Feudalism
Towns
Crisis and Calamity
Laws and Culture
People and the Church
100

In feudal society, nobles established estates called

Manors

100

What new economic class grew as a result of the Crusades and growth of towns?


Middle class

100

The Reconquista liberated the Iberian Peninsula from...

Muslims

100

Rounded vaults and thick walls is which type of architecture? 

Romanesque

100

Founded the Norman dynasty after invading England in 1066

William the Conqueror

200

How the Hundred years' War impacted the English and the French 

-new weapons and battlefield tactics developed

-Loss of life and destruction of property lads to suffering

-permanently separates England from France and develops both countries as nation-states

200

A document freeing townspeople from feudal duties and allows establishment of towns

Charter

200

The Hundred Years' War permanently separated England from

France


200

European kingdom who elected their kings

Germany

200

Pope Urban called for a _____ to liberate the Holy Land

Crusade

300

Causes and consequences of the Great Famine of 1315

-heavy rain and cool front leads to rotting crops

-food and salt become scarce

-leads to mass starvation and illness, loss of livestock, lack of seed for planting

300

What trained people for professional occupations? 

Guilds

300

Which animals were responsible for the spread of the Black Death?

Fleas (on rats)

300

1215 document that is considered the  foundation for individual rights

Magna Carta

300

English king who strengthened royal authority through circuit courts and other legal means

Henry II

400
Feudalism weakens when people move to

towns/cities

400

What institutions/centers of learning increased literacy and spread knowledge across Europe?

Universities


400

Group blamed for spreading the Black Death

Jews

400

Code of conduct for knights

Chivalry

400

Group that experienced many deaths as a result of the Crusades

Warriors and civilians

500

Events contributing to the rise in Feudalism

-Collapse of the Western Roman Empire

-People moving to the country for safety

-Fear of invading barbarians and need to safety/protection

-No central power

500

Disaster that caused widespread failure of crops in 1315

Great Famine of 1315

500
How did the Black Death weaken the authority of the Catholic Church?

-The Church couldn't stop the plague

-Many priests died and were replaced with bad or untrained members

-People died without confessing sin because plague was so contagious and they feared not going to heaven

500

Word that means "commonly spoken language"

vernacular
500

Peasant girl who the French looked to for leadership during the Hundred Years' War

Joan of Arc