Middle ages

What brought about the Middle Ages?

• The beliefs in the Roman Catholic Church

• The gradual decline of the Roman Empire

• The need for a new society

List three roots that the Middle Ages had.

• 1. 1. classical heritage of Rome

  2. 2. belief in the Eastern Orthodox Church

  3. 3. customs of Constantinople

• 1. 1. classical heritage of Rome

  2. 2. belief in the Catholic Church

  3. 3. need for a new society

• 1. 1. classical heritage of Rome

  2. 2. belief in the Catholic church

  3. 3. customs of Germanic tribes

Who invaded and overran the Western half of the Roman Empire?

• Islamic troops

• Germanic invaders

• Muslims

What 3 things did Germanic invasions change for Western Europe?

• economy

  government

  religion

• economy

  government

  culture

• economy

  money system

  religion

What destroyed Europe's cities from being economic centers and caused them to have no money?

• businesses were failing

• no one was working

• the breakdown (loss of) of trading

With the fall of the Roman Empire, cities were abandoned (left behind).

• True

• False

As Roman trade and government collapsed, people left for the country (rural) areas.

• True

• False

The population shifted from ______________ to ______________.

• Rural

  Urban

• Urban

  Rural

How did dialects (variations of language) develop in Western Europe?

• Roman people came in and changed Latin to how they wanted it

• Germanic groups mixed their language with Latin and formed many dialects

• Latin was spoken all over Europe but different groups changed it a little bit

Germanic kingdoms began to replace Roman regions.

• True

• False