Feudalism
This person was at the top of the feudal system.
Who is the king?
This is land surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
This explorer sailed for Spain and reached the Americas in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This is the exchange of goods and services.
What is trade?
This is a firsthand account of an event.
What is a primary source?
This is what nobles received from the king in exchange for loyalty.
What is land (fiefs)?
These natural features help people with transportation and farming.
What are rivers?
These were reasons Europeans explored new lands.
What are trade, wealth, and new routes?
This person makes goods or provides services.
What is a producer?
This type of source explains or analyzes events after they happen.
What is a secondary source?
These warriors protected land and served nobles in exchange for land.
Who are knights?
This is why people often settled near water sources.
What is access to food, water, and transportation?
These tools helped explorers find direction and location at sea.
What are the compass and astrolabe?
This person buys or uses goods and services.
What is a consumer?
This is an example of a primary source.
What is a diary or letter?
This group worked the land, had little freedom, and rarely traveled.
Who are peasants?
These geographic features can make trade and travel difficult.
What are mountains, deserts, or long distances?
This was one major result of exploration between continents.
What is cultural exchange or trade?
This is how limited trade routes affected medieval Europe.
What is fewer goods and less interaction?
This explains why primary sources are important.
What is they provide direct evidence from the time period?
This system kept order by giving everyone roles during a time of conflict.
What is feudalism?
This explains how geography influenced settlement patterns in early civilizations.
What is people settled near rivers for resources and avoided difficult terrain?
This explains how technology helped explorers succeed.
What is tools like the compass improved navigation and travel?
This explains how trade routes impact economic growth.
What is more trade routes increase movement of goods and wealth?
This explains why using multiple sources improves understanding.
What is it provides different perspectives and stronger evidence?