THE MIDDLE AGES
VOCABULARY
EVERYTHING
CRUSADES
BLACK PLAGUE
100
FEUDALISM BEGAN IN EUROPE WHEN THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BECAME WEAK DURING THE FALL OF THIS EMPIRE.
What is ROME?
100
IN FEUDAL SOCIETY, SOCIAL STATUS WAS USUALLY DETERMINED BY THIS
What is BIRTH?
100
WHERE DID ISLAM ORIGINATE?
What is THE ARABIAN PENINSULA
100
Reasons why the knights and serfs joined the Crusades.
Religious duty, to escape feudalism, the desire to gain land, fortunes and adventure, etc.
100
THE BLACK PLAGUE ORIGINATED IN
What is MONGOLIA (ASIA)?
200
WHAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT FORCE IN WESTERN EUROPE THAT PROVIDED UNITY AND STABILITY DURING THE MIDDLE AGES?
What is THE CATHOLIC CHURCH?
200
Another word for a Vassal is..?
What is a KNIGHT?
200
WE KNOW THAT RELIGION PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE ON THE MANOR BECAUSE THIS STRUCTURE WAS OFTEN THE LARGEST BUILDING.
What is THE CHURCH?
200
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EFFECTS OF THE CRUSADES WAS THE INCREASE OF ____________ BETWEEN EUROPE AND ASIA
What is TRADE
200
PEOPLE WERE AFFECTED BY THE PLAGUE ON WHICH 3 CONTINENTS?
What is EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA?
300
What two events helped end feudalism in Europe
What is THE CRUSADES and THE PLAGUE
300
POLITICAL SYSTEM DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHEN THE GOVERNMENT WAS WEAK AND INEFFECTIVE
What is FEUDALISM?
300
THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE IS ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE "Eastern ________ Empire."
What is ROMAN?
300
Why were the Crusades fought?
What is Christians wanted to regain the Holy Lands from the Muslims.
300
THE BLACK PLAGUE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE TRAVELED TO EUROPE VIA THIS TRADE ROUTE THAT CONNECTS ASIA TO EUROPE.
What is THE SILK ROAD?
400
What is the name of the split between the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church?
What is THE GREAT SCHISM?
400
THE LARGE ESTATE THAT CONTAINED THE LORD'S FIELDS, CASTLE, CHURCH, SERF'S HUTS, MILLS AND FORESTS.
What is MANOR?
400
THE TERM THAT DESCRIBES A MANOR THAT PRODUCES EVERYTHING PEOPLE NEED TO SURVIVE.
What is SELF-SUFFICIENT?
400
THE CRUSADES IS KNOWN AS HISTORY'S MOST SUCCESSFUL FAILURE. WHAT WAS THE FAILURE? (legacy)
What is THE CHRISTIANS NEVER GAINED PERMANENT CONTROL OF THE HOLY LAND (JERUSALEM)
400
THIS ANIMAL IS KNOWN FOR CARRYING THE BLACK PLAGUE
What is FLEAS ON RATS?
500
Name at least ONE group of people who invaded Europe at the beginning of the Middle Ages.
What is -THE VIKINGS -THE HUNS -THE VISIGOTHS -THE OSTROGOTHS -THE JUTES
500
A Muslim place of worship is called a?
What is MOSQUE
500
WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH?
Who is THE POPE?
500
THE CRUSADES WERE A SERIES OF HOLY WARS BETWEEN THESE TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE.
What is THE CHRISTIANS AND THE MUSLIMS
500
WHAT FRACTION OF EUROPE WAS KILLED DUE TO THE PLAGUE?
What is 1/3 OF EUROPE.
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