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STUDY GUIDE FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY
UNIT 1: EUROPE DURING MEDIEVAL TlMES
Chapter 1 The Legacy of the Roman Empire
1. What are some Roman influences that we still see and/or use today?
2. What were the reasons for the fall of Rome?
Chapter 2 The Development of Feudalism in Western Europe
3. Why did feudalism develop? What problems was this system of government trying to f,ix or help?
4. What were the social levels and the relationships between the levels of society under feudalism?
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Chapter 3 The Roman Catholic Church in Medieval Europe
5. How did the Roman Catholic Church influence life in medieval Europe? (There are several ways.)
6. Why were pilgrimages important?
'Who
went on pilgrimages?
7. Why were paintings and art such an important part of medieval life?
8. What were the Crusades, who participated in the Crusades, and what motivated them to participate?
Chapter 4 Life in Medieval Towns
9. 'What were the reasons for the growth of towns? V/hat had to happen for
a
town to develop?
10. What were the roles of the guild?
I 1. Explain how crime and punishment worked in medieval Europe. What caused those methods of law and
justice to change?
Chapter 5 The Decline of Feudalism
12. What are the reasons that feudalism declined?
13. How did political power shift after the decline of feudalism?
14. What effects did the signing of the Magna Carta, the Bubonic Plague, and the Hundred Years' War have on
medieval Europe?
Chapter 6 The Byzantine Empire
15. What were the causes of the split between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastem Orthodox Church?
Define the following vocabulary words:
fïef
divine right of kings
vassal
Constantinople
monarch
guild
manor
king
monk
habeas corpus
charter
Jerusalem
apprentice
pope
schism
chivalry
serf
feudalism
hierarchy