AP World History Strayer Chapter 10 Vocabulary Flashcards

12423610627	Nubian Christianity	Definition: (5th/6th century) Several kingdoms of Nubia Christian church thrived for 600 years. Significance: It largely disappeared because of the conversion to Islam.	0
12423610628	Jesus Sutras	Definition: Products of Nestorian Christians in China. Significance: Sutras articulate the Christian message using Buddhist and Daoist concepts.	1
12423610629	Ethiopian Christianity	Definition: (4th century) Conversion of rulers in Axum (highlands of Ethiopia). Significance: More resilient than other early Christian church. It was largely cut off from other parts of Christendom because of its distinctive traits differed from other Christian churches.	2
12423610630	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.	3
12423610631	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.	4
12423610632	Justinian	Definition: Byzantine Emperor (527 - 565 CE). Significance: Short-lived conquest of much of the former Western Roman Empire and codification of Roman law.	5
12423610633	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.	6
12423610634	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).	7
12423610635	Icons	Definition: Holy images venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Significance: It caused conflicts between Christian sects. Icons vs no Icons.	8
12423610636	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.	9
12423610637	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.	10
12423610638	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.	11
12423610639	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.	12
12423610640	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).	13
12423610641	Western Christendom	Definition: West European branch of Christianity. Significance: It was separate from Eastern Orthodox with a major break that still isn't healed.	14
12423610642	Cecilia Penifader	Definition: Illiterate peasant woman from English village. Significance: Provided a way to look into the conditions of ordinary rural people even though her life was more independent and prosperous than most.	15
12423610643	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).	16