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Chapter 1: Welcome to the Middle Ages
Chapter 2: To the Manor Born
Chapter 3: Gloomy Castles and Jousting Knights
Chapter 4: Towns in the Middle Ages
Chapter 5: The Power of the Church
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A time in history between ancient times and modern times.
What is the Middle Ages?
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This was a system of classes that people were born into during the Middle Ages - those who were on top had the most power, and those who were at the bottom had the least power.
What is the feudal system, or feudalism?
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These were the most esteemed (respected) kind of soldiers in the Middle Ages.
What are knights?
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At the start of the Middle Ages, most people lived in the countryside. But as trade grew, towns grew, and this class became more powerful.
What is the middle class?
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This religion was the official religion of the Roman Empire, and throughout Medieval Europe.
What is Christianity?
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We are studying these times in Europe and Africa.
What is medieval times?
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This person had the most power, and would guarantee protection for those who served him.
Who is the king?
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Knights were often from the ______ class because they had to be able to afford their own armor, horses, and trainers.
What is the noble class?
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These two groups were part of the middle class.
What are merchants and craftsmen?
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The Christian Church split into these two Churches because Greek speaking Christians from Eastern Europe and Latin speaking Christian from Western Europe had conflicts.
What are the Orthodox and Catholic Churches?
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This empire broke into two parts and Barbarian tribes invaded one part of it - a major cause of the Middle Ages.
What is the Roman Empire?
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These people lived in a manor house or castle, had plenty to eat and nice clothes, and controlled land and towns near the castle and people who worked on the land.
Who are lords/ladies?
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Nobles lived in large, cold, and gloomy castles, which were safe places to store weapons, for this reason.
What is protection from enemies?
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Merchants and craftsmen paid lords in goods and services in exchange for _____, which allowed them to make their own laws.
What are charters?
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This was a man who devoted his life to God and was well educated, had a place to stay and enough to eat, spent many hours in prayer, and lived in a monastery.
What is a monk?
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This was the official language of Medieval Europe.
What is Latin?
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These people had the least amount of power, lived in simple mud homes and wore simple, maybe dirty, clothes, worked all the time to grow food for those more powerful, needed permission to leave the manor, and often did not have enough to eat, especially in the winter.
Who are serfs?
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To become a knight, you first had to be a page, then a ______.
What is a squire?
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Towns were crowded, busy, and often dirty, and these two things were spread easily.
What is disease and fire?
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This was a woman who devoted her life to God and was well educated, led a simple life, spent many hours in prayer, and lived in a convent.
What is a nun?
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This Roman emperor, who was nicknamed "____ the Great," encouraged new ideas - one of the most important being the feudal system.
Who is Charles, or Charlemagne?
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In exchange for protection, lower classes had to be ______ to the upper classes. They also exchanged crops for land.
What is loyal?
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Knights followed a code of _______, which meant they had to be very honorable: they treated their captives royally and protected the Church and weaker members of society.
What is chivalry?
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To become a master craftsman, you first had to be a _____, then a journeyman.
What is an apprentice?
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The Church grew very wealthy and powerful, and would punish these people who disagreed with their teachings.
What are heretics?