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Kings, popes, and princes created these during the Middle Ages to educate scholars.
universities
Knights held up this code, which guided their actions.
The code of chivalry.
How were the manors of the lords and ladies primarily financed (paid for)?
farming
Catholic churches brought each community together every week to celebrate this.
mass
What was one of the main effects of the Crusades on Western Europe?
Wealthy Europeans began to demand eastern goods.
What does the Russian word for czar mean?
emperor
How long did the middle ages (Medieval age of Europe) approximately last?
1,000 years
A group of nobles set out to limit the king’s power in 1215. They forced king John to accept a document called this, that protected the rights of the people and gave the nobles a powerful government council.
Magna Carta
Between 1000 and 1200 C.E., where did most nuns come from?
The city of Kiev, in modern day Ukraine, was invaded during the Middle Ages by who?
The Mongols
The Frankish King, Charles the Great or "Charlemagne", sent his armies into neighboring lands and forced the people in those areas to do what?
Convert to Christianity
In the medieval hierarchy, the noble lord and ladies were immediately above which group of people?
The knights
After Charlemagne died and his government collapsed, most of the power shifted to which group of people?
the nobles
What was one of the main effects of the Black Death in Western Europe?
Peasants began to pay rent instead of providing services.
Which language did tribes such as the Franks and the Anglo-Saxons, who conquered most of Europe after the Roman Empire ended, speak?
Germanic
Name a way that King Henry II further strengthened the king’s power in Britain?
He set up a central royal court.
He married Eleanor of Aquitaine and gained her land.
He set up juries of citizens to settle legal disputes.
This, in the Catholic church, caused more and more Europeans to question its authority.
Corruption. Or disagreements about popes.
Many Europeans blamed this group for the plague, or the Black Death.
the Jews
Starting in the 400s C.E. and for the next 600 years, monks traveled all over Europe to do what?
convert people to Christianity
What was the name of the group of Germanic tribes that raided Europe from Scandinavia in the 700s and 800s C.E.?
The Vikings
What were was one of the ways King Philip II further strengthened the king’s power in France?
He raised taxes.
What was one of the main ways that the Christian military crusades against the Muslims change Western Europe?
Europeans gained new knowledge of architecture, mathematics, and art.
As cities and towns grew and trade increased, what became more powerful and influential?
Merchants and artisans
What was one thing that happened after the Normans won control of the trading center of Sicily from the Muslims?
Maps were created with input from traders from many areas.
The mild climate of Western Europe is due to what?
The Gulf Stream