Feudalism
Crusades
Black Death
Renaissance
Exploration
100

What was the name of the political system where land was exchanged for loyalty and protection?

Answer: Feudalism

100

What was the main goal of the Crusades?

Answer: To capture the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from Muslim control

100

What disease killed millions in Europe during the Middle Ages?

Answer: The Black Death or the Plague

100

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

Answer: Rebirth

100

What tool helped sailors navigate by showing direction?

Answer: The compass

200

What were peasants called who were tied to the land and needed the lord's permission to leave or marry?

Answer: Serfs

200

What pope called for the First Crusade in 1095?

Answer: Pope Urban II

200

What was one major social effect of the Black Death?

Answer: It weakened the feudal system

200

What invention helped spread Renaissance ideas?

Answer: The printing press

200

Who was the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe?

Answer: Ferdinand Magellan (his crew finished the journey)

300

What is the name of the land given to a vassal by a lord?

Answer: A fief

300

What effect did the Crusades have on trade in Europe?

Answer: Trade increased between Europe and the Middle East

300

How did the Black Death affect the economy of Europe?

Answer: Wages increased due to labor shortages

300

Who was the Italian thinker that used faith and reason together in his writings?

Answer: Thomas Aquinas

300

What was the name of the Spanish conqueror who defeated the Aztec Empire?

Answer: Hernán Cortés

400

What code of conduct were knights expected to follow?

Answer: Chivalry

400

Name two groups that were negatively affected by the Crusades.

Answer: Jews and Muslims

400

How did the Black Death spread to Europe?

Answer: Through trade routes and infected fleas on rats

400

What style of architecture featured tall buildings with stained glass windows?

Answer: Gothic

400

What was a major cause of death for Indigenous Americans after European contact?

Answer: Diseases like smallpox

500

What invention allowed horses to replace oxen in medieval farming?

Answer: The horse collar

500

What was one long-term effect of the Crusades on European politics?

Answer: It helped strengthen the power of kings as feudal lords lost land and power

500

Why did some people turn against the Church during the Black Death?

Answer: They believed the Church could not provide answers or protection from the plague

500

What was the goal of scholasticism?

Answer: To combine faith and reason in understanding religion and life

500

What was one reason European countries wanted to find a sea route to Asia?

Answer: To get spices and goods more easily and avoid costly land routes