Feudalism and Manorialism
What is feudalism?
A political system where land is exchanged for loyalty and protection?
The pope
What religion dominated Western Europe during the Middle Ages?
Christianity
What was the black plague?
A deadly disease that spread across Europe in the Middle Ages
A political and religious leader of the Islamic empire
Who gave land to lords in the feudal system ?
the king
Why did the Kings rely on nobles and knights?
They needed them for military protection and control of land.
Owned the most land
Influenced who can be king
Was able to declare war
Controlled the education
How did the Black Plague spread from person to person
Through fleas on rats and close contact between people
What is a caliphate
An islamic state ruled by a caliph
What is a fief?
Land granted by a king or lord in exchange service
Identify the historical circumstance that led to the decentralization of the Middle Ages government?
The fall of the Roman Empire And lack of a strong central government
Identify the city that Holy Crusaders were fighting for.
Jerusalem.
Identify ONE effect of the Black Plague on daily life in medieval Europe.
Massive population decline
Labor Shortages
Doctors died
Cardinals died
People fleeing the city
Identify one achievement of the Islamic Golden Age in math or science
algebra
astronomy
medicine
hospitals
What is manorialism?
An economic system based on a lord’s estate where peasants worked the land
Identify one way Kings maintained their power during the Middle Ages.
Giving land to the nobles
military forces
support from the church
Identify the group of people that Holy Crusaders were fighting.
Muslim armies for Jerusalem.
Jewish as well.
Identify the continents and regions that the Black Plague took place in
Asia, Middle East, and Europe
Identify how Islamic scholars help preserve and spread knowledge during the Middle Ages
Translated Greek and Roman texts
Recorded knowledge in Books
Shared ideas across the empire
Explain how feudalism created order after the fall of the Roman Empire
Feudalism provided protection and stability by organizing society around land, loyalty, and military service
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Identify why the Catholic Church called for Christians to fight MUslim forces in the holy land
To regain control of Jerusalem, a sacred city to Christianity.
Identify the economic concept that can be closely related to a Feudal Manor
self sufficiency
Explain why the use of paper was important to the Islamic Golden Age and its impact on Europe
Made books cheaper and easier to produce
Helped spread knowledge
influenced European learning later on