Culture
Calamities
Feudalism (Rise&Fall)
European States
Miscellaneous
100

What was Richard I's nickname?

Richard the Lionheart

100
What is the believed cause of the Black Plague spreading so quickly?

Rats and fleas

100

Feudalism provided which two needs for the people of Europe?

Food and Protection
100

What was the Magna Carta?

A document that was signed by the King and nobles to prevent unfair taxation.

100

What was the most powerful religious group during the Emergence of Europe?

The Roman Catholic Church

200

The Canterbury Tales tells the story of a group of pilgrims in

A. England

B. Portugal

C. Greece

D. Poland

England

200

True or False: The Black Plague spread more quickly in the countryside than in the city.

False

200
This ruler took power in Russia by working with an established Mongol State.

Alexander Nevsky

200

French officials who collected taxes and ensured justice were called...

Bailiffs

200

Under this leader's rule, monasteries became centers of Western knowledge.

Charlemagne or "Charles the Great"

300

True or False: Small windows were a characteristic of Gothic Architecture.

False

300

Did the English control more territory in France before or after The Hundred Years' War?

Before

300

How were the kings chosen in the Holy Roman Empire?

They were elected by dukes.

300

What was the name of the representative body that grew in Medieval London?

Parliament

300

What happened to Joan of Arc?

She was burned at the stake.

400

Why did the political influence of the Catholic Church decline later in the Middle Ages?

There were weak popes; The church could not prevent the spread of disease.

400

What caused the Great Famine of 1315?

Too much rain and cool temperatures.

400

This ruler combined Frankish Kingdoms starting in 481.

Clovis

400
This man was the Count of Paris who founded a new royal line in France.

Hugh Capet

400

Who invented the use of harmony in music?

Leonin and Perotin

500

What caused the downfall of Feudalism?

People moving to towns or cities.

500

What was the name of the peasant girl the French looked to for leadership during the Hundred Years War?

Joan of Arc

500

This ruler developed circuit courts.

Henry II

500

What new weapon gave the English an advantage in the Hundred Years' War?

The Longbow

500

What new economic class grew as a result of the Crusades?

the middle class

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