WHAP Post-Classical Vocab Flashcards

101236808	Middle Ages	500-1500	0
101236809	medieval times	500-1500	1
101236810	Early Middle Ages	500-1000	2
101236811	High Middle Ages	1000-1500	3
101236812	feudalism	Complex system of political and military loyalties	4
101236813	manoralism	economic system in which peasants were tied to the land to supply labor to their lords	5
101236814	Franks	Group that dominated Europe in the 8th and 9th centuries	6
101236815	Clovis	First Frankish king, ruler from 481-511; converted to Christianity	7
101236816	Carolingian family	Powerful Frankish family	8
101236817	Charlemagne	conquered most of western Europe	9
101236818	Vikings	Attackers from Scandinavia, began fighting in 793 continued for two centuries	10
101236819	missi dominici	sovereign's envoys, checked on abuses of power by local lords	11
101236820	serfs	people who were tied to self-sufficient agricultural estates (manors)	12
101236821	barter	exchange of goods directly	13
101236822	Benedictine Rule	rules for monks written in 540	14
101236823	canon law	rules for behavior	15
101236824	excommunicate	separate from church and sacraments	16
101236825	interdict	excommunicated all people within a realm	17
101236826	Holy Roman Empire	established in 962	18
101236827	Magna Carta	guaranteed rights to nobility	19
101236828	parliaments	gave nobility and clergy a voice	20
101236829	Hundred Years War	fought between France and England during 14th and 15th centuries	21
101236830	Crusades	series of attacks into the Middle East	22
101236831	Saladin	Muslim general who recaptured land during 12th century	23
101236832	Hanseatic League	league with cities in northern Germany and souther Scandinavia	24
101236833	guilds	associations of people who worked in the same occupation	25
101236834	usury	charging of interest for the use of money	26
101236835	ghettos	small urban areas	27
101236836	pogroms	anti-Semitic mob actions	28
101236837	scholasticism	reconciliation between beliefs and values of Christianity with logical reason	29
101236838	vernacular languages	common people's language	30
101236839	Renaissance	15th-16th century rebirth of culture	31
101237032	caesaropapism	Religious and political power concentrated in the hands of the emperor	32
101237033	Justinian	Most important early Byzantine emperor (527-565BCE)	33
101237034	Hagia Sophia	Church of Holy Wisdom	34
101237035	Theodora	Empress of Byzantine, wife of Justinian	35
101237036	Cyrillic writing system	Eastern Orthodox writing created by Byzantine missionaries	36
101237392	Monsoons	Alternating winds that influence wet and dry seasons around the Indian Ocean	37
101237393	Stateless society	Common form of social interaction in Africa with no hierarchal government	38
101237394	Ghana	Western Sudanese state started in the 3rd century	39
101237395	Mali	Western Sudanese state started in the 13th century	40
101237396	Songhay	Western Sudanese state started in the 15th century	41
101237397	Hausa	State that became powerful east of Songhay during the 15th century	42
101237398	Sundiata	Lion-king leader of Mali	43
101237399	Griots	Master storytellers of western AFrica	44
101237400	Swahili Coast	Coast of East Africa	45
101237401	Great Zimbabwe	Powerful city-state in Swahili	46
101237402	Ethiopia	Christian state in Swahili	47