Chapter 8 Review

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Chapter 8 Review

• The Rise of Europe

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Identify and explain the significance of the
Franks and Muslims.

• Franks a Germanic tribe that invaded Western
  Europe and eventually took control of it.
• Muslims believers in Islam, who built a great
  empire that stretched all the way to Spain and
  threatened Western Europe.

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Describe how each of the following traditions
influenced Charlemagnes rule Roman, German,
Christian.

• Roman Charlemagne tried to turn his capital,
  Aachen, into a second Rome by making it the
  center of a revival of Latin learning
• German He used a German system of rule. That is,
  he gave land to powerful nobles and appointed
  them to rule over it for him. Officials kept an
  eye on these rulers.
• Christian Christianity became the empires
  religion and helped to unite it.

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Identify the responsibilities of the peasant
toward the lord, and of the lord toward the
peasant.

• Peasants were responsible for farming the lords
  lands, repairing his roads and fences, and
  fulfilling marriage, inheritance, and other
  specified payments to the lord.
• The lord was responsible for protecting the
  peasants in times of war and providing them with
  land to farm for themselves.

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Describe ways the Church shaped medieval life.

• The Church influenced male and female roles
  controlled behavior and morals served as the
  focus of social life provided education limited
  the power of monarchs.

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List functions performed by monks and nuns during
medieval times.

• Monks and nuns took care of the sick and poor
  ran schools provided lodging for travelers
  preserved writings of the ancient world and
  acted as missionaries for Christianity.

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List three new technologies or improvements that
led to an agricultural revolution in Western
Europe.

• New technologies or improvements included iron
  plows new harnesses that allowed horses to be
  used instead of oxen windmills making more land
  available the three-field system.

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List economic or social changes that resulted
from the growth of trade in the Middle Ages.

• the development of a money economy
• the growth of banking the development of new
  business practices, including partnerships,
  insurance, and bills of exchange
• the weakening of serfdom
• the growth of guilds
• the appearance of a middle class
• new roles for women.

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Why is the structure of feudal society sometimes
described as apyramid?

• As power increases, fewer and fewer people hold
  parallel positions.
• Powerless peasants, who make up most of the
  population, form the base of the pyramid.
• Above them and greatly less in number are
  knights.
• Fewer still are the lords, the level above the
  knights.
• Finally at the apex sits the monarch

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• The test will also include a primary source
  analysis and a map or graph based question.