History 201 - The Third Time

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What Emperor built bath houses?

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Trajan

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What Emperor built a wall that protected Romans for 100 years?

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Hadrian

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The Roman Dole was what?

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welfare (probably the first kind in this world)

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Who built the famous Roman Colosseum?

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Vespasian

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Around second century A.D. what country to the north did Rome not conquer?

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Germnay

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T or F: 99% of German invasions were peaceful.

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True

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What did Rome offer for Germany, which was the reason for German invasions?

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Food and security

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Where did most of the Germans who invaded Rome come from?

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Scandinavia (Denmark, Sweden, Norway)

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What kind of symbol-type writing did Germans have?

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Runic

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T or F: Germans were nomadic

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True

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What happened for Rome in 410 A.D.?

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Gothic tribesman invade

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What did tribesman leader Alerec ask Emperor Honorus for?

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Land grant

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What was the imperial retreat for the Roman Empire in 410 A.D.?

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Ravenna

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T or F: The imperial retreat was close by

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False

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T or F: Alerec was illiterate

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False (he could read and write Latin)

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Who was not around for Alerec and his people to appeal for land?

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Roman Emperor Honorus

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Who declared that they had no authority to grant land?

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The Roman Senate

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What did the Goths appeal for now that they were not granted land?

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5000 pounds of gold, 1000's of pounds of pepper and 1 million bushels of wheat

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What did Goths tell senate they will do if they don't give them what they want

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They... will... KILL... them

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The senate didn't give the Goths what they wanted and so the Goths did what?

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They prepared for battle

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How well was Rome ready to receive Gothic warriors?

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Lightly guarded

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What was the Trojan horse for the Goths?

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They had prisoners already in Rome who rioted

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Urban life fails. Towns declined. How did the towns decline?

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people fled the towns

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After the towns declined, what was no longer circulated?

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money

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What country assumed a barter economy?

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Europe

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What was the status of Rome after it fell?

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it recovered

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What replaced Roman loyalty?

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Germanic loyalty

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To whom did Romans owe their allegiance to?

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The Empire

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Who were Germans loyal to?

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loyalty between chief and warrior, between knight (vassal) and Lord

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T or F: Personal connections were not important in the medieval period

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False

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In 21st centurty, how do we seem to perceive the unfolding of history?

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as a continuous succession of progress. History = progress

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Not everything in our life is progress. We can have periods of setbacks. This is what happens with the ________ invasions.

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Germanic

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What justice replaced Roman justice?

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Germanic justice

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Explain what the Medieval times was a blending of

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a blending of Roman civilization and Germanic civilization

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Romans had judges. Every Roman had a right to a trial by jury of your peers.
Roman justice consisted of...

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written laws, judges, jury, lawyers

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Explain Germanic justice

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it was divine intervention through the Ordeal

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What was trial by fire?

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walk through plough sheers/grab pebble in hot cauldron, etc.

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T or F: The Ordeal was based on class

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True

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What was trial by water?

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in holy water, sinking = innocent, floating = guilty. Water test used at Salem whichcraft trials

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Explain Tide Stakes

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take people out and tie them up on these stakes at low tide, you would have to be here for high tide. You could die from hypothermia.

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What is the Eucharist

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for priest/clergy: Choking on wine = guilty

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Who immolated (“cremated”) their dead?

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Germans

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What was Ordeal by Bier for murder?

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blood stained = you’re guilty

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What is the Ordeal by cross?

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BWAHHH-HAHAHAHA!

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There was a way around the Ordeal called...

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First Right Compregation for first offenders

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On the night of a ____ ____, plaintiff would meet _________ for accusation.

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full moon, defendant

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These first right compregations for first offenders is similar to who what today?

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A trial today

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If things went well in your jury of being a first offender, you were usually

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purged of the charges (charges cleared)

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T or F: There was a supreme court for the Germans

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True

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What is a trial by combat?

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the plaintiff could fight the defendant or you could hire someone to fight for you. They met on the night of the full moon.

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Where are the very beginning of the Black Plague found essentially?

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In the soil

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What breaks up the soil to bring out the disease of the black plague (bacillus)?

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Human or animal action/movement or movement by earthquake

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What part of the earth did the Black Plague originate?

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Central Asia

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What in China caused the black plague to spread?

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The silk road from China to Central Asia to Black Sea to (Asia Minor) Turkey

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What in the silk road caused it to spread when it arrived to its destination?

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Rats traveling with the caravan

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What did the rats have on them that came in contact with the people and other rats?

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Fleas that carried the disease called bacillus in their stomachs

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How quiclkly did the bacillus spread by land?

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Not quickly by land but faster by sea

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Was Europe aware of the bacillus coming their way?

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yes

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What was the first place in Europe that the bacillus hit?

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Italy

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How did they try to get the plague out of the air?

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By burning with bon fires

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What was the suspicion about the Jews pertaining to the balck plague?

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Thought that the Jews poisoned the water

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What physically, on people, spread the bacillus?

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Their clothing and sheets (sold to others because it was contaminated)

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The rich people fled to the countryside to avoid the towns and the plague but...

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It was just as bad in the rural areas

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What was the mortality rate of the plague?

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40-50%

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What happened to the doctors in the time of the black plague?

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it was terrible; all their patients died = no money to receive

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What happened with the cures the doctors tried to use for the bacillus?

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They failed; people got mad at doctors

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How do we know about the two phases of the disease?

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A man recorded his symptoms when he was "dying" of it

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What is the first phase of the black plague?

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PHASE 1: Bubonic stage; most common; least lethal; 40-60% chance of dying; swelling bluish-black lymph nodes/sores (hence Black Plague)

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What is the second phase of the black plague?

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PHASE 2: Pneumonia; pneumonic or lunge phase; less frequent but more lethal

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What is the thrid phase of the black plague?

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PHASE 3: (Discovered in modern times) Septicemic strain - Went to central nervous system and killed very rapidly. Took about one week for death to occur

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How is the disease "not stupid?"

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It knew it needed a host to live so it moved on to other places before it killed everyone off in order for the disease to "survive"

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Plague hit Russia, went away, then came back to where/when?

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London 1660

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Because the plague hit London what happened to the city?

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The entire city burned to the ground

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After London was burned to the ground, what was used to build London anew?

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Stone and brick

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What did the stone in London keep out?

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The weaker black rats (weaker rats carried disease - stronger brown rats did not)

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After all this death because of the black plague, what was the silver lining?

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Many die = not as many people to work = increase in labor value and income

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What ended because labor value increased?

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Serfdom

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What impact did the Renaissance have on the U.S.?

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Separation of powers;
Separation of Church and State;
Architecture - copied Greco-Roman: Infused to Washington D.C.;
Art - Linear perspective/realism/vanishing point - oil paintings;
Study of anatomy - adavances in knowledge of the body - surgery - knowledge that blood circulates;
Sculpture - (U.S.) Daling, a sculptor;
Math;
Science - astronomy and the telescope - heliocentric view of solar system

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What did politics revolve around in the middle-ages?

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not ideology... loyalties

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What is feudalism land tenure?

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Lord giving land grant to Vassal

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What is a Vassal?

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Knight who does military service in exchange for a land grant called a fief

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How long did the Vassal give service?

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40-45 days (like Army reserve)

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What was the Ceremony of Vassals?

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Kneeling before their Lord with cupping hands

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What was the Oath of the fief?

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The Vassal wouldn't harm the life or property of the Lord.