Knights, Lords, & Peasants
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100
The most common religion throughout medieval Europe.
What is Catholic?
100
Renamed to Istanbul after it was captured by the Turks, this city is the capital of the Byzantine Empire and the home of the Patriarch, who leads the Orthodox Church.
What is Constantinople?
100
Pope Urban II called on European Christians to fight together to reclaim this holy city after it fell under Muslim control.
What is Jerusalem?
100
Responsible for wiping out almost half of the European population, Yersinia Pestis is commonly known by this name.
What was the Black Death? (Bubonic Plague, Black Plague, etc.)
100
The Catholic Church, led by the Pope, is centered in this Italian city.
What is Rome?
200
The political system of medieval Europe that involved a series of obligations between lords and their vassals.
What is feudalism?
200
This man in the most important emperor of the Byzantine Empire known for his Code of Laws.
Who is Justinian?
200
While the Crusades are ultimately considered a failure as military campaigns, they did that this crucial impact on the Medieval world.
What is cultural diffusion?
200
Originally created using gunpowder brought over from China, this heavy iron weapon was used to punch holes through thick castle walls.
What is the cannon?
200
With coins being both rare and difficult to carry around without getting robbed, this became the dominant form of currency for peasants in the Medieval world and was used to pay rent to local lords.
What are agricultural crops? (Food)
300
The economic system of medieval Europe that involved paying for housing and protection with a portion of the crops you grew.
What is manorialism?
300
What is the Hagia Sophia
300
Along with the knights, peasants, doctors, and poets who rode across Europe to fight in the holy land, you would most often find these people in search of luxuries they could bring back to sell for a profit.
What are merchants?
300
Actually lasting for 116 years, the Hundred Years' War fought between these two nation-states fundamentally changed combat in Europe.
Who were England and France?
300
This belief claimed that monarchs received their authority directly from God, making them answerable only to Him—not to their subjects.
What is the Divine Right of Kings?
400
These are the people at the bottom of Medieval society, bound to the land and forced to work for their lords with little or no pay.
Who are serfs?
400
This was the wife of Justinian whose influence caused his to emphasize the rights of women in his code of laws.
Who is Theodora?
400
Famous for his chivalrous treatment of not only his own men, but also his enemies, this man united the Muslim world to recapture the holy city during the 2nd Crusade and repelled Richard the Lionheart during the 3rd Crusade.
Who is Saladin?
400
The original girl on fire, this 18 year old woman led the French armies to victory in the Hundred Years' War before being sentence to death by fire for the crime of wearing pants.
Who is Joan of Arc?
400
Worshipping gods such as Thor, Odin, Loki, and Freya, this group of Norse raiders pillaged the towns and villages of medieval Europe and led to the development of Feudalism.
Who are the Vikings?
500
This is the code of honor that all knights and European lords had to abide by. It emphasized virtues like courage, loyalty, justice, honor, and courtesy, along with religious duties and the protection of the weak and defenseless.
What the code of chivalry?
500
This group of people from the Anatolian Peninsula are responsible for conquering the Byzantine Empire and establishing the Ottoman Empire in its place.
Who were the Turks?
500
In the holy city of Jerusalem, you can see these three sacred sites. One for the Christians, one for the Jews, and one for the Muslims.
What are the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Christians), The Wailing Wall (Jews), and the Dome of the Rock (Muslims).
500
Despite holding together European society for almost 1000 years, Feudalism eventually came to an end due in large part to these four events.
What are the Crusades, the Hundred Years' War, the Black Plague, and the Great Schism of the Catholic Church.
500
King John of England was kidnapped and drug into a field in the middle of the night for his abuses of power and forced to sign this document, which guaranteed that the monarch was not above law and later served as the inspiration for the Constitution of the United States.
What is the Magna Carta?