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Social studies final 3
Rome
Question: What were Roman Citizens called who were not wealthy?
Answer: Plebians
Question: What important achievements did Romans make?
Answer: Built the Applan Way, Established a republic where citizens had a right to vote, created a code of laws that that all people in the Empire to could follow and become a model for man of todays nations.
Question: Why were the Christians persecuted by the Romans?
Answer: They were punished for their beliefs. Christians refused to worship the emperor as a god.
Question: Which Roman leader banned the persecution of the Christians?
Answer: Constantine
Question: What effect did hiring mercenaries have on the roman empire?
Answer: They had no loyalty to the Roman Empire so they would not stop people from reading roman towns. Travel on the roads became dangerous and trade slowed between the cities in the empire.
Rome
Question: Who reunited the eastern and western parts of the Roman Empire?
Answer: Constantine
Question: How did barbarians weaken the Roman empire?
Answer: Different groups of barbarians invaded the Western Roman Empire they eventually took over Rome and pillaged the city again and again.
Question: How were Commodus and Diocletian different as leaders
Answer: Commodus hated governing did as little of it as he could just spending money on himself. He was later killed by his own bodyguard.Diocletian was a strong leader who introduced reforms that helped restore order and strengthen the economy
Question: What was the continuation for the Roman Empire called after it fell?
Answer: Byzantine Empire
Question: Where was the city of Constantinople located?
Answer: on a peninsula at the southeastern end of Europe. It serves as a bridge between Europe and Asia.
Byzantine empire
Question: Why did Constantinoples location make it a trading center?
Answer: The peninsula extends into the Bosporus, a narrow strait linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara. Ships traveling from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea must pass through. the City that controls it are both very important to trade.
Question: Who were Justinian and Theodora?
Answer: Justinian was an Emperor that rebuilt the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. During his rule the Byzantine Empire reached its hight. Theodora was Justinian's wife.
Question: Who was the founder of Islam?
Answer: Muhammad
Question: How did Islam spread outside the Arabian Peninsula?
Answer: Through trade on caravans and also through war.
Question: What were the peasants in the Middle Ages Called?
Answer: serfs
Question: What was feudalism?
Answer: a political, social and economic system that began in the 800's. at the top was the king, then the lords, then the serfs.
Question: Describe the manor system
Answer: The manor system was a way to manage feudal lands. it has four parts. the major house and village, farmland, meadowland, and waste land. the manor house or castle was home to the lord of the estate.
Question: What caused the decline of medieval culture?
Answer: The Plague
Question: What changes occurred in Europe during the Renaissance?
Answer: It saw a revived interest in the art, social, scientific and political ideas of ancient Greece and Rome. Many advances in these areas took place.
Question: What caused the reformation?
Answer: Critics of the practice of indulgences or pardons from punishment for sins started following Martin Luther. He was excommunicated from the roman catholic church. He had followers who left the church to follow him this lead up to the Reformation.
Question: What changes were made during the Counter-Reformation?
Answer: a ban on the sale of indulgences.
Question: Why are early mediaeval times often referred to as the Dark Ages
Answer: It is because of the Plague as well as that europeans lacked the advancement in science and mathematics that the greek and romans had gained.
Question: Why did european countries start colonies?
Answer: a country uses colonies to obtain raw materials to make into products
Question: What did the encomienda system allow some colonist to do?
Answer: the Spanish government allowed certain colonists the right to demand labor from the Native Americans of a particular area
Question: Why did North American Colonists want independence from Great Britain?
Answer: They should not be taxed without representation.