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Middle Ages Vocab
The Bubonic Plague
100

Charlemagne was the king of which people group? 

Franks

100

Highest title in Feudalism

King

100

The Middle Ages began with _____

The Fall of the Western Roman Empire

100

Warriors from the Middles Ages that fought on horseback were called _____

Knights

100

Another term referring to the Middle Ages

medieval

100

The Black Death is also known as the __________Plague

Bubonic or "Black" for Half Points

200

These individuals were tied to the land.

Serfs/Peasants

200

The most important gift a lord could give to a vassal was

Piece of Land

200

One of the worst things that Charlemagne is known for is the ___

Massacre of the Saxons at Verden

200
What does excommunicate mean?
to exclude a person from Church membership
200

Who were the first Europeans to discover North America? 

Vikings / Lief Erikson 

200

Originating in Central Asia, the Black Death was carried by

fleas

300

in the Middle Ages, the ideal of civilized behavior that developed among the nobility; it was a code of ethics that knights were supposed to uphold.

Chivalry 

300

Who won the Battle of Hastings

William the Conqueror / Normans

300

Skilled sailors and strong warriors who looted and burned villages.


Vikings

300

The governmental system of the Middle Ages

Feudalism

300

in medieval Europe, an agricultural estate that a lord ran and peasants worked.

Manor

300

The Bubonic Plague spread because of ___________

in cities.

overcrowding/lack of sanitation

400

The source of income for Lords (ex. manor)

fief/taxes

400

Which city was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire?

Byzantium / Constantinople

400

True or False: The Church did not collect taxes

False

400

The most famous Eastern Roman Emperor who initiated a lot of reforms and was married to Theodora was _____

Justinian

400

What was the date of the Battle of Stamford Bridge

September 25 1066

400

Percentage of people around the world who died from the Black Plague.

60%

500

These people separated themself from the world in order to follow God. 

Monks

500

Who became one of the first woman to lead and command an army? 

Joan of Arc

500

Where is the mediterranean sea? 

point to it

500
What woman was granted saint hood by the Catholic Church in 1920?
Joan of Arc
500

Who crowned Charlemagne as ruler of the Holy Roman Empire?

Pope Leo III
500

What was kept in the mask of the plague doctors?

Herbs to keep out disease and help with fowl smells

600

Who signed the Magna Carta?

King John

600
Who was the Pope that called for the Crusade or Holy War to be launched against the Muslim Turks?
Pope Urban II
600

What was a way a serf could earn their freedom?

Buy it or escape for 366 days

600
The organization of craftsmen that did not allow outsiders to sell their goods and fixed prices.

Guild

600

People of the Church who can perform religious services such as marriage.

Clergy/Priests

600

True or False: People believed the souls of the dead could infect the living with the plague.

True 

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