Feudalism
This system organized medieval society around land, loyalty, and protection.
What is feudalism?
A large estate that included farmland, villages, and the lord’s home.
What is a manor?
This disease was spread by fleas on rats during the Middle Ages.
What is the Bubonic Plague? (Black Death)
A farming method that clears land by cutting and burning plants
What is slash-and-burn agriculture?
The capital city of the Aztec Empire.
What is Tenochtitlan?
The continent where feudalism developed.
What is Europe?
A powerful ruler who owned land and gave it to nobles.
Who is a king?
A warrior trained to fight for a lord.
Who is a knight?
What was the name of the holy land that Christians and Muslims fought over .
What is Jerusalem?
A region with higher elevation and cooler temperatures.
What is a highland?
The Aztec emperor when the Spanish arrived.
Who is Moctezuma II?
The continent where the Aztec and Inca civilizations were located.
What is North America and South America?
A person who promised loyalty and service to a lord in exchange for land.
What is a vassal?
A code of behavior knights were expected to follow.
What is chivalry?
A document signed in 1215 that limited the power of the English king.
What is the Magna Carta?
A warm, flat region with thick vegetation.
What is a lowland?
The Spanish conqueror who defeated the Aztecs.
Who is Hernán Cortés?
The ocean Spanish explorers crossed to reach Mesoamerica.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
Land given to a vassal in exchange for service.
What is a fief?
A religious leader of the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages.
Who is the pope?
This event caused a labor shortage that weakened the feudal system.
What is the Bubonic Plague? (black death)
A folded book made by Mesoamerican civilizations.
What is a codex?
The Spanish conqueror who defeated the Incas.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
This body of water helped connect trade routes during the Crusades.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Farmers who worked the land and were tied to it.
Who are serfs?
A place where monks lived, worked, and prayed.
What is a monastery?
These wars increased trade, travel, and cultural exchange between Europe and the Middle East.
What are the Crusades?
Floating gardens used by the Aztecs to grow food.
What is a chinampa?
An Inca city built high in the Andes Mountains.
What is Machu Picchu?
Mountains that protected Machu Picchu and shaped Inca farming.
What are the Andes Mountains?