Feudalism & Society
After Rome fell, Europeans developed what system of local protection and loyalty to survive?
What is the feudal system?
What institution influenced both politics and daily life in Medieval Europe?
What is the Catholic Church?
What idea claimed God gave monarchs the authority to rule?
What is the Divine Right of Kings?
What organization of craftsmen controlled wages, prices, and quality?
What is a craft guild?
What economic system was based on the idea of fixed wealth?
What is mercantilism?
Who worked the land for protection in feudal society?
What is serfs?
Criticizing the pope or bishops could lead to what punishments?
What are torture or execution?
Which countries grew stronger by centralizing power after 1450?
What are Spain, France, Sweden, and Russia?
Guild rules slowed what type of progress in the Middle Ages?
What are economic growth and innovation?
What did monarchs set high to discourage imports?
What are tariffs?
Which professional soldiers served nobles in exchange for land or privileges?
What were knights
What religious conflict began in the 16th century and reduced the Church’s power?
What is the Protestant Reformation?
What was the representative body in England made of the House of Lords and Commons?
What is Parliament?
What powerful Northern European guild network dominated trade?
What is the Hanseatic League?
Instead of free trade, mercantilism restricted what?
What is commerce?
What document in 1215 limited the power of English monarchs?
What is the Magna Carta?
Which groups often had tax exemptions denied to commoners?
Who were nobles and clergy?
What 1689 document ensured limits on monarchs’ authority in England?
What is the English Bill of Rights?
Which industries were dominated by the Hanseatic League?
What are wool, fish, and lumber?
What did monarchs raise to fund wars, colonies, or luxuries?
What are taxes?
Which war in the 1600s strengthened Parliament’s power in England?
What is the English Civil War
What wars occurred between Catholic and Protestant states after the Reformation?
What are the Wars of Religion?
Which 1688 event solidified Parliament’s power over monarchy in England?
What is the Glorious Revolution?
What did guilds sometimes fund to maintain their power?
What are armies?
What was the result of mercantilism for economic growth?
What are high prices, low production, and slow growth?