The Catholic Church
What is the central belief of the Catholic Church regarding salvation?
Faith in Jesus Christ, love one another, good works
What is feudalism?
What is a social and economic system based on land ownership and service?
What were the Crusades mainly aimed at recovering?
What is the Holy Land?
What was the primary goal of the Spanish Inquisition?
What is to maintain Catholic belief systems in Spain?
What disease wiped out about a third, 20 million, people during the Middle Ages?
What is the Black Death or Bubonic Plague?
Who is the leader of the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages?
Who is the Pope?
Who were the vassals in the feudal system?
Who are the nobles who received land in exchange for service?
What year did the First Crusade begin?
What is 1096?
Which monarchs established the Spanish Inquisition?
Who are Ferdinand and Isabella?
What was the primary economic activity during the Middle Ages?
What is agriculture?
What was the significance of the Vatican?
What is the spiritual and administrative center of the Catholic Church?
What role did serfs play in feudal society?
What is they worked the land and were bound to it?
Name one effect of the Crusades on Europe.
What is increased trade and cultural exchange?
Name one group that was targeted during the Spanish Inquisition.
Who are Jews or Muslims?
Who were the main participants in the feudal system? You should have 4 groups.
What are kings, nobles, knights, and peasants?
What is one way in which the Catholic Church controlled a person's salvation?
What is administering the sacraments or by excommunication?
What was the relationship between a lord and a vassal?
What is a mutual agreement of protection and service?
Who called for the First Crusade?
Who is Pope Urban II?
What methods were commonly used during the Spanish Inquisition?
What are interrogation and torture?
What major event marked the end of the Middle Ages?
What is the fall of Constantinople or the start of the Renaissance?
How did the Catholic Church influence education during the Middle Ages?
What is establishing universities and schools for clergy and nobility?
How did feudalism affect the power of kings and nobles?
What is it decentralized power and created local governance?
What was the ultimate result of the Crusades for the Christian states in the Holy Land?
What is a failure to permanently control the region?
What was the outcome for many accused during the Spanish Inquisition?
What is execution or imprisonment?
How could someone become afflicted with the plague?
What is to be bitten by a flea, rat, or an airborne ingestion?