Feuding with Feudalism
What is feudalism?
This exchange of information, ideas, and technology sparked the Renaissance in Europe.
What is cultural diffusion?
This word is commonly used to describe Islamic empires.
What is 'caliphate'
This modern day country is largely considered the birthplace/starting point of the Renaissance.
What is Italy?
This event describes the time period when the Catholic Church was exposed for its wrongdoings and crimes against the people.
What is the Reformation?
In feudal Europe, _______ was exchanged for __________.
Bonus points if you can explain the system in detail.
What are "land," and "loyalty."
The cultural diffusion that sparked the Renaissance occurred between these two regions.
What are Europe/Italy and the Middle East/Islamic Caliphates?
These fields of study in math (3) were developed and are attributed to the Islamic Caliphates.
This characteristic of Italy is the main reason why it is the birthplace/starting point of the Renaissance.
What is its geographic location in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea?
This percentage describes the estimated amount of wealth in all of France that the Catholic Church held.
What is 75%?
In the feudal system, this person holds all of the power, because they control all of the land.
Who is a monarch/king?
These two things/events caused the cultural diffusion that sparked the Renaissance.
What are the Crusades and trade along the Mediterranean Sea Complex?
This achievement by the Islamic Caliphates is regarded by Ms. Hill to be the most important because it allows information to spread and be understood by Europe in the first place.
What are translation technologies/the translation of Greek texts.
The Renaissance is best defined as...
The rebirth of cultural knowledge, innovation, and exploration in Europe. It is a return and renewal of Greek culture.
This abuse of the Church describes a person of power favoring their family or friends regardless of merit (whether they earned it or not).
What is nepotism?
Feudalism was adopted alongside this political system, in which knights protected kingdoms from invading nomadic groups.
What is monarchy?
This cause of cultural diffusion was initiated by Pope Urban II in which Catholic knights invaded Jerusalem in order to regain the Holy Land.
What are the Crusades?
These navigation technologies (2) were introduced to feudal Europe by the Islamic caliphates, resulting in Europe's renewed interest in exploring the globe.
What are the compass and the astrolabe?
This modern technology allowed for information created during the Renaissance to spread throughout Europe quickly and more efficiently.
What is the printing press?
This offense committed by the Church describes the sale of 'forgiveness of sin,' convincing people that they could buy salvation/ a guaranteed spot in heaven.
Feudal Europe was largely isolated and originally formed into kingdoms out of a fear of this...
Bonus if you name specifics
What are invading nomadic groups?
Vikings! Goths, Visigoths, Franks etc.
These innovations (4) that were introduced by Islamic Caliphates inspired feudal Europe to end its isolation and further explore the globe.
What are paper, printing techniques, the compass, and the astrolabe?
This caliphate is one example of the many Islamic Caliphates that participated in cultural diffusion with feudal Europe.
What is the Abbasid Caliphate?
This Florence family became supremely wealthy and powerful as a result of the Renaissance.
Who are the Medicis?
Describe why the Reformation happened.
Correct answers will be identified by Ms. Hill