AP World History Strayer Chapter 10 Vocabulary Flashcards

11753970468	Byzantine Empire	Definition: Surviving Eastern Roman Empire (on the site of new capital: Constantinople). Significance: Eastern Power with Eastern Orthodox Christianity (the power transfer to the East). Where scholars, technology, and more was promoted.	0
11753970469	Constantinople	Definition: New capital of eastern half of Roman Empire. Significance: Highly defensible and economically important site helped assure city's cultural and strategic importance.	1
11753970470	Justinian	Definition: Byzantine Emperor (527 - 565 CE). Significance: Short-lived conquest of much of the former Western Roman Empire and codification of Roman law.	2
11753970471	Caesaropapism	Definition: Political and religious system in which the secular ruler is also the head of the religious establishment (Byzantine Empire). Significance: Allowed the Emperor to be head of state (Caeser) and head of the church (Pope). He was all powerful.	3
11753970472	Eastern Orthodox Christianity	Definition: A branch of Christianity that developed in the eastern part of the Roman Empire. Significance: The subordinate of the church of political authority (married clergy, beard, and ultimate authority in belief).	4
11753970473	Icons	Definition: Holy images venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Significance: It caused conflicts between Christian sects. Icons vs no Icons.	5
11753970474	Prince Vladimir of Kiev	Definition: Grand Prince of Kiev (978 - 1015 CE). Significance: Converted to Orthodox Christianity which led to the incorporation of Russia into the sphere of Eastern Orthodoxy.	6
11753970475	Kievan Rus	Definition: State that emerged around the city of Kiev (9th century). Significance: A culturally diverse region with Vikings, Finnic, and Baltic peoples. It became part of the Eastern Orthodox.	7
11753970476	Charlemagne	Definition: The ruler of the Carolingian Empire (768 - 814 CE). Significance: Staged an imperial revival in Western Europe. He was also crowned Holy Emperor by the Pope. He expanded the empire and broke the "dark ages" of Europe.	8
11753970477	Holy Roman Empire	Definition: Describes the Germanic-based empire founded by Otto I in 962. Significance: The revival of Frankish Empire (Charlemagne emperor). It was a multi-ethnic European super-state.	9
11753970478	Roman Catholic Church	Definition: Western European branch of Christianity (separate from the Eastern Orthodox). Significance: The religious power in the West with the Pope and Bishops. With the Pope as the authority in matters of doctrine (called for crusades).	10
11753970479	Western Christendom	Definition: West European branch of Christianity. Significance: It was separate from Eastern Orthodox with a major break that still isn't healed.	11
11753970480	Crusades	Definition: "Ventures of the Cross" meaning the holy wars waged by the Western Christendom (1095 until the end of the Middle Ages). Significance: Crusaders declared by Pope (only him) and were marked by participants swearing a vow and receiving indulgence in return. (The fight with Isam and the East).	12
11753970481	European cities	Cities in Europe that were mostly developed during the Medieval Period and that retain many of the same characteristics such as extreme density of development with narrow buildings and winding streets, an ornate church that prominently marks the city center, and high walls surrounding the city center that provided defense against attack.	13
11753970482	system of competing states	The distinctive organization of Western European political life that developed after the fall of the western Roman Empire in the fifth century C.E. in which the existence of many small, independent states encouraged military and economic competition.	14
11753970483	Aristotle and classical Greek learning	Some works of the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322 B.C.E.) had always been known in Western Europe, but beginning in the eleventh century, medieval thought was increasingly shaped by a great recovery of Aristotle's works and a fascination with other Greek authors; this infusion of Greek rationalism into Europe's universities shaped intellectual development for several centuries.	15