Middle Ages 1
Middle Ages Random
Middle Ages 2
Middle Ages Vocab
The Bubonic Plague
200

Highest title in Feudalism

King

200

The Middle Ages began with _____

The Fall of the Western Roman Empire

200

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

Knights

200

Another term referring to the Middle Ages

medieval

200

The Black Death is also known as the __________Plague

Bubonic or "Black"

400

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

Piece of Land

400

Who signed the Magna Carta?

King John

400
What does excommunicate mean?
to exclude a person from Church membership
400

Who were the first Europeans to discover North America? 

Vikings / Lief Erikson 

400

Originating in Central Asia, the Black Death was carried by

fleas

600

These individuals were tied to the land.

Serfs/Peasants

600

Skilled sailors and strong warriors who looted and burned villages.


Vikings

600

The governmental system of the Middle Ages

Feudalism

600

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

Manor

600

The Bubonic Plague spread because of ___________

in cities.

overcrowding/lack of sanitation

800

Which city was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire?

Byzantium / Constantinople

800

True or False: The Church did not collect taxes

False

800

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

Justinian

800

Who crowned Charlemagne as ruler of the Holy Roman Empire?

Pope Leo III or The Pope

800

Percentage of people around in Europe who died from the Black Plague.

25% to 40%

1000

Charlemagne was the king of which people group?

The Franks

1000

What was a way a serf could earn their freedom?

Buy it

1000
The organization of craftsmen that did not allow outsiders to sell their goods and fixed prices.

Guild

1000

The source of income for Lords (ex. manor)

Fiefs/Taxes

1000

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

True 

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