Chapter 6, Week 1
What are the topography, waterways, vegetation, and climate of the European landmass? Europe is a large peninsula, most places are within 300 miles of an ocean Europe has a climate similar to the northern parts of the United States Warm summer, snow in the winter Europe is mostly forest and mountains Rivers Rhine, Danube, Siene, Rhone: famous European rivers Made trade easier Caused different cultures to develop Kept people safe during wars
What are the topography, waterways, vegetation, and climate of the European landmass? Mountains The Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathians: famous European mountain ranges Made it hard for one group to rule all of Europe Many different cultures and kingdoms developed. A kingdom is a small area ruled by a king Some groups never had contact with others even though they were close
How did the geography of Europe affect the lives of the people? After the fall of Rome, the Germanic tribes spread out through Europe. Each tribe created their own kingdom These kingdoms became what we now know as European countries After the fall of Rome many different cultures and kingdoms developed Visigoths in Spain Ostrogoths in Italy Anglo-Saxons in Britain Celts in Ireland/ Scotland Franks in France
How did Christianity spread through Europe after the fall of Rome? When Rome fell Northwest Europe was not Christian, except for Ireland Christianity is any religion that believed in Jesus and the bible The pope sent monks out to build monasteries and teach Christianity to the people
How did Christianity spread through Europe after the fall of Rome? Even though Rome fell the Roman Catholic Church still remained By 1050 most people in Europe became Catholic: a religion that falls under Christianity The Pope was the head of the church and sometimes told kings what to do
How did the church and monasteries help Christianity to spread throughout Europe ? Monks helped the community -built churches -taught school -gave food and shelter to travelers -gave medical care for the sick -taught carpentry: woodworking and weaving -copied old books into English Monks lived a simple lifestyle -wore simple clothes and ate simple food -made money from what they made at the monastery The leader of a monastery is called an abbot
Who were the different people and levels in the feudal system? Kingdoms were small with no armies When kings of kingdoms needed an army to fight they gave land to nobles willing to fight for him The poor people needed a place to live and work, so they asked the noble Nobles became very powerful
Who were the different people and levels in the feudal system? Feudalism: government system where people serve a noble in exchange for land Land given to a vassal is known as a fief Noble: Owns the manor lands and serves the king. Provides knights Knights: Works for the noble in exchange for land (fief) Peasants: free man who paid fees in order to work the land Serfs: slaves that could not leave the land