AWC unit 1

Around 1100ad, the pope launched a war against the Turks to rescue Byzantium and take the Holy Land ...

Ancient tongue, language of Catholic learning in the middle ages; root of several languages and many English words....

The ideas of democracy and much of Greek philosophy came from...

Medieval philosopher reconciled faith & reason, defended reading Aristotle, ideas of just war, just price; the "Dumb Ox"

All of these were rich Italian Renaissance city-states EXCEPT

After Rome 'fell' the eastern part survived as a Greek speaking Orthodox Christian empire called...

Vikings who settled in France, they led Crusades and in 1066 conquered England, changing the English language

The marraige of Ferdinand and Isabella later resulted in the defeat of the last Muslims and the unification of...

He sought truth in particular earthly details and data which would lead to universal principles [opposite his teacher]

Western Civilization flows from...

Italian Renaissance humanism can be defined as...

New Monarchs crushed noble challengers by hiring mercenaries and bureaucrats with help from...

The subsistence farming and warrior society of the Middle ages is called...

It killed a third to a half of Europe in a short time during the 14th century

Christians believe in all of these EXCEPT...

Polytheists traditionally believe that the world is not as real because the gods are tricky and contradictory, thus...

After years as a Republic, Rome became an empire thanks to Julius Caesar's nephew...

This painting by Rafael in the Italian Renaissance...

Better to be feared than loved (if not both), be a lion and a fox, the masses are not to be trusted if you are a prince.

The Jewish worldview states that human equality and dignity is because...

Chesterton states that we begin thinking with an assertion that may be reasonable, but isn't totally provable called

The Italian Renaissance loved all this EXCEPT...

The church's reputation in the Renaissance was severly hurt by the Great Schism, when the papacy was maniuplated by ...

The Greek and Roman economies....

The Byzantine Empire fell to them, East Europe was overrun by them, and Charles V was attacked by their leader Suleyman

Augustine's story of the pears illustrates the fact that Christianity teaches that everyone...

Known as the gadfly, he looked for logic by asking annoying questions - executed by the Athenians...

The printing press was invented in the 1450s by...

A primary source is...

His conversion to Christianity made it the main religion of the late Roman era and of the middle ages