Leaders
King John of England signed this agreement, giving basic rights to common people in England. The document's name means, "Great Charter."
The Magna Carta
When the Roman Empire Split, the Western Roman Empire had its capital in Rome. Where was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine)?
Constantinople
This bacterial infection was spread by fleas, and killed 1/3 of Europe's population.
The Black (Bubonic) Plague
The shape or the feudal system is a pyramid, with the monarch on top, and the peasants on the bottom. What does this pyramid shape signify?
Lots of poor people at the bottom, fewer and wealthier classes of people towards the top.
Warrior of Middle Ages (in Europe)
What is a Knight?
This person is elected among the cardinals to be the leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
The Pope.
Holy wars for Jerusalem fought between Christian knights and Muslims.
The Crusades
What was the "beak" of the plague doctor filled with?
Herbs that they thought would protect them from infection.
This guy was the first emperor of the Byzantine Empire. He also renamed the capital city of Byzantium after his own name.
Constantine I
During the Crusades, the pope claimed to be able to grant what to knights who volunteered to fight in the crusades.
Salvation of their souls.
Why was the plague called the "Black Death?"
Bubos, were dark, blackish-bruise colored lumpy sores that covered the bodies of the infected.
What as the most powerful institution in Feudalistic Europe, even more than kings/queens?
Roman Catholic Church
This Byzantine Emperor survived a revolt against him and his wife, and built the Hagia Sophia.
Justinian I.
The dominant religion of the Western Roman Empire was Catholicism. What was the religion of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire?
Eastern Orthodox
Constantinople had a large arena with a horse track where they would conduct chariot races. What was this called?
The Hippodrome
What did knights get from the nobility in exchange for serving in their armies?
Land
How did the plague contribute to the end of feudalism?
On the feudalism pyramid, this class of people are between the monarch and the knights.
The nobility or nobles (lords, ladies, barons, duchesses, etc.)
The language of the Byzantine Empire was Greek. What was the language of the Western Roman Empire?
Latin
The large Cathedral was built Justinian as an Orthodox Church, then became a mosque, and then a museum, and is now a mosque again.
The Hagia Sophia
What did a king give to lords in exchange for the lords providing knights in a time of war?
How did trade lead to the end of feudalism?
Trade made people wealthier, giving them more freedom and power than they had as peasants.