Renaissance Achievements
Japanese Feudalism
Vocabulary
European Feudalism & Manorialism
The First Global Age
100
German responsible for the printing press
Who is Gutenberg?
100
Members of the highest class
What is Shogun?
100
Hostility and prejudice against Jews
What is anti-Semitism?
100
Basic economic arrangement during the Middle Ages
What is manors?
100
Founder of protestant religion
Who is Martin Luther?
200
Italian responsible for famous paintings, "The Last Supper" and "Mona Lisa"
Who is da Vinci?
200
Honored fighters
What is Samurai?
200
The political and economic system in which the vassal pledges loyalty and service to a lord in return for land and protection
What is feudalism?
200
Had to pay taxes for grain, marriage, and 10% of their income as a tithe, or church tax
What is serfs?
300
English playwright responsible for Hamlet, and Macbeth
Who is Shakespeare?
300
Members of the lowest rank
What is peasant farmers?
300
Islamic holy war
What is jihad?
300
A system of government in which local lords control their own lands but owe military service and support to a greater lord.
What is feudalism?
400
Italian author of "The Divine Comedy"
Who is Dante?
400
Powerful landowners
What is Daimyo?
400
A division or split among people, usually for political or religious reasons
What is schism?
400
Rarely traveled from their manor
What is peasants?
500
Dutch scientist responsible for the microscope
Who is Leeuwenhoek?
500
Competed for land
What is vassals and subvassals?
500
A person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed his loyalty and service; a subordinate or follower
What is vassal?
500
Worked for the lord and maintained the estate
What is serfs?