Europe before 1400: The Medieval Age What problem needs to be
solved first?
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Century to Year Conversion -1400s is the ________ Century.
Clue: 1500s is the 16 th Century -1900s is the _______ Century. -We
live in the _________ Century -3 rd Century is the _____s. -21 st
Century is the ____s. And now you know!
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Great Civilizations of Ancient Europe: -The Greeks: Known for
___________________________________ Conquered by the Romans in 146
BC - The Romans: Known for ___________________________________
Created Catholicism (Catholic) as THE ONLY religion Fell in 476 AD
(late 5 th Century)
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Results of the fall of Rome (5 th Century) -Empire splits into
rival parts Lots of war Parts become European countries -No central
government to protect people People look for protection and order
-Fall of Rome = beginning of Medieval Europe and Feudalism
Protection is a basic human need. How would you protect yourself
and your family if you lived then?
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When you think of Medieval Age, what images or words come to
mind?
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Medieval Europe - Overview Five important problems of Medieval
Europe: 1.Social Backwardness 2.Famine/Food Shortages 3.War
4.Disease 5.Lack of natural resources
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Social Backwardness -Feudalism is (define): Royalty/Pope Nobles
Knights Peasants -Education was -Medicine was based on -Science was
-Religion was Medieval Europe
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A Witch! Example of European backwardness
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Medieval Europe (Part 2) Which problem does Europe need to
solve first?
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Famine -Famine (define): -Can be caused by
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One day, all of a sudden
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Vikings Why did they start attacking other people?
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War in Medieval Europe: Vikings - From (describe their life) -
Polytheistic (define) Gods: Heaven: Got to heaven by noblest way to
die
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- A Viking Attack Longboats: Weapons: peasants in Europe only
had View of death: - Europeans could not stop the Vikings
attacks!
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Why did the Vikings decide to start attacking other people? How
do you defeat them?
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Why are we talking about Vikings? Did the Vikings discover
America first? Leif Erickson Call settlement Abandon because
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Viking facts and myths Vikings did not wear helmets with horns.
According to Viking mythology: -World divided into 3 tiers, part of
a large cosmic tree -Travel between the 9 realms on the bifrost (a
rainbow bridge) -Azgard: home of the gods -Midgard: Earth
-Helheim/Neflheim: home of the dark elves -Thor and Lokie were not
brothers -Thor: the ideal warrior and what all warriors tried to be
like -Odin: seeker and keeper of knowledge but also incited war
just for fun. Vikings feared him because he had a temper -Loki: God
of trickery, loved to cause mischief, son of giants though Laufey
was his mother (not his father). -Sif: female warrior from Asgard
who marries Thor
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Wars in Medieval Europe: the Mongols -Mongols came from -Really
good at -First to use -They conquered -Opened Europe to Wars
between European Counties -Countries trying to -War is Lack of
Natural Resources -Natural Resources (define): -Bad for Europe
because
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Medieval Europe Disease: -Bubonic Plague (define) -It came from
-It killed. -Disease was
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Medieval Europe - Review Five important problems of Medieval
Europe: 1.Social Backwardness 2.Famine/Food Shortages 3.War
4.Disease 5.Lack of natural resources
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Short Answer Quiz Thesis Which problem does Europe need to
solve first? Thesis (define): 1.Restates 2. Is your 3.Must be 4.One
Sentence! 1 sentence
