This was the reason the Middle Ages are referred to as the "Dark Ages"
What is most people could not read or write, and there was an absence of culture?
100
This system helped keep order in the Middle Ages. It included Lords, Vassals, and Serfs to name some.
What is feudalism?
100
Monks lived in these religious communities
What is a monastery?
100
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What role did Gutenberg's printing press play in the Reformation?
100
This city played a central role in the growth of the Renaissance.
What is Florence
200
Also known as peasants, this group worked the land and were considered the lowest class.
What were serfs?
200
Craftworkers formed these which set prices and rules for their businesses.
What were guilds?
200
This was a very large church run by a bishop.
What is a cathedral?
200
This way of thinking was based on classical Greek and Roman thought.
What is humanism?
200
These men were the greatest artists of the Renaissance, with their names still being referenced today.
Who are Leonardo Da Vinci, Michalenglo, Raphael, and Donatello?
300
Under feudalism, this is what kings divided their land into.
What were manors?
300
This treasure was discovered out in Staffordshire England, full of military and religious relics.
What was the Staffordshire Horde
300
Monastaries housed many Ancient manuscripts that talked of the Golden Ages of the Greek & Roman Empires. Some people went to look for these, what were they in search of?
What is knowledge?
300
This family started out as small time risk taking bankers but grew into one of the strongest bankers in Florence.
Who were the Medici?
300
Martin Luther nailed 99 problems with the Catholic church to a Church door starting this movement.
What is the Reformation?
400
These were built in the 1400s to help restore formal education.
What were Colleges & Universities
400
This war was when Castles and body armor began to become less and less important, due to new technology.
What was the Hundred Years War?
400
This was a holy war in which Christians fought Muslims for control of Jerusalem.
At the same time as this in Europe there was a court that investigated people who were suspected of not being Christian
What is a Crusade?
What is the Inquisition?
400
This was a period of rebirth that led to an increase in learning and the creation of the arts.
What is the Renaissance?
400
In response to Martin Luther's Reformation the Catholic started the _________ with this council
What is the Counter Reformation.
What was the Council of Trent.
500
This charter guaranteed all peoples of England basic rights under a common law. This charter was also one of the building block from which our system of government comes from.
What was the Magna Carta?
500
This event accelerated the migration of peasants from manors to towns and cities.
What was the Bubonic Plague/Black Death?
500
Describe the role of the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages.
What was that the Catholic Church was the center of society during the middle ages. The Church was the most powerful entity in Europe everyone was wrapped around the Pope's finger. Kings even bowing down to the Church.
500
This family was originally from Spain, but moved to Rome to become the greatest patrons of the city. This family got very involved in the church's affairs.
Who are the Borgias?
500
2 Parts
This man dissected human bodies to try and help his writings and his art. How would this help him in his art and writing?
Who was Leonardo Da vinci
What is that it would allow him to see how muscles really work in the human body so he could draw/paint/sculpt them realistically.