WHAP chapter 9-11 Flashcards

SLHS WHAP

98691377	Cyrillic alphabet	based on the Greek alphabet and used by Slavic languages heavily influenced by the Eastern Orthodox Church. Attributed to the missionary work St. Cyril in the ninth century.	0
98691378	Greek fire	Byzantine weapon consisting of mixture of chemicals (petroleum, quicklime, sulfur) that ignited when exposed to water; utilized to drive back Arab fleets that attacked Constantinople	1
98691379	Cyril and Methodius	Byzantine missionaries sent to convert eastern Europe and the Balkans; responsible for creating the Slavic written script called Cyrillic.	2
98691380	Benedict of Nursia	Founder of monasticism in what had been the western half of the Roman Empire; established Benedictine Rule in the 6th century; paralleled development of Basil's rules in Byzantine Empire.	3
98691381	Beowulf	oldest literary work in a vernacular language work based on Danish legend, 1st written in 700's in Anglo-Saxon, tells story of he hero beowulf who chased and killed the monster Grendal before becoming King of his people	4
98691382	Cortés	explorer/conqueror, landed on the shores of Mexico, found the Aztecs and pretended to be a god, eventually overtaking them and issuing the Requerimento.	5
98691383	"flowery death"	Death while taking prisoners for the sacrificial knife.	6
98691384	Hopewell	a mound builder society that was centered in the ohio river valley and flourished from about 200 bc to 400	7