Name of class system in which land was exchanged for military service and loyalty
What is feudalism
100
Who fought during the Crusades
What is Christians and Muslims
100
Another name for the Bubonic Plague
What is the Black Death
100
Word the describes how the Church brought all Christians together during the Middle Ages. Church was able to _______ Christians that were spread throughout Europe.
What is unify
100
200 year Holy War
What is the Crusades
200
Name of the group at the bottom of the feudal chart. They made up most of society during the Middle Ages.
What are serfs or peasants
200
Reason the Crusades occured
What is control of the Holy Land. Muslims (Turks) had taken control of the Holy Land.
200
Where the plague started
What is China
200
Leader of the Catholic Church
What is the Pope
200
Epidemic that wiped out half the population
What is the Bubonic Plague or Black Death
300
Serfs lived / worked on these. Lords ran them. Part of the Economic System
What are manors
300
Christian holy sites are located in this Holy Land. Name of this city.
What is Jerusalem
300
How the Black Death spread to Europe
What is along the trade routes by the rats, and fleas on the rats
300
The Pope often had a problem with this group as they each struggled for power. This group was sometimes jealous of the Pope's power.
What are Kings or Monarchs.
300
Fall of this Empire started the Dark Ages which was the beginning of the Middle Ages
What is the Fall of Rome
400
Which trait is a characteristic of serfdom?
a) limited economic options
b) upward social mobility
c) extensive political influence
d) service as a warrior
What is choice a.
400
Fill in the blanks:
After the ________________ Empire was captured by Muslims and they continued to advance to the Holy Land, the _________ called on all Christians to take it back and promised that their ________ would be forgiven.
What is Byzantine; Pope; and sins
400
The Black Death became a widespread epidemic primarily because of:
a) Chinese overseas exploration
b) European colonial practices
c) the resurgence of trade following the Crusades
d) new agricultural practices
What is choice c
400
Name one power the Church held over people's lives during the Middle Ages
What is
-pay a tithe (10% of income) to the Church
-must get baptized
-could remove Kings or Emperors
-Must seek out Pope's blessing
-Biggest landowner / could raise an army
400
These two systems were created during the Middle Ages in order to bring order and stability.
What is Feudalism and Manorialism
500
Ways in which manors were self-sufficient
What is able to grow crops on the manor (three-field crop rotation system); Church on the manor; protection offered on the manor; homes for serfs on the manor
500
Name three effects of the Crusades
What is
Increase in trade between Europeans and Middle East
Overall increase in trade
Europeans learned of Muslim advancements in science, art, math, medicine
Cultural Diffusion between Europeans and Muslims
Interest in Muslim culture grew
Feudalism weakens
Rise in hatred for other religions
Pope's power at first grew but then declined.
500
Two effects of the Black Death
What is
-Population loss (half the population wiped out)
-Trade temporarily decreases / halts
-Feudalism weakens (serfs leave)
-People question faith / Blame Jews
-Labor shortages leads to higher wages
500
Name of Pope that ordered the first crusade
Who is Pope Urban II
500
The effects of these two things weakened feudalism and started the end of the Middle Ages