Late European Empire
Vikings
Feudalism
Crusades
Black Death
100

What important geographical city was the capital of the Byzantine empire?

Constantinople (Or: Istanbul)

100

The Viking polytheistic religion encouraged them to: 

Die while in battle (or while raiding)

100

Name one event that led to the rise of feudalism

Breakdown of empires, invasions of outsiders (vikings)

100

What did Pope Urban II promise any knights who went on crusades?

All of their sins would be forgiven

100

What was the most common symptom of the black death?

Red/Black lumps (buboes)

200

Who united the largest Western European empire since the Roman empire? 

Charlemagne

200

Name TWO advantages of the viking longship

Fast, stealthy, could travel in shallow waters/upriver, lightweight, could be turned over and used as shelter (any two)

200

Name one event that led to the decline of feudalism

Crusades, Black Death, Peasant Rebellion, 100 years war 

200

Name one other reason knights went on crusades

1. Riches/plunder

2. Second born sons who wanted land of their own.

200

What brought the black death to Europe?

Rats/fleas on trade ships 

300

Justinian led which empire to its glory years?

Byzantine/Western Roman Empire

300

True or False: The Vikings used slaves

True

300

What was life like for a serf?

Very poor, long, hard work, bad hygiene, tied to the land

(Your discretion)

300

What was the role of a squire?

To serve the knight (protect him, clean his armor, sharpen his weapons)

300

How were victims treated?

Hot knife to drain the buboes, or bloodletting 

(plague doctor acceptable)

400

What split the main faction of Christianity into two divisions, Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox?

The Great Schism

400

What is the name of the European explorer who likely reached North America 400 years before Columbus?

Leif Erikson

400

Why did European lords begin switching from Motte and Bailey castles to Stone keep castles?

Wood castles were able to be burned down with flaming arrows

400

What happened in Jerusalem during the first crusade?

Crusaders killed almost all of the Muslim inhabitants and stole many goods

400

What is one effect that the black death had on Europe?

Almost half the population died

Inflation

Shortage of workers

led to the peasant rebellion and the end of feudalism

500

What was the code of Justinian?

Collection of laws

500

When Vikings traveled into Eastern Europe and mixed with Slavic peoples they formed what Empire

Kievan Rus

500

What were the three classes of people in feudalism?

King, Lords/Knights, Serfs

500

What was a code of chivalry?

Knight's code which encouraged them to be role models.

500

Was the plague a virus, bacteria, or fungi

Bacteria 

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