The crusades were a fight between which two religious groups?
Christians and Muslims
Black plague was caused and spread by this insect
Fleas
What are apothecaries?
People who make and sell medicine. A medieval chemist/pharmacy.
Reconquista was a medicine used by priests to treat the Black Death.
False. Reconquista was the movement to drive Muslims from Spain.
A armored European warrior mounted on horseback.
Knight.
People who are trained and ordained for religious services.
Clergy.
The trade route that connected Asia to Europe and helped the spread of the Plague
Silk Road
Two crusade leaders, one has a nickname of a regal animal, one has a nickname of a healthy meal
King Richard the Lionheart and Saladin (Salad)
The crusades helped boost trade by reopening old trade routes and increasing demand for exotic goods in Europe.
True. As Crusaders returned home with silks, spices, and exotic goods, demand for these products grew. The crusader states were now surrounded by hostile populations, forcing old trade routes between Europe and the Middle East to reopen.
A code of conduct that knights were expected to live by.
Code of Chivalry.
A monastery is a secluded community where men called _________ focus on prayer and scripture.
Monks
Painful swellings that would arise in the armpits and groin and would sometimes burst
Buboes
List 3 common diseases during medieval times
Dysentery, malaria, diphtheria, flu, typhoid, smallpox, plague, and leprosy
The term Christendom refers to the large community of Christians spread throughout the world.
True.
The agricultural estate of a medieval lord.
Manor.
A convent is a religious community for these women called...
Nuns
Why were Jews persecuted during the black death?
Many people spread lies about them, they were a minority and easy to pick on, people blamed them for Jesus's death, they were confused about the Jewish religion.
Describe the hygiene level of medieval cities
Dirty, crowded, rubbish in streets, animals roaming everywhere, fire hazard
The church was the only institution above the king
True.
Art displayed on flags and banners as an identification device to distinguish different families
Heraldry
This means to exclude a person from a church or a religious community. Many people feared this could happen to them so they attempted to live in faith to avoid this.
Excommunicate. (Church body stops talking to the person, cut off from religion and chance to go to heaven)
List 4 of the "cures" that were used to attempt and heal those suffering from the plague
Bleeding/Sweating/Vomiting, dried toads, figs and cooked onions, lancing the buboes, vinegar and rose water, live hens, and pestilence potion
Name the four humours
Black bile, yellow bile, blood, phlegm
Cathedrals built in the Gothic style were dark and gloomy, with massive walls and narrow windows.
False. Gothic architecture was a revolutionary new style of building technology that allowed architects to built soaring, airy structures.
The medieval social pyramid with King/Queen at the top and peasants at the bottom.
Feudalism