Plague
What is the difference between epidemic and pandemic?
An epidemic is a disease affecting or tending to affect individuals within a population.
Pandemic is a worldwide disease spread
Who were the Crusaders?
Knights, priests, kings, and poor peasants.
Why did peasants accept their harsh lives?
Europe was dangerous during that time, so they worked for protection,
What are vassals?
Someone who served the king
The period between 600 and 1450 BC is often called?
Middle Ages
What was the Black Death and where did it originate from?
The Black Death was a pandemic that originated in China.
What was the Crusade's goal during the crusade?
Take Jerusalem and Holy Land from Muslim Turks
Which groups were most likely to be educated?
Anyone who worked in or for the church
What were lords during this time?
A lord was someone who received land from the king and was pretty wealthy. They promised to fight in the king's army if he ever needed help.
Who was a leader of the Franks?
Charlemagne
How did the Black Plague spread?
By rats that had fleas and it spreaded to the people
Who brought Christianity to the Franks?
Clovis
What were the three French classes of the Representative body?
1st estate: clergy
2nd estate: nobles
3rd estate: townspeople / commoners
Who are serfs?
Serfs were poor people that worked on lords land in exchange for shelter, protection, and a small piece of the land to grow food on.
What is the monotheistic religion founded by Mohammad in modern-day Saudi Arabia
Islam
What were the effects of the Black Plague?
Body parts would turn black and swell up
What was the job of the Pope and the King?
The Pope was the religious aspect while the King ruled the political aspect.
What was the three-field system?
One field was used for wheat or rye, the second was used for things like oats, peas, lentils and any sort of beans, The third field was left fallow.
What did the Knights trade military service for?
Land
What is the Treaty of Verdun?
Charlemagne's empire that was divided into three parts by his grandsons.
When and why did the Middle Agescome to an end in Europe?
After the plague controversy, heresy, and the Western Schism within the Catholic Church paralleled the interstate conflict, civil strife, and peasant revolts that occurred in the kingdoms.
What is Canon Law?
Religious laws that were the laws of the land: if you failed to follow them, you were excommunicated (exclude) from the church.
What is the name of England’s legislative (law-making) body which limited the power of the king but extended rights to the people?
Parliment
What was serfs life like?
They were considered property but they weren't slaves. They must have permission from the lord to leave or marry. Had to give part of their crops to the lord, plus paid to use his equipment. The only time they didn't work was on Sundays and holy days.
What did the Magna Carta guarantee?
The nobles basic political rights like jury trials protection of the law, no taxation