Middle Ages and Japan

European Feudalism

100

The Middle Ages began after the fall of this empire.

Roman

200

This structure was used as a place of safety in the case of an attack.

Castle

300

This was the name of the land that was given to the peasants on a manor.

Fief

400

This was often the property manager for a Lord, slightly above a serf or peasant. 

Vassal

500

This was the reason that Feudalism emerged and worked well in Medieval Europe.

Weak central government

Church & Crusades

100

This European institution developed a more organized structure under Saint Benedict.

Medieval Catholic Church 

200

This figure called for the Crusades.

The Pope (Urban II)

300

During this Crusade, the Christian army captured Jerusalem.

1st

400

This conquest was led by Peter the Hermit in the 11th century. 

People's/Peasant's Crusade

500

This type/style of architecture emerged during the 12th century.  It first appeared in the Basilica of Saint Denis, Near Paris, France.

Gothic

Japanese Feudalism

100

This was the figurehead of the central Japanese government, with no real power.

Emperor

200

This person was the military leader of the central government of Japan.

Shogun

300

This person pledged loyalty to the central power and allowed peasants to work on their land while providing them with protection.

Daimyo

400

This group was at the bottom of the Feudal Japanese class structure. 

Merchants 

500

This person established the Shogunate System.

Minamoto Yoritomo

Japanese Culture

100

This was the form of poetry that emerged from Feudal Japan.

Haiku

200

This was "the way of the warrior," a code the Samurai followed. 

Bushido

300

This was the first novel of created.  It was about a young prince in the Japanese court and was written by Lady Murasaki.

The Tale of Genji

400

This was the name for the art of Japanese flower arranging.

Ikebana

500

In the Shinto belief system, these were the spirits that were worshiped.

Kami

Misc.

100

This is the number of islands that make up Japan. 

4

200

This was the code that the Knights of Europe followed.

Chivalry

300

During this Crusade, the Muslim army regained Jerusalem.

3rd

400

This person led the Muslim/Saracen armies during the earlier Crusades. 

Saladin

500

This is the Japanese word for "pot scenery".  It is the growing and shaping of little trees.

Bonsai