Vocabulary
Important People
Middle Ages
Crusades
Black Death
100

In feudal Europe, a person who controlled land and could therefore grant estates to vassals.

What is a lord.

100

Preached the sermon at Clermont that started the First Crusade and offered spiritual rewards to fighters.

Who is Pope Urban II?

100

What was a major characteristic of feudalism?

What is loyalty between lords and vassals?

100

How did the Crusades affect Europe?

What is an increase in trade and cultural diffusion?

100
Was spread by the following animal(s)?

What is rodents: rats, bats, fleas?

200

A body of officials who perform religious services such as priests, ministers, or rabbis.

What is the clergy?

200

English king renowned for his military tactics and bravery.  

Who is Richard Lionheart?

200

Why was the Magna Carta important?

What is limiting the power of the king?

200

In the first crusade the crusaders conquered which city.

What is Jerusalem?

200

What country did the Black Death start in?

What is China?

300

An effort by Christian leaders to drive the Muslims out of Spain.

What is reconquista?

300

He famously argued that faith and reason are completely compatible rather than contradictory, asserting that both are tools given by God to discover truth.

Who is Thomas Acquintas?

300

What was the main purpose of the Civil Service Exam?

What is civil service exams?

300

In the second crusade the Crusaders lost this key city?

What is Jerusalem?

300

It wiped out up to ___% of Europe.

What is up to 60%?

400

a political system in which nobles grant the use of the king’s land in exchange for loyalty, military service & protection

What is feudalism?

400

claimed the French crown in 1337, an ambitious move that directly triggered the Hundred Years' War

Who is King Edward III of England?

400

Which belief system strongly influenced Chinese government?

What is Confucianism?

400

The country Richard Lionheart wanted to target for the Fourth Crusade.

What is Egypt?

400

Years of the black death.

What is 1346-1353?

500

an economic system based on feudalism

What is manorialism?

500

acting under what she believed were divine visions, she successfully rallied French forces during the lowest point of the Hundred Years' War

Who is Joan of Arc?

500

King of the Franks and the Lombards, and the first Holy Roman Emperor, ruling from 768 until his death in 814. He successfully united most of Western and Central Europe for the first time since the fall of the Western Roman Empire, earning him the title "Father of Europe"

Who is Charlemagne?

500

In the fourth crusade this city was ransacked?

What is Constantinople?

500

The Black Death led to the end of this political system due to labor shortages?

What is feudalism?