Charlemagne Builds an Empire
The Church Crusades
Disaster and Change
Vocab
Vocab
100
“Emperor of the Romans” on Christmas. During his rule he really emphasized knowledge and he often said, “Knowledge, must come before action"
Charlemagne
100
There were how many main crusades?
Eight main crusades
100
In the late 1340’s a deadly sickness called this hit European cities.
Bubonic Plague
100
A deadly sickness spread throughout Europe in the 1340’s by fleas on rats; also called the Black Death
Bubonic Plague
100
The document that English nobles forced King John to approve in 1215, limiting the kings power and protecting the rights of the people.
Magna Carta
200
Who crowned Charlemagne Emperor of Romans?
Pope Leo III
200
______________ were when families left their homes and left for Jerusalem.
Family Crusades
200
Fleas on rats spread this disease also known as the ___________.
Black Death
200
A peasant who worked on the manor.
Serf
200
A system of trading loyalties for protection in the middle ages.
Feudal System
300
The most powerful of the Germanic tribes are the?
The Franks
300
The __________ crusade in 1212 resulted in some 20,000 children being sold as slaves in Egypt
Children's
300
Magna Carta means what?
Great Carter
300
A large block of land made up of forests, meadows, farmland, a village, a church, and the house or castle of the noble who owned it all
Manor
300
Someone who pays rent to a landowner.
Tenant
400
Charlemagne means-
Charles the Great
400
In 1095 _________________ called everyone to seize control of Jerusalem because the people that were in control of Jerusalem were the Muslims, and they didn’t let Christians into Jerusalem or other holy places controlled by the Turks.
Pope Urban II
400
__________ and the King of England were presented the Magna Carta.
King John
400
The leader of a Roman Catholic Church.
Pope
400
In the middle ages, a noble who agreed to perform services to the king in return for being given the use of land.
Vassal
500
Charlemagne was a great warrior, he eventually controlled all the land from this mountain and this river.
What is the Pyrenees Mountains and Danube River.
500
Europe was divided into small kingdoms Europeans united under this Church.
the Church of Rome
500
The Magna Carta forced the ____ to take responsibility for his actions.
king
500
A country with a strong central government and a single ruler and usually a common history and culture.
Nation State
500
The community of Christians from all kingdoms and nations.
Christendom