Name the system of farming that helped recover soil from one year to the next by leaving one field open.
three-field system
100
The Code of Chivalry was a set of rules for _______________.
Knights
100
Why were the Middle Ages once called the Dark Ages?
People forgot things that were known by Greeks and Romans.
200
Name the two churches that the Eastern and Western Roman Empires split into.
Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox
200
Who was a smart but cruel Hun general who spared Rome?
Atilla the Hun
200
Name the system of government in which land is exchanged for loyalty and services.
Feudalism
200
Which two countries fought in the Hundred Years War?
England and France
200
What was the black death?
A plague.
300
All classes of people, except serfs, were represented in the first ____________.
Parliament
300
IN A.D. 800, who was named the first Roman emperor since 476?
Charlemagne
300
Books in the middle age were _______________ and __________ (two answers).
-Rare
-Plentify
-Written by hand
-There were no books
Rare and written by hand
300
What year did the Western Roman Empire end?
A.D. 476
300
What is the Doomsday Book?
A list of who lived in England and how much they owed in taxes.
400
What European nun said that men and women were equal in the eyes of God?
Hildegard of Bingen
400
Who was Thomas Beckett?
The archbishop of Canterbury
400
What is a guild?
A group of people who made rules for operating their craft in a city.
400
In what year did William of Normandy win the Battle of Hastings?
1066
400
What did Henry II want to change about the legal system?
-get rid of Parliament
-give the Church more power
-eliminate the death penalty
-include trial by jury
He wanted to include trial by jury.
500
While King Richard was away from England, what did his mother do?
Eleanor of Aquitaine ruled England.
500
Name the French woman who led her nation to victory in the Hundred Years War.
Joan of Arc
500
Order these classes from lowest to highest.
knight, peasant, lord
peasant, knight, lord
500
By the end of the Middle Ages....
- knights were more important than ever
- kings had more power and nobles had less power
- the Renaissance was over
- cities were gone
Kings had more power and nobles had less power
500
What were serfs on a manor required to do?
They were required to work in the lord's fields as well as their own.