We are continuing our study of the Middle Ages. Depending on the weather this week we may
have to push the test back a few days.
So stay tuned for further updates.
Review questions (answers will appear later in the week)
- Who performed surgeries in the Middle Ages?
- What was the most common surgeries performed?
- Monasteries: Monks = __________ : Nuns
- What worked as a Medieval deodorant? (maybe it would have
been called New Spice)
- What is a fief?
- What technology revolutionized the spread of knowledge in
the 1450s?
- Traveling to the Holy Land is an example of
_________________.
Here are the highlights from this weeks instruction:
1. Magna Carta was a document that limited the King's powers
of taxation and required trials before punishment
2. Most people lived on a manor, which consisted of the
castle, the church, the village, and the surrounding farm land.
3. The king awarded land grants or "fiefs" to his
most important nobles, his barons, and his bishops, in return for their
contribution of soldiers for the king's armies.
4. Serfs were peasants that contributed goods and services
to the lord for protection
5. Martin Luther was the German Monk that tried to
"Reform" the church starting the Reformation
6. Luther tried to stop the selling of indulgences and
translated the Bible to German
7. The Renaissance(Rebirth) brought back the ideas of
Ancient Greeks and Romans; Leonardo Da Vinci (Mona Lisa and The Last Supper),
Shakespeare (Macbeth and Hamlet).
Cultural Literacy -
Hammer and Sickle: The emblem of the Communist movement, it
shows to alliance between workers(hammer) and peasants (sickle). On the flag of the former Soviet Union.
During class Friday we started discussing the purchase of
Alaska.U.S. takes possession of Alaska. I included a short video from the
History channel that explains the purchase of Alaska.
We also discuss the blood thirsty behavior of Ivan the
Terrible. Here are some of his
aggression; he created a police force dressed all in black, astride black
horses, that existed more to crush dissent than to keep the peace,1570 massacre
of the wealthy city of Novgorod, Fits of rage, drunken feasts, fasting in
remote monasteries. In 1581, during a violent dispute Ivan accidentally killed
his eldest son. Here is a link to his biography Ivan the Terrible
Current Events and Opinions-
I am very surprised by the Sochi Summer...oops Winter
Olympics. Not only is it in a sub-tropic
location, but it is very close to the Caucasus Mountains and Chechnya makes it
a perfect area for Terrorism. A memo
from the State department has told U.S. athletes and citizens to wear
inconspicuous clothing, not the red, white and blue. At least 40,000 law enforcement and security
will be available and U.S. is placing a warship in the Black Sea. The Olympics have had a dark history of the
years, Munich Games in 1972 were
darkened by the deaths of 11 members of the Israeli team killed by Palestinian
terrorists. A bomb at the Atlanta Olympics
in 1996 left one dead and 11 injured. This will be something to keep an
eye on for the next few weeks.
