Holy War
Political Change
Papal Power
Ye Olde Hierarchy
Middle Age-Enders
100
These were a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims over the Holy Land.
What are the Crusades?
100
This 1215 document limited the English king’s power.
What is the Magna Carta?
100
The 1054 split between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
What is the Great Schism?
100
The economic system where peasants worked land for lords in exchange for protection.
What is feudalism?
100
The deadly disease that killed millions in Europe during the 1300s.
What is the Bubonic Plague (Black Death)?
200
The main “Holy Land” fought over during the Crusades.
What is Jerusalem?
200
The Magna Carta inspired this U.S. document centuries later.
What is the Constitutio
n?
200
The punishment that excluded someone from the Church and its sacraments.
What is excommunication?
200
A king has his kingdom, and gives his fief a...
What is a fiefdom?
200
This war lasted for a century.
What is the Hundred Years' War?
300
The moral and social code that knights were expected to follow.
What is the Code of Chivalry?
300
These were medieval clubs of artisans and merchants that regulated their craft.
What are trade guilds?
300
The 1378 split in the Catholic Church when multiple popes claimed authority.
What is the Schism of 1378?
300
Two countries ruled by Norsemen or their descendants during the Middle Ages.
What are England and France?
300
Peasants and serfs gained a lot of political power after this fraction of Europe's population fell victim to the Bubonic plague.
What is 1/3?
400
This crusade saw the looting and conquering of Constantinople. Making it much easier for the Ottomans to take it over in the 1450s.
What is the 4th Crusade?
400
After the rise of feudalism, kings became much more dependent on these lesser lords.
What are nobles/vassals?
400
Which empire began when the pope crowned Charlemagne in 800 AD?
What is the Holy Roman Empire?
400
Another name for a feudal peasant. Also a way to "hang ten."
What is a serf?
400
The Olmec, Maya, and Aztecs are some of the great civilizations that thrived in this region located in the Western Hemisphere.
What is Mesoamerica?
500
This Crusade ended with an agreement between Richard the Lionheart and Saladin allowing Christian pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
What is the Third Crusade?
500
Led by Genghis Khan, these horseback riding peoples rampaged across Eurasia. Spreading plague and violence at first, but later trade and cultural crossover.
Who are the Mongols?
500
Spanish for "The Reconquest," this was the driving out of Muslim rule by the united Catholic Monarchs of modern Spain.
What is La Reconquista?
500
Elites could be identified by their expensive and exotic clothing. Access to luxurious fashions came from this famous trade network.
What is the Silk Road?
500
The culture of this abrahamic religion thrived throughout the middle ages. The use of the number zero, efficient numerical systems, and algebra, all helped in advancing trade and navigation.
What is Islam?
