Early Middle Ages
The Church
Famous People
Late Middle Ages
Kingdoms and Crusades
100
These Germanic people settled in France
Who are the Franks?
100
These were both rain spouts and scared away demons from the cathedral
What are gargoyles?
100
The girl who had a vision that God wanted her to lead the French army in battle
Who is Joan of Arc?
100
It helped weaken the feudal system by reducing the number of serfs.
What is the Black Death?
100
The city freed from Muslim control during the Crusades.
What is Jerusalem?
200
Its purposes were to set prices and maintain the quality of goods.
What are the purposes of a craft guild?
200
Going against the teachings of the church
What is heresy?
200
This Norman king won at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and conquered England.
Who is William the Conqueror?
200
This war between England and France certainly lasted a long time.
What is the Hundred Years War?
200
Built primarily as a military fortress.
What is a castle?
300
These people were pushed into Ireland, Wales and Scotland by the Angles and Saxons
Who are the Celts?
300
The goal of these wars was to drive the Muslims out of the Holy Land
What are the Crusades?
300
This English king signed the Magna Carta.
Who is King John?
300
The approximate year that the Middle Ages ended
What is 1500?
300
Document that limited the king's power for the first time and gave the right to trial by jury to the English
What is the Magna Carta?
400
This battle stopped the expansion of Muslim territory in Europe
What is the Battle of Tours?
400
These church courts tried people for heresy
What is the Inquisition?
400
These monarchs joined their lands into one country called Spain and later financed Columbus's voyage
Who are Ferdinand and Isabella?
400
Two reasons why castles became obsolete.
What are gunpowder and people were at peace? (also the Black Death)
400
The Domesday book is a record of this taken during the reign of William the Conqueror.
What is a census?
500
Medieval knights followed this code.
What is chivalry?
500
Hatred of the Jews
What is anti-Semitism?
500
This Frankish ruler believed in education for all of his people.
Who is Charlemagne?
500
The struggle to take back the Iberian peninsula and free it from Muslim rule
What is the Reconquista?
500
The kingdom that included the modern country of Germany and was first ruled by Otto I.
What is the Holy Roman Empire?