People
Vocabulary
Potpourri
The Black Death
The Hundred Years' War
100

His angry words were probably misunderstood, leading to the murder of Thomas Becket.

Who is King Henry II?

100

A person who takes control of a territory after an invasion.

What is a conqueror?

100

A list of English property owners and their possessions.

What is the Domesday Book?

100

The Black Death helped improve working conditions for serfs because the death of so many people meant that serf labor was now more valuable, so serfs could demand this.

What is better treatment?

100

The Hundred Years' War was between these two countries.

What are France and England?

200

This person's court was called the most civilized place in Europe because poets were hired and interesting conversation was encouraged.

Who is Eleanor of Aquitaine?

200

A group of people who listen to information during a trial to decide whether a person is guilty or innocent.

What is a jury?

200

The introduction of the trail by jury system by Henry II helped create a fairer legal system, because a group of people considered the evidence and decided whether someone was _____________________________.

What is innocent or guilty?

200

It is believed that approximately this many people died during The Black Death.

What is 25 million?

200

This English weapon could cut through French armor.

What is a longbow?

300

This person decided to reintroduce another Parliament after his father had dismissed the first one because he wanted to earn the goodwill of the nobles to pay for his wars.

Who is King Edward I?

300

This is a name for a highly contagious disease.

What is a plague?

300

Introducing this made English kings more powerful because they no longer had to rely on nobles for soldiers as they could now raise and pay for their own armies.

What is the Shield Tax?

300

Is is suspected that The Black Death was spread by this.

What are fleas carried by rodents?

300

The French built these powerful weapons that helped win the war.

What are cannons?

400

This person was very religious, inspiring and brave, and was executed by England during The Hundred Years' War.

Who is Joan of Arc?

400

A relative who lived long ago is known as this.

What is an ancestor?

400

This changed the monarchy in England in that it forced the king to respect the laws concerning certain rights of the nobles.

What is Magna Carta?

400

The Black Death led to the end of this system.

What is the feudal system (or serfdom)?

400

The Hundred Years’ War actually lasted on and off for this many years.



What is 116 years?

500

The invasion by this person in 1066 was important because it changed who became the next king of England and transformed the English language.

Who is William the Conqueror?

500

A king or queen is sometimes called this.

What is a monarch?

500

The Model Parliament was different from just a ruling monarch in that it included these.

What are representatives?

500

The shortage of workers due to all the deaths inspired people to try to invent these kinds of devices.


What are labor saving?

500

At the end of The Hundred Years' War, a sense of this toward king and country grew in England.

What is loyalty?