Study Guide for Byzantine and Charlemagne Test

Study Guide for Byzantine and Charlemagne Test

1.       Describe Emperor Justinian.

 

2.       Describe the continuity and change of the Byzantine Empire with former Western Roman Empire.

 

3.       What is the Great Schism?

4.       Describe the Justinian Law Code.

5.       What are some of the results of the of Alcuin’s education program?

 

6.       What does the word “renaissance” mean?

7.       What are some similarities and differences between universities then and now?

 

8.       Who is Charlemagne?

 

 

9.       Who is Alcuin of York?

 

10.   Define “quardrivium.”

11.   Define “trivium.”

12.   Define “oratores.”

13.   Define “bellatores.”

14.   Define “laborares.”

15.   Define “serfs.”

16.   Define “feudalism.”

17.   Define “vassal.”

18.   How does feudalism work?

 

19.   What is the Act of Homage?

20.   Who are the Anglo-Saxons?

21.   Who are the Normans?

22.   What is the Norman Conquest?

23.   How did the conquering of England by the Normans change the country?

 

24.   What is the Magna Carta?

25.   Describe the English Parliament.

 

26.   Compare the architecture of Charlemagne’s capital city of Aachen with Byzantine architecture.