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1. Vocabulary:
Natural law (Who came up with the theory)The Great SchismPilgrimageHabeas Corpus-

2. What was Western Europe like after the fall of Rome?

3. What was the purpose of feudalism?

4. Fill in this pyramid to represent the 4 levels of society in feudalism. What did each level of
feudalism provide for the other?

5. Why did medieval monarchs believe they had the power to rule?

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6. How did increasing military technology affect the construction of castles and later the
usefulness of both knights and castles?

7. How did someone become a knight? What code did they live by?

8. What is the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church?

Pope
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9. What are the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, Matrimony and Eucharist?

10. How did the Roman Catholic Church affect the daily lives of people in feudal Europe?

11. How did the Roman Catholic Church influence art and architecture in feudal Europe?

12. What advances in education were made by the church during the middle ages?

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13. What did the incident between Pope Gregory VII and Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV show
about that the power of the Roman Catholic Church in Western Europe?

14. Name three important Holidays of the Roman Catholic Church.

15. What caused the split between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox
Church?

16. Why were icons banned temporarily by the Eastern Church?

17. Why were the Byzantines angry when Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor?
What did the Pope get in exchange for crowning Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor?

18. What were the following events, how did they lead to the decline of feudalism? Think
about how these events affected the common people.
Henry IIs Legal reforms:

Magna Carta:

Model Parliament:

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Bubonic Plague:

Hundred Years war:

19. How was the Black Death spread to Europe, and how much of Europes population was
killed?

20. What did Joan of Arc do?

21. What event inspired Justinian I to rebuild the city of Constantinople?

22. What made Constantinople such a great center for trade?

23. How did Western Rome and Eastern Rome (the Byzantine Empire) develop differently?
*language:
*type of economy: (agriculture or trade):
*amount of wealth:

24. What was Justinians code?