A period of European history that began with the fall of the Roman Empire and lasted almost 1000 years.
Middle Ages

A landed estate in the Middle Ages.
A Manor

Who were the Christians fighting in the Crusades?
The Muslims

Religion that vast majority practiced.
Christianity - Catholic
A disease that strikes over a large are
plague
What increased between Europe and Asia because of the Crusades.
Trade

A political and social system of the Middle Ages in which powerful nobles gave land to lesser nobles in exchange for service and loyalty.
Feudalism

Who conquered most of Europe and Asia creating the largest empire of the world?
Mongol leader, Genghis Khan
What was promised if Christians went on a Crusade?
Sins are forgiven and get to go to heaven.

Peasants who lived and worked on the land belonging to a lord or vassal.
Serfs
The plague was caused by...
fleas on rats
The name of the military expeditions from Christian Europe to Palestine between the 11th and 13th centuries.
The Crusades

Lessor nobles who received land and protection in exchange for their loyalty and service.
Vassals

What was one positive about the plague in Europe during the 1300's?
Serfs earned more money and ended feudalism.
A craft and trade formed an association
guild