Head of the Roman church
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What is another name for the "office of the pope?"
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the Papacy
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What happened in the Papacy?
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Church ironed out details of the faith.
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What happened to the Papacy as the Roman Empire declined?
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The church expanded.
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Where was catholicism based?
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Rome
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What is the Orthodoxy?
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Eastern catholicism
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When was Constantinople founded? Where?
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330 AD at Byzantium
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What was Constantinople's reputation? What is it now called?
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"second Rome"
-Now Istanbul in Turkey |
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When did the Roman emperor Constantine convert to Christanity?
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312 AD
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Where was the Byzantine empire?
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Mesopotamia, Greece
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When did it occur?
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400 - 900 AD
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What alphabet did the Byzantium empire use?
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Cyrillic
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Who did the Byzantines influence?
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Greeks, Russian orthodoxy
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What did the church do when Roman authority declined?
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The church stepped in and sent people to the isolated Roman settlements. People became lords of these settlements.
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What significant event happened when people became lords?
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feudalism was created.
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What is a fief?
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Common person who belongs to lord.
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What is a serf?
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Belongs to fief.
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What was the means of social control in the Dark Ages?
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You were granted power based on your allegiance and connections with the church.
--> serf performed most of the labor |
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What is environmentally significant about the Dark Ages?
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Western culture from ancient civilizations like Mesopotamia and Egypt transferred over to Europe.
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