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Middle Ages Vocab
The Bubonic Plague
100
Charlemagne was the king of which people group?
Franks
100
Highest title in Feudalism
King
100
The Middle Ages began with _____
The Fall of the Western Roman Empire
100
Warriors from the Middles Ages that fought on horseback were called _____
Knights
100
Another term referring to the Middle Ages
medieval
100
The Black Death is also known as the __________Plague
Bubonic or "Black" for Half Points
200
These individuals were tied to the land.
Serfs/Peasants
200
The most important gift a lord could give to a vassal was
Piece of Land
200
One of the worst things that Charlemagne is known for is the ___
Massacre of the Saxons at Verden
200
What does excommunicate mean?
to exclude a person from Church membership
200
Who were the first Europeans to discover North America?
Vikings / Lief Erikson
200
Originating in Central Asia, the Black Death was carried by
fleas
300
in the Middle Ages, the ideal of civilized behavior that developed among the nobility; it was a code of ethics that knights were supposed to uphold.
Chivalry
300
Who won the Battle of Hastings
William the Conqueror / Normans
300
Skilled sailors and strong warriors who looted and burned villages.
Vikings
300
The governmental system of the Middle Ages
Feudalism
300
in medieval Europe, an agricultural estate that a lord ran and peasants worked.
Manor
300
The Bubonic Plague spread because of ___________
in cities.
overcrowding/lack of sanitation
400
The source of income for Lords (ex. manor)
fief/taxes
400
Which city was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire?
Byzantium / Constantinople
400
True or False: The Church did not collect taxes
False
400
The most famous Eastern Roman Emperor who initiated a lot of reforms and was married to Theodora was _____
Justinian
400
What was the date of the Battle of Stamford Bridge
September 25 1066
400
Percentage of people around the world who died from the Black Plague.
60%
500
These people separated themself from the world in order to follow God.
Monks
500
Who became one of the first woman to lead and command an army?
Joan of Arc
500
Where is the mediterranean sea?
point to it
500
What woman was granted saint hood by the Catholic Church in 1920?
Joan of Arc
500
Who crowned Charlemagne as ruler of the Holy Roman Empire?
Pope Leo III
500
What was kept in the mask of the plague doctors?
Herbs to keep out disease and help with fowl smells
600
Who signed the Magna Carta?
King John
600
Who was the Pope that called for the Crusade or Holy War to be launched against the Muslim Turks?
Pope Urban II
600
What was a way a serf could earn their freedom?
Buy it or escape for 366 days
600
The organization of craftsmen that did not allow outsiders to sell their goods and fixed prices.
Guild
600
People of the Church who can perform religious services such as marriage.
Clergy/Priests
600
True or False: People believed the souls of the dead could infect the living with the plague.
True