Feudalism
What are the 4 "hierarchy" levels in the Fuedalsim Pyramid?
Bottom - Serfs & freemen (Peasents)
2nd level - Knights
3rd level - Nobles
Top level - King
In a hierarchy people are ranked one above another according to their importance. People were born into a level of feudal society and they expected to stay in that level for their entire lives.
True
What is the name of a popular city-state?
Various Answers...
True or false: The back death lasted for 6 months.
False - Millions of Europeans died of the Black Death between 1346 and 1350. Regular outbreaks of the plague continued for the next several hundred years.
The Renaissance!
Which hierarchy level would you expect to be illiterate?
Bottom level (Peasents)
The black death arrived in Europe by plane from Western countries.
False
Dozens of city-states grew up across the northern half of Italy. They were “in the right place at the right time” to become the wealthiest cities of Europe Aspects of their geography contributed to their success. What does the term geography mean?
Geography is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments.
How did the black death arrive in Europe?
Flea's on rats
Many of the goods that Italian merchants began to bring in by sea after the Crusades were luxury goods that were not available in Europe. They included precious jewels, rugs, and fabrics like silk, muslin, taffeta, and satin. Among the most sought-after and valuable trade goods, however, were…
Spices!
What are the two types (categories) of Peasants?
Freemen & Serfs
A humanist thinker would be someone who only focuses on religion and no other aspect of humans well-being.
False
During the Renaissance period, Italy was divided into "city-states". If we were to relate this to how Canada is structured, what term would we use to describe each region/boundary in Canada?
Provinces
What group of people likely suffered the most? Monarchs, Nobals, Knights, or Peasants?
The Peasants!
The ___________ were a series of wars during the Middle Ages where the Christians of Europe tried to retake control of Jerusalem and the Holy Land from the Muslims.
Crusades
What are 3 major events that lead to the collapse of Fuedalism?
Black Death, Hundred Year War, Peasant Revolt, Rise of Towns, Increased Technology
The Renaissance began in the Italy region of Europe.
True
The popular trading route that benefited many City-States and connected Europe to Asia (the Eastern world) was called?
The Silk Road
Another popular name for the black death is the...
Bubonic Plague!
Approximatly how many Europeans died from the Black death?
1/3 of the population
During the black Death period, which level in society had the most casualties?
The Peasents
The word Renaissance means Revolution & Rebirth
FALSE - Revival & Rebirth
A city-state consists of a city that is politically independent and the rural area around it. This rural area is called the ________land.
Hinterland
What year do historians belive the black Death arrived in Europe?
The summer of 1348
What word can be used the describe the following definition.
A collection of beliefs about life and the universe held by an individual or a group; the overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world.
Worldview.