AP World History ~ Chapter 10 Flashcards

5449304192	Aristotle and classical Greek learning	Recovery of greek rationalism in education	0
5449304193	Byzantine Empire	The surviving eastern Roman Empire during the medieval centuries	1
5449304194	caesaropapism	Political-religious system where ruler is head of the religious establishment	2
5449304195	Charlemagne	Ruler of the Carolingian Empire who staged a revival of Western Europe	3
5449304196	Christianity, Eastern Orthodox	Branch of Christianity developed in the eastern part of the Roman Empire; noted subordination to political authorities and use of leavened bread in Eucharist	4
5449304197	Christianity, Roman Catholic	Western European branch of mainstream Christianity that defined itself as separate from Eastern Orthodoxy, with the pope as the ultimate authority	5
5449304198	Constantinople	New capital for the eastern half of the Roman Empire/Byzantine Empire	6
5449304199	Crusades	Modern term to describe "holy wars" waged by Christians in the name of the pope in trade for indulgence	7
5449304200	Cyril and Methodius	Byzantine missionaries to the Slavs; developed Cyrillic script	8
5449304201	Cyrillic	Alphabet based on Greek letters developed by Cyril and Methodius to write Slavic languages	9
5449304202	European cities	Western Europe cities noted for process of urbanization and high degree of independence	10
5449304203	Greek fire	Form of liquid fire that could be sprayed at the enemy	11
5449304204	guild	Association of people pursuing that work for a similar motive that provided a social and religious network for members	12
5449304205	Holy Roman Empire	Term invented to describe the Germany-based empire founded by Otto I	13
5449304206	the West as a "hybrid civilization"	After fall of Western Europe, Germanic invaders form new states, Christianity, and elements of survivng pre-Roman culture	14
5449304207	iconoclasm	The destruction of holy images; mostly used to describe the Byzantine policy of image destruction	15
5449304208	indulgence	Remission given by the pope for a sin	16
5449304209	Justinian	Byzantine emperor who strived to reconquer the former western Roman Empire	17
5449304210	Kievan Rus	State around Kiev that rose up	18
5449304211	natural philosophy	The scientific study of nature	19
5449304212	Otto I	King of Germany who, after being crowned emperor, created what became known as the "Holy Roman Empire"	20
5449304213	system of competing states	Organization of Western European political life that encouraged military and economic competition in small, independent states	21
5449304214	Vikings	Scandinavian raiders who impacted much of Western Europe	22
5449304215	Vladimir, prince of Kiev	Russian prince who converted to Orthodox Christianity	23