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These people fight for the king and the nobles over them.
Knights
Why were Viking longships so effective for raids and exploration?
Their shallow drafts allowed fast river travel and quick raids
This document, signed in AD 1215, was the first to limit the power of a king.
Magna Carta
Which right does the Magna Carta protect which helped make sure people weren’t thrown in jail unfairly?
The right to a fair trial by a jury of your peers.
Who was the first group of people to land in North America?
The Vikings
What were Vikings known for?
Their explorations, raiding
Who were the Vikings?
Warriors that sailed, raided, and traded.
Why is the Magna Carta so important in history?
It was the first document to limit a kings power.
What was the main city that Christians and Muslims fought over for control of the Holy Land during the Crusades?
Jerusalem
In the feudal system, these people got protection and food in return for working the land.
Peasants
What continent saw half its population wiped out due to the Black Plague?
Europe
How much of Europe's population did the Black Death wipe out?
True
What did the Vikings call the treasure that they took from cities?
Plunder
(This was during the Magna Carta Sim)
Dysentery (FATAL diarrhea)
What is it called when an army surrounds a castle or city and cuts them off from food and water.
Siege
What does the word “Viking” actually mean
To raid
This country is the "parent" of the United States that we rebelled from in 1776.
England
What happened to farms and villages because of the Black Death?
Fields were left unharvested and villages were abandoned.
This disease is known by its dark purple lumps on the victims upper thighs, groin, and under the victims armpits.
Bubonic Plague / Black Plague / Black Death
These people ensure the knights, nobles, and king have food by farming the land.
Peasants
Put people in jail or executed them without trial or evidence, raised taxes, lost costly wars in France.
What happened to farms and villages because of the Black Death?
Fields were left unharvested and villages were abandoned.
Provide an example of a "peer"
Another student or friend around your age.
What was the primary objective for the Christians during the crusades?
Capturing the Holy Land