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World History Homework Six
<br>Instructor: Andy Schlafly
'''Read the lecture.'''
You can substitute in a question from honors into your regular assignment, if you are not in honors. You can also substitute in a question raised from class or the lecture.
1. Identify the time period of the Middle Ages, and when the Crusades occurred within that period.
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2. Who conquered the largest contiguous region in world history, and when?
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3. Which of these modern countries were able to establish nation-states in the Middle Ages, and which were not: Germany, France, England and Italy?
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4. Pick your favorite medieval architecture and describe something about it.
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5. Pick one of the African kingdoms described in the lecture, and explain it.
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6. Pick your favorite aspect of Scholasticism, and describe something about it, or your view of it.
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7. '''Current events''': What was the biggest effect of the Crusades in the Middle Ages, and why do people avoid using the term "Crusade" today?
== Honors Questions (answer '''any 3''' in addition to the above questions) ==
H1. Comment on any ontological or cosmological proof of the existence of God.
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H2. What is your view of the "Great Schism"?
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H3. Do you think Joan of Arc had a calling from God?
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H4. Several young teenagers played a very influential role in history in this lecture. Is that to be encouraged today, or is it impossible now?
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H5. What is your view of the Crusades?
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H6. Compare and comment on Muslim architecture to Romanesque or Gothic architecture. (This requires going beyond the lecture.)
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H7. Are nation-states needed to guard against future plagues?
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