middle ages part 2

1) knights were paid by the gods to protect
2)ideals include fighting for three masters,heavenly lord,earthly lord,and chosen lady protected weak and poor; and displaying loyalty, bravery and courage
3)epic poems,such as the song of roland, retold stories about heros deeds and adventures
4)powerless and inferior which was a view accepted by the church but did play important roles in families
5)church and the various political leaders competed for power... shred beliefs of church ..bonded all levels of people together giving them security
6)church was not happy the kings had control over clergy and offices especially the power of lay investiture which gave king power to appoint church officials

mongol empire

Mongol Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question

Describe the Rise of Genghis Khan:

Describe why Genghis was successful:

Describe what happens to the Mongol Empire after Genghis Death:

Describe the Mongol Peace:

Describe the rise of Kublai Khan:

Describe Khan’s invasion of Japan:

Describe How Khan rules in China:

Describe the foreign influence on Khan:

Describe the fall of the Mongol Empire:

byzentine empire

Byzantine Empire Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe how the Byzantines established their empire:

Describe the challenges Byzantine rule faced:

Describe Life in the Byzantine Empire:

Describe Life in Constantinople:

Describe the fall of the Byzantine Empire:

Describe the Split of the Catholic Church:

rome part 3

Rome Part 3 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe how people lived in the Roman world:


Describe Slavery in the Roman World:


Describe Early Religion in the Roman World:


Describe how gov distracted the masses from their problems:


Describe the Life of Jesus:


Describe How the Christian Church Spread:


Describe the Persecution Early Christians faced:


Describe the reasons and events that allow the Christian Church to spread through out the world even though they faced persecution:

european empire webquest

European Empires Webquest Words

1. Mycenaean- is a cultural period of Ancient Greece taking its name from the archaeological site of Mycenae in northeastern Argolis,
2. Trojan War- was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans (Greeks) after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta
3. Homer- is a legendary ancient Greek epic poet,
4. Polis- is a city, a city-state and also citizenship and body of citizens.
5. Helot- were an unfree population group that formed the main population of Laconia and the whole of Messenia (areas of Sparta).
6. Phalanx- is a rectangular mass military formation, usually composed entirely of heavy infantry armed with spears, pikes, sarissas, or similar weapons.
7. Persian War- were a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire of Persia and city-states of the Hellenic world that started in 499 BC and lasted until 449 BC
8. Peloponnesian War- was an ancient Greek war, fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta.
9. Socrates- was a Classical Greek philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy
10. Plato- was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens
11. Aristotle- was a Greek philosopher
12. Alexander the Great- was a Greeki[›] king (basileus) of Macedon
13. Republic- is a form of government in which the head of state is not a monarch
14. Patrician- A person of exceptional education, background and refinement, an aristocrat
15. Plebeian- The Plebs were the general body of Roman citizens
16. Punic Wars- are a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 to 146 BC
17. Hannibal- was a Carthaginian military commander and tactician who is popularly credited as one of the most talented commanders in history
18. Julius Caesar- was a Roman military and political leader.
19. Triumvirate- is a political regime dominated by three powerful individuals
20. Augustus- was the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 31 BC until his death in AD 14
21. Jesus- also known as Jesus Christ, is the central figure of Christianity, which views him as the Messiah foretold in the Old Testament,
22. Constantine- commonly known in English as Constantine I,
23. Constantinople- in formal Ottoman Turkish: قسطنطينيه Kostantiniyye) was the imperial capital
24. Attila- widely known as Attila the Hun, was the Emperor of the Huns from 434 until his death in 453.
25. Justinian- widely known as Attila the Hun, was the Emperor of the Huns from 434 until his death in 453.
26. Hagia Sophia- is a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, now a museum in Istanbul,
27. Gengis Khan- was the founder, Khan (ruler) and Khagan (emperor) of the Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous empire in history.
28. Kublai Khan- was the fifth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire from 1260 to 1294 and the founder of the Yuan Dynasty in China

bell ringer feb 8th 2010

1). about 70%
2). ther in the same spot

exit ticket...feb 5

1).genghis dies in 1227 from illness
2).by 1260 the mongols divided their empire into four regions called khanates
3).when mongols conquered sometimes destroyed whole population and systems