PEOPLE:
1) Celts- Earliest inhabitants of Great Britain.
2) Jutes, Angles, Saxons- Germanic tribes that arrived from the south of Denmark.
5) Alfred the Great- "The First Great King of England".
8) Harold Godwin- King of England after Edward the Confessor.
9) William the Conqueror- Won the Battle of Hastings. Brought fuedalism full force to England.
19) Joan of Arc- Stirred up patriotism in France and strnegthened the army with moral.
25) Hugh Capet- Ruled 987-996. Marked the beginning of the modern French nation.
26) Louis VI- Ruled 1108-1137. Strengthened power of king's power.
28) Louis IX- Ruled 1226-1270. France's most memorable king.
30) Bonafice VIII- Fought with Philip IV about a tax on the clergy without the people's consent.
33) Ferdinand and Isabella- Became king and queen pf Spain.
39) Marco Polo- Son of Italian merchant, who accompanied his father to China in 1271
42) Christopher Columbus- Thought he could sail to the "Indies" in 1492 by going West.
---------- QUESTIONS AND WAHT NOT:----------
- Who were the earliest known inhabitants of the British Isles? Celts
- What were the dates of the Hundred Years’ War? 1337-1453
- Which Germanic tribe conquered Spain in the 5th century? Visigoths
- Which name did the Romans give to Spain? Hispania
- These were Muslims from North Africa who invaded Spain: Moors
- What does “reconquista” mean? A re-conquest to take back Spain from the Moors
- Name 4 nations that developed in Europe during the Middle Ages. England, France,
Spain, and Portugal
- What is the name of the monument in Southern England that may have been an ancient
Celtic worship site? Stonehenge
- Which Germanic tribe named England? Anglo-Saxons
- Which Anglo-Saxon poet lived in the 7th century? Caedmon
- Who was crowned king of France in 987 AD? Hugh Capet
- Which French king was St. Louis, MO named after? Louis IX
- What was the French Estates-General composed of? Clergy, Nobles, and Commoners
- Which peninsula is Spain located on? Iberian
- Name 3 Germanic tribes. Angles, Jutes, Saxons
- Which countries fought during the Hundred Years’ War? Who won? England and France / France
Monday, November 30, 2009
Chapter 13 TEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Monday, November 9, 2009
Chapter 12 Review
Feudalism- Way of life based on ownership and use of land.
Fief- They worked the land.
Lord- Owned the land.
Vassal- Used the land but agreed to be in the lords army.
Knight- Appionted warriors that fought for the king.
Chivalry- Code of honor that knights had to swear to.
Heraldry- Colorful, unique symbols, Similar to a Coat of Arms.
Castle- Heavily fortified dwellings built for nobles.
Joust- A sport played betwwen knights.
Tournament- jousting that lasted an entire day.
Manor- Estates that belonged to the nobles.
Serf- Farmers that worked on the manors.
Truce of God- No fighting on sundays.
Peace of God-
Burg- community of traviling merchants.
Middle class- Burgers, between nobility and peasents.
Trade fair- Merchants from all over.
Guild- Consisted of merchants, artisans, and craftsmen.
Black death- Form of Bubonic Plague, 25 million people died in europe between 1334-1351(almost half of the European pop).
Chaucer- He wrote Cantiberry Tales.
Trivium- Grammer, Rhetoric, and logic, part of the medieval cirriculum.
Quadrivium- composed of arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy.
Scholasticism-an attempt to synthesize Greek philosophy with romanism.
Brethren of the Common Life- promoted the cultivation of the spiritual life through Bible reading, meditation, prayer, and personal piety while following Christ and serving others.
Humanism-intense interest in the subjects of the humanities.
Patron-people who used their own money to support the arts.
Sistine Chapel- painted by michelangelo.
Medicis- a leading banking family who ruled Florence, Italy.
Thomas Aquinas-one of the greatest scholastics. an Italian.
William of Ockham- the other one of the greatest scholastics. an Englishman.
John Wycliffe- the most outstanding scholar at the oxford univesity in the 14th century.
John Huss- was hrelped by wycliffe's writings to "see the light" was martyred by the council of Constance.
Gerhard Groote- a dutch contemporary of Wycliffe. organized the bretheren of common life.
Dante- wrote some of the modern literature. wrote the divine comedy.
Petrarch- called the "father of humanism" wrote his z'letters to ancient authors" as if Homer, Plato, and others where still alive to recieve them.
Bocaccio- the 1st great writer of prose in a modern language, wrote about the black death.
Michelangelo- may have the greatest of the renaissance of all time. painted the sistine chapel.
Flanders- was the location of one of the earliest industries. made woolen goods.
Machiavelli- wrote the only book of lasting importance produced by the Italian Renaissance. "The Prince"
Giotto- changed the art of painting greatly. tried to make poeple and things look real.
DaVinci- "renaissance man" was talented in painting, engeneering, sculpting, iventing, and music Prague-oldest German university.
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Monday, November 2, 2009
Chapter 12: Section Review 1
It was really big and really tall and was usually made of stone. By a moat and a drawbridge.
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