Professor James Baer

WESTERN CIVILIZATION I

Study Guide Ch. 7 and 8

Identifcation Identify the terms and people listed in one short phrase. After reading these chapters, students should understand  the importance of these individuals and terms, and with which country or countries they are associated. Type your responses.

Terms:

Feudal:

Salic law:

Medieval:

Islam:

Byzantine Empire:

Koran:

Monasticism:

Ostrogoths:

Visigoths:

Huns:

Treaty of Verdun:

Magyars:

Vikings:

Fief:

Homage:

Lord:

Vassal:

Serf:

Manor:

People:

Otto I:

King Henry IV of Germany:

Frederick I:

Henry II (of England):

William the Conqueror:

Pope Urban II:

Saladin:

Richard the Lionhearted:

Philip Augustus:

King John of England:

Odoacer:

Theodoric:

Clovis:

Pope Gregory I:

Benedict:

Justinian:

Muhammad:

Pipin "The Short:"

Charles Martel:

Charlemagne:
 
 
 
 

Essay/ Discussion Topics: Choose ONE of the following and type (double-spaced) a 250 word response, using specific information from the textbook.
 

1. How did the Christian Church influence the creation of a European civilization?

2. What was the relationship between lord and vassal, and how did this give rise to feudal society?

3. How did the Norman conquest of England affect the growth of the English state?