Facts
The way that the black death spread
What is fleas on rats
Which element of worldview was most directly impacted by the Black Death’s high death toll?
What is Society?
How did the Black Death affect the feudal economy in Europe?
What is labour shortages- this lead to serfs gaining bargaining power, higher wages, and increased freedom
In what way did the bubonic plague affect the European worldview?
People began to question their faith and the way their society was structured.
The plots of land gifted to nobels by higher ranking officials and which peasants and serfs would then work on.
Manors
Feudalism had no room for _________ _________ in its system, meaning everyone was essentially doomed to stay in their status based on birth.
Upward mobility
This reason for the fall of feudalism led to labour shortages, and death throughout Europe.
The black death.
The hierarchical economic and social system in the Middle Ages
Feudal system
90% of Europe's population fell in this section of feudalism
Peasants/Serfs
The belief of how the black death arrived was
A punishment sent from god
Freemen that worked on manors received payment, true or false.
True! However, serfs did not receive payment
A form of tax imposed on parishioners by church officials.
Tithes
What was the Silk Road?
What is a network of trading routes that connected Europe with Asia.
How did the Black Death lead to changes in people’s beliefs about religion?
It caused many to question the Church’s authority and promises.
This job in the Middle Ages involved walking for long periods of time, caring for heavy equipment, dressing knights in their armour, and cleaning armour and weapons after battle
What is arming squire
A way that a group looks at the world; the way a group interprets a particular event. A collective point of view.
What is perspective
Rank the levels in the feudal system in the correct order, from having MOST power to LEAST power
Monarchs (Kings), Nobles, Knighs, Serfs
After the fall of feudalism, people were able to achieve _______ ________ something that was not possible under the feudal system. This allowed them to improve their position in society.
upward mobility