GRAPES
Feudalism
The Crusades
Misc.
100
What does each letter of GRAPES stand for?
What is Geography, Religion, Achievements, Economics and Politics?
100
The piece of land that the king owned that he would give to the lords/nobles.
What is a fief?
100
The Holy Land
What is Jerusalem?
100
What were some of the symptoms of the Black Death?
What are fevers, headaches, black spots, and swollen bumps?
200
Christians made pilgrimages to important religious sites like Jerusalem.
What is religion?
200
The knights provided this for the other people in the Feudalism structure
What is protection?
200
The person in the church that called the knights to the Crusades
Pope Urban II
200
A person, usually a lesser nobleman, who received land and protection from a feudal lord in exchange for obedience and service
What is a vassal?
300
The English wrote the Magna Carta, a document that has influenced the development of many governments; including the United States.
What is achievements?
300
What were two reasons Feudalism was created?
What is...
Kings were unable to defend their lands?
They needed protection?
300
The two main religions fighting over the holy land
What is Christianity and Islam (Muslims)?
300
List three ways the Black Plague spread...
What are fleas on rats, through the air, and close contact?
400
While the serfs did not earn money, serfs farmed the land on fiefs as part of the system of trade for protection.
What is economy?
400
Feudalism originated partly as a result of ________ and __________ invasions.
What are Muslims and Vikings?
400
How many crusades did we discuss in class?
What is 8?
400
How many people died from the Black Plague in Europe?
What is 25 million?
500
Feudalism was a system of protections between the hierachy of nobles, knights, and peasants
What is politics?
500
Label the people in the Feudalsim structure in the correct order.
1.) Peasants/serfs
2.) Knights
3.) Nobles
4.) King
500
Besides religion, name the reasons someone would travel to the Holy Land
What is...
To escape punishment?
To automatically get into heaven?
To gain wealth/ riches?
500
Three similarities between the Magna Carta and the US Constitution
What is right to trial by jury, checks and balances to limit the King's power, and leaders are elected to make laws.