The ruler and highest rank in the feudal order in Europe
Who is the King?
The head of state and hereditary monarch of Japan
Who is the emperor?
The dominant religion and center of life in Europe during the Middle Ages
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
People bound to the land and expected to work the land in exchange for certain rights
Who are serfs?
A devastating disease that swept through Europe killing millions
What is the Bubonic Plague (Black Death)?
An estate of land subject to feudal obligations
What is a fief?
A member of the warrior class in feudal Japan and loyal to the daimyo
Who is a samurai?
The head of the Catholic Church and major influence in Europe during the Middle Ages
Who is the Pope?
What is Feudalism?
Widespread and rapid occurrence of an infectious disease isolated to a region
What is an epidemic?
Lords provided land for the knights in exchange for
What is military service or protection?
A geometric shape that can be used to symbolize the feudal system
What is a pyramid?
A political and religious doctrine that states that a king's authority to rule comes directly from God, not the people
What is Divine Right?
A religious, social and moral code of conduct for knights
What is chivalry?
The portion of Europe's population killed by the Bubonic Plague in the Middle Ages
What is 1/3?
An estate owned by a lord that came with peasants to work the land
What is a manor system?
A samurai in Japan who had no lord or master
Who is a ronin?
Judicial Procedure led by the Catholic Church to identify and punish behaviors that go against the Church
What is Inquistion?
A person with absolute power and authority
Who is an autocrat?
The Black Death was spread by
What are rats and fleas?
The need for safety, security and a role for every group in society led to
What are the reasons feudalism developed as a political and social system?
A hereditary commander in chief in feudal Japan who held the most power
Who is the shogun?
The ultimate goal of the Crusades
What is reclaiming the Holy Land from the Muslims for the Christians?
A set of rules and regulations that govern the internal administration and hierarchy of the Church and its members
What is Canon Law?
Some positive outcomes of the Plague
What are labor increases, ending of feudalism and increased pay for peasants?