Start of the Middle Ages

Start of the Middle Ages

Byzantine Empire

• Continuation of Roman Empire

• Preserves Greco-Roman Culture

• Justinian's Code

• Great Schism - Splitting of the Catholic Church

Multiple Choice

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

• Turkish Empire

• Vikings Empire

• Byzantine Empire

Multiple Choice

What was the Great Schism?

• splitting of the Catholic Church

• splitting of the Roman Empire

• creation of the Byzantine Empire

Western Europe

• Chaos, Violence, Confusion

• No centralized government to maintain control

• Smaller Germanic kingdoms that fought often

• Constant fear of invasions

Multiple Choice

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

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What was Western Europe like after the fall of Rome?

• peaceful, organized, flourishing

• chaos, violent, confusion

• strong centralized governments, growth of trade routes

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

Multiple Choice

Feudalism developed as a way to provide ________ from invaders.

• protection

• food

• social structure

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