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The group of people frequently blamed by Medieval Christians for poisoning wells and causing the Black Death.
Who are the Jews?
100
A farming community ruled by a lord and worked by serfs.
What is a manor?
100
The yearly tax paid to the local church.
What is tithe?
100
The disease suspected to be the primary cause of the Black Death.
What is bubonic plague?
100
The war between England and France that lasted from 1337 - 1453.
What is the Hundred Years' War?
200
The king & queen couple who united Spain and strengthened the Catholic Church within its borders.
Who are Ferdinand & Isabella.
200
Merchants and artisans living in walled cities; the middle class.
Who are bourgeoisie?
200
The attempt at harmonizing Christian teachings with works of Greek philosophy.
What is scholasticism?
200
Plague was spread by ___ living on the backs of ____.
What are fleas and rats?
200
The first major battle of the Hundred Years' War. Saw the debut of the English longbow.
What is Crécy?
300
The practice of secular leaders appointing church leaders.
What is lay investiture?
300
Literature written in the everyday speech of a particular region.
What is vernacular?
300
The religious court created by Pope Innocent III to combat heresy.
What is the Inquisition?
300
The Black Death caused the downfall of this famous Medieval social system.
What is feudalism?
300
The invention that helped the French win the Hundred Years' War.
What is the cannon?
400
The Eastern Orthodox faith and Cyrillic writing were brought to Russia & Eastern Europe from this Medieval civilization.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
400
These stone beams supported the heavy roofs of Gothic cathedrals.
What are flying buttresses.
400
An edict forbidding sacraments for being given to people in a particular region.
What is an interdict?
400
Plague struck hardest in these crowded communities.
What are cities?
400
The battle where the French lost because their armor-clad nobles were bogged down in deep mud.
What is Agincourt?
500
The CEO of Apple, Inc.
Who is Steve Jobs?
500
The agricultural economic system that replaced feudalism.
What is manorialism?
500
Items belonging to a saint.
What are relics?
500
The Plague is estimated to have killed as much as this percentage of Europe.
What is 50%?
500
The series of wars aimed at capturing the Holy Lands from Muslim control.
What are the Crusades?