Nationalism 2
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- What were some of the positive results of the Crusades?
-
the growth of Med. trade
improvement in the level of European technology
greater contact between Europe and Byzantine and Islamic civilizations
increased power of kings/monarchs - What were some negative results of the Crusades?
-
decreased power of the Catholic Church
destruction of Constantinople
bitterness/hatred between Jews, Christians, Muslims - Where did common law begin?
- England
- What civilization conquered Jerusalem and Palestine in the 600s?
- Arab Muslims
- Who was Saladin?
- Seljuk Turk (Muslim) who reconquered Jerusalem leading to the Second Crusade
- What were the Crusades?
- Christian attempts to conquer the Holy Lands from the Muslims
- When Christians referred to the Holy Lands what were the referring to?
- Jerusalem
- What were the effects of the bubonic plague?
- death, scarcity of labor, helped bring an end to feudalism
- Who was Urban II?
- Pope who made the call for the First Crusade
- What was the tragic result of the Fourth Crusade?
- destruction of Constantinople
- Which European country was once ruled by Muslims?
- Spain
- Which monarch established common law in England?
- Henry II
- Which monarch was forced to sign the Magna Carta?
- John
- How did Italian cities benefit from the destruction of Constantinople, their location and increased trade?
- they served as trading centers, connecting Mediterranean and Middle Eastern markets
- Which nations fought in the Hundred Years' War?
- England and France
- Why was the Hundred Years' War fought?
- French monarchs resented England's influence in their country
- Who won the Hundred Years' War?
- France
- Who was Joan of Arc?
- she inspired the French forces to victory at Orleans and the Hundred Years' War
- What is heresy?
- denial of basic church teachings
- What is nationalism?
- the desire to form a nation
- What is the Russian word for monarch?
- tsar (czar)
- What is usury?
- the act of lending money at the high rate of interest
- What new economic practices emerged in the late Middle Ages?
- new banking practices; letters of credit, new accounting practices using Arabic numerals, interest
- What was the Inquisition?
- a court used to try heretics
- What was the Magna Carta?
- English document that diminished the power of the monarch
- Who was Philip II?
- Spanish monarch who ruled Spain's great overseas empire until the defeat of the Spanish Armada
- Who was William the Conqueror?
- Norman king who in 1066 defeated the Saxon infantry at the Battle of Hastings beginning the unification of England as a nation
- Who were Ferdinand and Isabella?
- Spanish monarchs who built Spain into a "stronger" nation by expelling Jews and Muslims through the Spanish Inquisition
- What was the Black Death?
- bubonic plague (mostly) that swept through Europe killing 1/3 of Europeans
- Who was Ivan the Great?
- Russian monarch who defeated the Mongols and expanded Russia as a nation
- What religion helped Ivan the Great unify the people of Russia?
- Orthodox Christianity
- Whose powers were weakened as a result of the Magna Carta?
- monarch of England
- What were the Crusader States?
- feudal estates established by the Crusaders in the Middle East following the First Crusade