Serf's Down
Castle Sweet Castle
Boil, Boil, Toil, and Trouble
In the name of God
Hey! We are living la vida loca too!
100
This system is based on landowning, loyalty, and the power of armored knights on horseback.
What is Feudalism?
100
The rules knights followed. Some say it is not dead.
What is chivalry?
100
The way the plague has been believed to spread until very recently (2 need both).
What is person to person (air) and by rats bitten by an infected flea? Evidence discovered by forensic scientists and archaeologists in 2014 from human remains in the north of the City of London suggests that fleas could not actually have been responsible for an infection that spread so fast - it had to be airborne.
100
These holy wars were started by Pope Urban II who asked Europe's lords to fight against the Muslim Turks.
What are The Crusades?
100
In AD 800 the Japanese emperor's power declined. The military rulers came ro dominate the government.
Who are Shoguns?
200
This noble served a lord of higher rank; in return he was given protection.
What is a vassal?
200
One of the three basic parts of a castle.
What is motte (MAHT) or bailey or keep? The motte was a man-made or natural steep-sided hill. The bailey was an open space next to the motte. The keep was the central building.
200
Bloodletting and boil lancing.
What are two "cures" for the plague in the Middle Ages?
200
The ultimate authority in medieval Europe.
Who is The Pope, or the head of the Catholic Church?
200
Samurai means this.
What is one who serves?
300
If you were a serf, this is one of the two ways you could gain your freedom by the end of the Middle Ages.
What is run away to a town and stay for more than a year or buy it (end of Middle Ages)?
300
The rise of towns and guilds created this in medieval Europe.
What is a middle class?
300
One of the signs someone had the plague.
What are lumps in the groin or armpits or livid, black spots on the body?
300
Religious beliefs that conflict with Church teachings.
What is heresy?
300
Every well educated Japanese in the medieval Japan wrote in this style.
What is Calligraphy?
400
This is the center of a feudal territory.
What is the noble's castle, or fortress?
400
The time of year peasants typically took vacation.
What is never. Peasants worked year-round.
400
How to make a living in medieval Europe if you are good with scissors.
What is Barber Surgeon?
400
A court established to to try heretics, or people accused of heresy.
What is the Inquisition?
400
This religion played an important role in medieval Africa.
What is Islam?
500
The "father" of Feudalism in Europe?.
Who is Charles Martel (Charlemagne's grandfather)?
500
Pieces of land given to knights in exchange for their loyalty.
What is a fief?
500
Flagellants believed this was the cure.
What is whipping yourself? Flagellants thought the by whipping themselves, God would forgive them their sins and that they would be spared the Black Death.
500
He broke ties with the Church over the Pope's refusal to grant him an annulment (a legal procedure declaring a marriage null and void).
Who is King Henry VII.
500
This city, often used in a joking manner, was a major salt trade route in medieval Africa.
What is Timbuktu?