Vocabulary
Also known as the Medieval Period.
What is the "Middle Ages"?
The 4th to 13th century.
What is the Middle Ages?
What is one thing that was carried along the Silk Road?
What is (knowledge, mathematics, science, study of the human body, astrology, silk, glassware, paper, spices, inventions, philosophy, Black Death)?
People tied to their lord and land; often farmers, blacksmiths, etc.
What is a Serf?
_____________ one reason people in Europe thought the Black Death was killing them.
What is (a sin, other religious groups, astrology, punishment sent by God, caused by the Devil, caused by magic)?
A city that governs itself and the surrounding countryside
What is a city-state?
What is the Roman Empire?
Two things the Islamic civilization contributed to the Western world.
What is mathematics, astronomy, navigation, study disease, and medical texts?
Owned land and serfs; just above nobles.
What is the Higher Clergy?
The Black Death spread throughout Europe quickly because...
What is
• lack of food caused by recent flooding and famine
• homelessness because of the damage from a severe earthquake
• cooler than normal weather, forcing many to live in crowded conditions in small, dirty rooms
A large population moving to cities from towns, villages and farms.
What is urbanization?
The 4th to 15th century.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
The Silk Road started in _____________ (a country).
What is China?
The person chosen by God to rule over a land.
What is a king (top of the feudal system)?
The order of the feudal system from lowest to highest is...
What is Serfs, Lesser Nobles, Nobles, Higher Clergy and King?
The people who run the church; often referring to the Pope.
What is the Papacy?
The 14th to 16th century.
What is the Renaissance?
The Silk Road ended in _____________ (a country).
What is Italy?
Lived in huge castles or fortified manors.
What is a noble?
Most city-states were not controlled by monarchs, and they began as _________________ (where groups of citizens govern the state).
What is republics?
An instrument used to make measurements with the stars.
What is an astrolabe?
Lords who ran small manors and towns.
What is a lesser noble, lower knight or clergy?
by the 14th Century most of the city-states were controlled by _________________ or ________________________.
What is a
oligarchy (a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution)
or
despot (a ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way)?