Feudal System
What social system exchanged land for loyalty in Medieval Europe?
Feudalism
What was the main Christian church in Europe during most of the Middle Ages?
Catholic Church
What was a common purpose of severe public punishments, besides pain?
Shame
What group had conquered the Holy Land before the Crusades began?
Muslims, Turks, or Saracens
What type of disease, affecting the lymph nodes, was the most common form of the Black Death?
Bubonic
What mounted warrior pledged loyalty and service to a lord?
Knight
What specific group lived in monasteries or convents, dedicating their lives to prayer and helping the poor?
Monks
What loud public alarm for a criminal was raised by the community?
Hue and Cry
Which Pope made the appeal in 1095 CE to begin the First Crusade?
Pope Urban
What tiny insects, found on rodents, were primarily responsible for transmitting the plague to humans?
What key personal right did serfs lack, tying them to their land?
Freedom
What yearly Church tax required one-tenth of newborn animals and harvested crops?
Tithe
What painful method was considered acceptable to extract confessions from medieval suspects?
Torture
What was the common Christian term for the Muslim Turks fought during the Crusades?
Saracens
What distinct dark patches on the skin gave the Black Death its terrifying name?
Buboes
What specific name was given to the grant of land a lord provided to a vassal?
Fief
What severe Church punishment meant a person could not receive sacraments and go to Hell?
Excommunication
What specific group was forbidden from participating in trials by ordeal after 1215?
Priests
What specific kingdom was claimed by Christians after the First Crusade?
Jerusalem
What religious movement emerged as a response to the plague's perceived divine punishment?
Flagellants
What economic system, centered on agricultural estates, was a key part of feudal society?
Manorialism
What manual, written by two monks in 1486, explained how to find and punish witches?
Malleus Maleficarum
In what document, did it state that the king had to abide by the land's dictates by law?
The Magna Carta
How many ships carrying the Children's Crusade sank before reaching their destination?
Two
What medieval system of peasant labor and land-tying was significantly weakened by the Black Death's impact on population?
Serfdom