Vocabulary
What is a knight?
Who is Charlemagne?
Powerful European emperor who promoted learning and culture during the Middle Ages.
What were the Crusades?
Major Military expeditions designed to win back control of the Holy Land.
How did the Magna Carta change the way England was ruled?
It limited royal power by requiring the monarch to obey the law. The king needed consent of the lords to demand money.
What was the name for fierce pirates and warriors from Scandinavia?
Vikings.
What is a Monarch?
Supreme ruler
Who is Leo III?
Crowned Charlemagne as emperor of the former Roman Empire in Western Europe.
What was the Silk Road?
Trade routes across Central Asia, which allowed for the exchange of goods and ideas.
How were the crusades, trade, and the Plague related?
They each followed trade routes between Europe, Central Asia, and the Far East.
Which of the following was NOT a purpose of guilds?
A: guarantee a fair price for goods.
B: buy large quantities of goods cheaply.
C: Control the marketplace of each town.
D: Identify new markets for surplus goods grown on manors.
D
What is a guild?
Group of people united by a common trade.
Who is Christine de Pisan?
One of the few medieval women who earned a living by writing books and poetry.
What is three field Rotation?
Rotating of fields to plant or leave blank.
How were serfs and slaves alike and different?
Both serfs and slaves had to work the land. Neither had a say on where the would place their loyalty. Neither could leave the land without permission. However, serfs could not be sold apart form the land, but slaves could be sold.
Why did Emperor Alexius Comnenus ask Pope Urban II for help?
He needed Christian knights to help fight against the Turks.
What is a serf?
Person who lived and farmed on land owned by a lord.
What is the Doomsday Book?
Contains information about the people and villages of England in 1806.
What is the Rhine River?
A major river in Western Europe.
How did people's lives change during Feudalism?
A social structure developed in which lords received land and the right to collect crops and taxes in exchange for loyalty and providing military support to the monarch. Serfs received protection in exchange for working the land. As they began to raise surplus crops, towns and cities grew.
Which event marked the decline of Byzantine control over Asia Minor?
A group of Muslim Seljuk Turks defeated a Byzantine Army.
What is chivarly?
Knight's code.
What is the Magna Carta?
Document that placed limitations on royal power and included provisions that even the king had to obey the law.
What is the North European Plain?
Some of the world's most fertile soil.
What were the 4 major land regions of Europe?
1: Northwest Mountains.
2: North European Plains.
3: Central Uplands.
4: Alpine Mountain System.
How did feudalism affect the lives of the nobility?
Lords and knights were loyal to the monarch and provided protection.