Government
This was a loosely organized system of rule in which powerful local lords divided their landholdings amount lesser lords.
What is feudalism?
What is the Vatican in Rome known for?
What was a main factor of the Crusades?
Religious Zeal
What was the main way the Black Death Spread?
Bacterium carried on fleas by rats
What is the name of the item that the church was selling to the people that was being marketed as salvation?
indulgences
They are a group that pledged service and loyalty to the greater lord.
What are the vassals?
What was an advantage of the crusades for Europe and those practicing Christianity?
They learned from the advanced civilizations of those practicing Islam
What percentage of people in Europe died from the Black Plague?
50%-66%
City where three monotheistic religions came together to pray for end to Black Death
Damascus
Who had a part in the feudal system?
Everyone
It was the only contact people had with the church.
Who was the parish priest or local priest
These were a series of religious military campaigns
What were the crusades?
Where did the Black Death come from?
China
The name of the Muslim Leader who took back Jerusalem in the Second Crusade
Saladin Al Ayyubi
This was the underlying idea that governed the system
What is loyalty to your betters
Game played by monks in monasteries to alleviate boredom
Nine Men Morris
Only the first crusade came close to achieving its goal. The rest of them failed.
What were victories and defeats of the crusades?
How did Jews suffer due to the Black Death
They were blamed for it and persecuted for spreading it.
Name of the Battle where Muslim Defeat meant Europe would not become Muslim
Battle of Tours
In the face of invasions by Vikings, Muslims, and Magyars, kings, and emperors were to weak to maintain law and order thus leading to:
feudalism
What series of wars brought power and wealth to the church?
The Crusades
What was the result of the Children's Crusade?
They all got kidnapped or sold into slavery
Name two ways the Black Death changed Europe
Left behind stronger genetic population
Weakened feudalism led to economic prosperity
Growth of towns and cities
Grandson of Charles Martel, considered the founder of the Carolingian Line which is the royal line of England
Charlemagne