Geography
What continent are we talking about?
Europe
Community life in western Europe during the Middle Ages centered on
the church
As cities grew during the Middle Ages, what financial advancement helped merchants do business more easily?
use of credit/ letters of exchange
when rome fell they were being attached by a lot of neighboring tribes- what social structure system did they create to prevent attacks?
feudalism
who were serfs?
peasants with no freedom
What is a peninsula
land surrounded by water on three sides - connected to the "continent/mainland"
name at least two sacraments
Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance (or Reconciliation), Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony.
Which technological advancement helped farmers grow more food during the Middle Ages? name one
windmills, advanced plow with horses, 3 crop rotation
who is Constantine
emperor in rome who made christianity legal
what is chivalry?
the knights code of conduct - how a knight needed to behave
unsanitary conditions in towns led to.....
black plague/ bubonic plague (ring around the Rosie)
what does excommunication mean?
kicking someone out of the church and since they can no longer do the sacraments they can not be saved
what is the Hagia Sophia
A church that was built under Justinian's rule
What was Justinian’s Code?
an organized set of laws
In the rise of town feudal lords lost power to the ?
merchants
How did Europe’s rivers and seas influence trade and the growth of medieval towns?
They made travel and trade easier, helping towns grow.
Who had more power - a king or pope? and why?
pope because they believed he was backed up by God
Name at least 2 gothic cathedral characteristics
stained-glass windows, flying buttresses, nave and transept, and gargoyles
Who are vikings?
Northern people who made quick, fierce raids on European villages
How did the plague increase the power of the common people?
It created a shortage of workers.
what is a fiefs
land grant that the king gave to his nobles
social order of the church , from top to bottom
pope, cardinals, archbishop, bishop and priest
Magna Carta? what is it?
document that limited the kings power - allowed people to have a fair trial
crusades are religious wars - What was a main goal of the Crusades?
christians to take Jerusalem from the Muslims
How did new farming methods contribute to the growth of medieval European towns?
Enough crops were grown to sell to people who lived in towns.