Eras and Empires
This word literally means "referring to the Middle Ages."
Medieval
This system involved kings giving land to nobles for loyalty while peasants worked the land.
Feudalism
These were a series of wars between Christians and Muslims in Southwest Asia.
Crusades
This deadly disease swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351.
Black Death
This individual held the most powerful position in Medieval Europe.
The Pope
The fall of this Great Empire started the Medieval period in Europe.
Roman Empire
This is the specific term for a knight who promised to protect a Lord's land.
Vassal
True or False: the Crusades were ultimately considered unsuccessful.
True
This creature was notorious for carrying the plague infected fleas.
Rats
This is the correct social hierarchy of the Middle Ages, from most to least powerful.
Options Alphabetically
King, Knight, Lord, Peasant, Pope
Pope, King, Lord, Knight, Peasant.
These centuries followed Rome's fall, when Europe lost much of its history, technology, and wealth.
Dark Ages
Feudalism is believed to have started in this country (then part of the Holy Roman Empire).
France
This city is known as the "Holy Land."
Jerusalem
Because the population was reduced, this group of people became more important and gained more rights.
peasants
This 1215 document required the King of England to honor certain rights.
Magna Carta
This Medieval Empire in Eastern Europe was a continuation of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Byzantine Empire
These were the main job of a Medieval monk.
writing books
This was the primary goal or purpose of the Crusades.
To take control of the Holy Land.
The Black Death is considered a major reason for the end of this social and political system.
Feudalism
The Magna Carta established this group of elected law-makers in England.
Parliament
This period after the Middle Ages saw a "rebirth" of art, science, and technology.
the Renaissance
This system describes peasants living on and farming a lord's land.
the manor system
What was the positive effect the Crusades had on Europe (what did it restart interest in)?
It restarted interest in Silk Road trade.
This swelling was a primary and well-known symptom of the Black Death (and where it gets its name)
Bubo
This was the Pope's power to remove a King from the church to control them.
excommunication