Historical Skills & Themes
A historical claim is best defined as this.
What is a statement about the past that can be supported or challenged with evidence?
A political and social system based on land for loyalty and service
What is feudalism?
The body of law the medieval Church used to govern Christians
What is canon law?
The 14th-century disease that killed millions in Europe
What is the Bubonic Plague (Black Death)?
The scholar whose name gives us the word “algorithm” and who helped develop algebra
Who is Al-Khwarizmi?
This is the information you use to support a historical claim.
What is evidence?
The self-sufficient economic unit where peasants worked the lord’s land
What is the manor (manor system)?
The Church punishment cutting an individual off from salvation or the sacraments
What is excommunication?
Labor shortages after the Plague gave this group more bargaining power
Who were serfs (or peasants)?
Artist-inventor who painted the Mona Lisa and studied anatomy.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
A monk’s diary from 1348 about the Bubonic Plague is this type of source.
What is a primary source?
A peasant legally tied to the land and owing labor to the lord
What is a serf?
The Church penalty that banned sacraments in an entire region
What is an interdict?
The 1337–1453 conflict between England and France.
What is the Hundred Years’ War?
A word meaning “non-religious,” common in Renaissance art and ideas.
What is secular?
A modern textbook chapter about feudalism is this type of source
What is a secondary source?
The medieval code that stressed bravery, loyalty, and protecting the weak.
What is the Code of Chivalry?
(Daily Double) This pope crowned Charlemagne, linking Church and state
Who is Pope Leo III?
This technology made stone castles less secure and changed siege warfare
What is gunpowder artillery (cannons)?
A wealthy supporter who funds artists and scholars.
What is a patron?
This theme or World History best explains why the Church could crown kings and also clash with them in the Middle Ages.
What is Power and Governance?
This battlefield change helped make heavily armored knights less dominant
What is the longbow (or gunpowder weapons/artillery)?
The legal code created to guide people’s conduct that was later “canonized”—collected and compiled over time as decisions accumulated.
What is canon law?
Post-Plague migration and wages helped these places grow and weaken feudal ties.
What are towns/cities (urban centers)?
Known in Latin as Avicenna, he wrote The Canon of Medicine.
Who is Ibn Sina