The Middle Ages
Was the political system of the middle ages that organized the land and protected the serfs.
What is feudalism?
Followers of the Reformation were known as BLANK literally because they were protesting the Catholic Church.
Who were the protestants?
The , BLANK , was a special new ship that allowed sailors to sail into the wind.
What is the caravel?
The social BLANK of the Middle Ages had kings at the top, church officials, vassals, and knights in the middle, and serfs on the bottom.
What is hierarchy?
This invention spread ideas because words could be easily replicated with this machine.
What is printing press?
Money a merchant made from trading, after they calculated their expenses. Hopefully they didn’t lose money on their trades.
What is a profit?
A BLANK was appointed by the lord to oversee the peasants, he generally pledged military service. These were the knights in the hierarchy of feudalism.
What is a Vassal?
The idea that all humans had value and encouraged freedom of thought and developed new ideas.
What is humanism?
This is the planning and ability, using astronomy and instruments, to follow a sea route.
What is navigation?
These were the peasants, they were tied to the land and did not own the property they worked.
Who are the serfs?
This movement, started by Martin Luther was what started the protest against the Church.
What is the reformation?
Merchants on this trading route experienced thieves and had to deal with middle men along the long route from China.
What is the Silk Road?
This was the economic system that bound the peasants to the land and made them pay taxes to the lord.
What is the manor system?
This French word, which means rebirth in English, marked the beginning of the end for the Middle Ages.
What is Renaissance?
This man was responsible for the idea of navigation.
Who was Prince Henry the Navigator?