Early Middle Ages
The year in which Rome ended.
What is AD 476?
political order; under this, nobles governed and protected people in return for services
What is feudalism?
This document helped strengthen the idea that all people have rights.
What is the Magna Carta?
The great conflict experienced by the Catholic Church.
What is the Great Schism?
The years in which the Plague occurred.
What are the early 1300s?
This body of water played a huge role in Europe's growth.
What are rivers?
the order of the ranks of feudalism from lowest to highest
What are peasants(serfs), vassal, knight, lord, king?
A group of lords, church leaders, knights, and townspeople. There are two groups; the upper house and the lower house.
What is the Parliament?
Western Europe was torn apart by this.
What are political conflicts?
Another name for the Plague.
What is the Black Death?
The strongest Germanic group.
Who are the Franks?
The two groups of peasants.
Who are freemen and serfs?
The king who signed the Magna Carta?
Who is King John?
Spain's Christian population drove out the Muslims during this struggle.
What is the Reconquista?
The main effects of the plague.
What is the weakening of Feudalism and population decreasing?
The first Germanic ruler to accept Catholic Christianity.
Who was Clovis?
A main source of Europe's thriving.
What is trade?
This king, who came to power in 1180, changed how some nobles had more power than kings.
Who was King Phillip II?
They unified Spain as a Catholic nation.
Who is Ferdinand and Isabella?
How many were killed during the Plague.
What is half of Europe?
The nickname for Charles Martel.
Who was Charles the Hammer?
business groups
What are guilds?
The Crusades brought this to Europe.
What is new knowledge and luxury goods?
This was the effect of the loss of French land.
What is the weakening of Europe's economy?
Workers gained this from the plague.
What is more freedom?