Vocabulary
Crusades
Magna Carta
Black Death
Joan of Arc
100

A severe shortage of food

What is a Famine?
100

A series of religious wars fought between Christians and Muslims that were focused on control of the Holy Land.

What are the Crusades?

100

What U.S. document was inspired by the Magna Carta

What is the U.S. Constitution.

100

This was a devastating and deadly plague pandemic that spread across Europe and Asia.

What was the Black Death?

100

She was a French peasant girl who received a message from saints to save France.

Who is Joan of Arc?

200

a territory ruled by a king or queen

What is a Kingdom?

200

What was one effect of the Crusades?

Effects on Europe

  • Increased trade with the Middle East

  • New ideas and knowledge spread

  • Growth of towns and cities

  • Weakened feudalism

Effects on the Middle East

  • Destruction and loss of life

  • Strengthened Muslim unity over time

  • Continued conflict with Europe

200

What king was forced to sign the Magna Carta by his lords and nobles?

Who is King John?

200

Is the Black Death still around today?

Yes

200

Joan of Arc thought she was receiving what?

Messages from saints

300

A Germanic tribe that settled in Britain

What is an Anglo-Saxon

300

Which Pope started the Crusades?

a. Pope Leo

b. Pope Urban II

c. Pope Innocent III

Who is Pope Urban II?

300

What did the Crusades help to restore?

What are trade routes?

300

How was the Black Death spread around Europe?

What are rats with fleas spread around Europe on trade ships?

300

What is the theme of Joan's story?

Perseverance, not giving up, standing up for what you believe in, etc.

400

Won the Battle of Hastings and became the first King of England

Who is William the Conqueror? 

400

A territory regarded as sacred or having special religious significance

What are the Holy Lands?

400

What did the Magna Carta do?

What is limited the king’s power, protected rights of nobles, and stated that the king must follow the law?

400

What percentage of the population in Europe die from the plague?

What is roughly 60%

400

A person who strongly disagrees with the main, accepted beliefs of their religion or group.


Double Jeopardy!! (x2)

What is a heretic?

500

Claimed the throne after the last Anglo Saxon king died without an heir.

Who is Harold Godwinson?
500

How many Crusades were there? THINK ABOUT THE ATLAS!

What are eight crusades?

500

How are the ideals presented in the Magna Carta similar to the ideals of the founding U.S. documents?

They both place limits on the power of the central government.

500

What was one of the effects of the Black Death?


Double Jeopardy!! (x2)

Fewer workers meant that landowners had to pay workers more, weakening feudalism.

500

What crime is Joan of Arc charged with?

What is heresy / being a heretic

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