The Middle Ages
How long did the Middle Ages last?
1,000 Years
What were the Crusades?
Religious wars where Christians fought against Muslims for control of the Holy Land.
How did the plague spread throughout Europe and Asia?
Merchants when traveling to cities and ports.
What group made up the majority of the medieval European population?
Peasants/Serfs.
What determined power and social status in the Middle Ages?
The amount of land one possessed.
What was the name of the Holy Land?
Jerusalem
The King/Lords often granted the land to lesser lords or _______, who pledged their loyalty by swearing to serve and protect the king.
A court order is called a ____.
What was seen as a symbol of order and stability with the monasteries?
The Roman Catholic Church
What was one-way Europeans benefitted from contact with the Muslim world during the Crusades? *Double Jeopardy*
They rediscovered learning of ancient Greece and Rome
A local Servant who worked on Feudal lands or manors and was "bound to the manor".
Serf
A journey taken to worship at a religious place is called a ________________.
Pilgrimage
How did the knights of the Fourth Crusade violate the purpose of the crusade?
They attacked and looted Constantinople.
What eventually brought an end to Feudalism?
The Bubonic Plague
100 Years War was a struggle over who would rule what nation?
France
What was the name of the economic system in Europe during the Middle Ages?
Manorialism
What Pope declared the Holy Wars?
Pope Urban II
How did the Plague end the feudal system?
Peasants could demand more rights and pay, since there were fewer workers.
Charlemagne worked with the Catholic Church to do what?
Spread Christianity.