AP WORLD HISTORY, AMSCO CHAPTER 12

Period 3: 600 C.E to 1450 C.E

Western Europe After Rome, Pages 219-240Absence Date: ______

"I should not wish to be Aristotle if this were to separate me from Christ" - Peter Abelard, 1141 C.E

  1. What did Peter Abelard struggle with?
  2. What did all the early monarchs of Western Europe struggle with?
  3. What long term political affect did the battle of tours have?
  4. What did Charles (the Hammer) Martell create?
  5. What were two things Charlemagne did to unify his kingdom?
  6. What were two similarities between the Carolingians and the Tang Dynasty?
  7. How did the Carolingians and the Tang Dynasty differ?
  8. Where did the Vikings attack and settle?
  9. Who were the third group to invade Europe?
  10. What was one similarity to South Asia that the Carolingians had?
  11. What was one difference to South Asia that the Carolingians had?
  12. What do knights get in return for serving the local lord?
  13. In practice how much did chivalry affect the day to day lives of women?
  14. Explain the Manorial System?
  15. In addition to the three-field system what other technologies affected agricultural development?
  16. Why did feudalism offer more social mobility than the Hindu caste system?
  17. How did the Catholic church view merchants in Europe?
  18. How did the Pope and the church influence the political structure of Europe?
  19. How did the French limit the power of the Pope during the Babylonian Captivity?
  20. How did the monasteries become so politically powerful?
  21. How did the Monarchs limit the power of the feudal lords?
  22. Why did the establishment of the Estates General not lead to a powerful centralized government in France?
  23. What did the Concordat of Worms finally resolve between the church and state in Europe?
  24. What rights did the ancestors of William the Conquer grant to Englishmen?
  25. What technology was invented by the Chinese and brought by the Mongols that affected the Hundred Years' War?
  26. What was the initial catalyst for the Crusades to retake the Holy Land?
  27. What were the long term social and economic reasons for the crusaders?
  28. What was the main goal of the First Crusade?
  29. What was the result of the Fourth Crusade?
  30. What was the affect to Western Europe's exposure to Byzantium and Muslim culture?
  31. How did commerce affect social change in Europe?
  32. What affect on Europe did the Little Ice Age have on Europe?
  33. What was the purpose of the Hanseatic League?
  34. Why were the guilds able to gain power in the High Middle Ages?
  35. Explain urban life and urban church construction?
  36. What affect did urbanization have on women's gender roles in Europe?
  37. How did the Catholic church affect learning in Western Europe during the middle ages?
  38. What were some of the things European universities taught in the middle ages?
  39. What was the Renaissance characterized by?
  40. Explain the difference between the Southern Renaissance and the Northern Renaissance?

Time Line:

476 C.E
Rome Falls to Barbarians / 481-511 C.E
King Clovis unites all the Frankish Tribes / 732 C.E
The Battle of Tours / 640-814 C.E
Carolingian Dynasty / 7th Century
Stirrups spread from Central Asia / 9th Century
Viking Invasions of Europe Begin / 1054 C.E
The Great Schism in Christianity / 1099 C.E
First Crusade to take Jerusalem / 1122 C.E
The Concordat of Worms / 1202-1204

Key Terms:

Charles "The Hammer" Martel

Charlemagne

Viking Invasions

Carolingian Kingdom

Holy Roman Empire

Magna Carta

Feudalism

Manorial System

Three-Field System

Babylonian Captivity

William the Conqueror

English Parliament

Hundred Years War

Black Death

Marco Polo

The European Renaissance

The Divine Comedy

Doomsday Book

Comparing Japanese Feudalism and European Feudalism, Page 223 & 193

Comparing the Carolingians and the Tang Dynasty, Page 220

Comparing European and Abbasid Universities, Page 231-232