The Feudal Pyramid
Crusades and the Church
Important Figures
Important Events and Places
End of the Middle Ages
100

Most important member in Feudal society: ruled over all other levels.

What is the king?

100

What two groups were fighting in the crusades

What are the Christians and the Muslims

100

French teenager who helped to win the Hundred Year's War for France by becoming a Martyr.

Who is Joan of Arc

100

How did the Crusades impact trade and what was encouraged?

What is it increased and credit and banking was encouraged?

100

This event killed over 1/3 of the population of Europe during a 5 year period.

What is the Black Death?

200

This was the largest level of Feudal society.

What is the peasants and serfs?

200

He was the Muslim army leader in the crusades.

Who is Saladin?

200

This Russian King was known as a tsar and expanded Russia

Who is Ivan the Great?

200

This document gave rights to the English people and limited the rights of the King.

What is the Magna Carta?

200

What impact did the Black Plague have on the church?

What is it weakened it?
300

This is the benefit the NOBLES provided to the KING.

What is ruling over the king's land and providing tax money and soldiers?

300

This area was the goal of the Crusades

What is Jerusalem OR the Holy Land

300

This Conqueror conquered the kingdom of England in 1066, unifying the island and creating a kingdom that would become one of the strongest in history.

Who is William the Conqueror?

300

This was the last remnant of the Roman Empire, was located in Greece and Turkey

What is the Byzantine Empire?

300

Weapon perfected by the English during the Hundred Year's War which could fire an arrow through plate armor.

What is the longbow?

400

Who controls the Manor?

What is the Lord?

400

Charlemagne was crowned this on December 25, 800AD.

What is Holy Roman Emperor?

400

"King of the Franks," early Middle Ages king who unified the kingdoms of France and Germany for the first time since the Roman Empire.

Who is Charlemange?

400

The system by which Medieval towns popped up for protection around Noblemen.

What is the Manor System?

400

What is the time period directly following the Middle Ages (which means "rebirth"), a time of investment in education and artwork?

What is the Renaissance?

500

What caused the Feudal System to begin?

What is Invaders disrupting trade and towns declining.

500

These places were centers of learning and education away from the corruption of the Catholic Church, monks created "illuminated manuscripts."

What are monastaries?

500

King and a Queen who helped to unify the kingdom of Spain.

Who were Ferdinand and Isabella?

500

The land that is given to a lord to live, work and control.

What is a fief?

500

What animal transferred the Bubonic Plague

What is Fleas and Rats