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Start of the Middle Ages

Start of the Middle Ages

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History, Social Studies

9th Grade

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Nikki Brewer

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4 Slides • 6 Questions

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Start of the Middle Ages

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Byzantine Empire

  • Continuation of Roman Empire

  • Preserves Greco-Roman Culture

  • Justinian's Code

  • Great Schism - Splitting of the Catholic Church

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Multiple Choice

What did the Eastern Half of the Roman Empire become known as?

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Turkish Empire

2

Vikings Empire

3

Byzantine Empire

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Multiple Choice

What was the Great Schism?

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splitting of the Catholic Church

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splitting of the Roman Empire

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creation of the Byzantine Empire

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Western Europe

  • Chaos, Violence, Confusion

  • No centralized government to maintain control

  • Smaller Germanic kingdoms that fought often

  • Constant fear of invasions

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Multiple Choice

True or False: A strong centralized government formed in Western Europe after the fall of Rome.

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True

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False

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Multiple Choice

What was Western Europe like after the fall of Rome?

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peaceful, organized, flourishing

2

chaos, violent, confusion

3

strong centralized governments, growth of trade routes

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Feudalism

  • New way to organized society

  • Way to give protection to those in Western Europe

  • Lords and knights provided protection from invaders

  • Peasants worked land to provide food

  • Created walls around manors

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Multiple Choice

Feudalism developed as a way to provide ________ from invaders.

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protection

2

food

3

social structure

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Poll

How would you rate your understanding of Byzantine Empire and Western Europe so far?

I feel comfortable with the topic

I need more practice/explanation

I don't understand anything - completely lost

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