The Vikings
What was the place where Vikings originated and what modern countries make it up?
Scandinavia - Norway, Denmark and Sweden
What was the name of the social class system in Medieval Europe?
Feudalism or feudal structure
What job did Medieval Peasants typically have?
Farmers
Approximately how many people died from the Black Death in Europe?
25 million or 1/3 population
In what century did the industrial revolution begin?
1700s or 18th century
How did the Vikings believe the world came to be? (Creation Myth)
In Norse mythology, the creation story begins with a place called Ginnungagap, a void that existed before anything else. From this void, two worlds emerged: Muspelheim, a realm of fire, and Niflheim, a realm of ice.
As these worlds collided, the heat from Muspelheim and the cold from Niflheim created a giant named Ymir. Ymir was the ancestor of all giants.
Kings, Jarls (nobility), Karls (free peasants) and Thralls (enslaved).
Why did the church have such power in Medieval Europe? List at least two reasons.
The catholic Church had power because: vast wealth from tithes and land, its role as the sole provider of education and literacy, its filling of the political vacuum after the Roman Empire's collapse, its ability to legitimize rulers, and its control over key life events and social structures, which was enforced through religious authority and fear of spiritual punishment.
Which port city did the Black Death first enter Europe?
Messina, Sicily
Why did the industrial revolution occur? (hint: Resource and invention)
coal and steam powered engines were invented
The first Viking raid in Europe took place in what year and what place?
The 793 Lindisfarne Raid on a Christian Monastery.
In Medieval Europe, who owned the land and hired what classes of people did they employ?
Lords or barons owned the land in Medieval Europe, gifted to them by Kings. They hired Knights to work it (for protection) and peasants to farm the land and keep the crops and animals.
What was a key invention that changed the experience of learning for people in Medieval Europe?
The printing press, 1440.
What were the 3 main types and/or symptoms of the plague
Bubonic, pneumonic, septicaemic
What were the names of the two leaders in the Battle of Hastings (England and the Normans)?
William the Conqueror - Normans
King Harold Godwinson - King of England
What were two privileges that women held in Viking society?
The right to divorce, right to own land and property, women warriors, participation in trade.
Think about Viking society and Medieval European society. What are 2 similarities and 2 differences between their social class systems?
2 similarities:
They both had monarchies.
They both have enslaved populations - serfs in europe and thralls in vikings.
2 differences:
The Vikings did not have a clear warrior class.
Feudalism is structured around the ownership of land.
In which year did which English King sign the Magna Carta?
1215 by King John
How did religious fanatics believe they could cure the Black Death? Identify and explain the remedy.
Flagellants - they would whip themselves in the streets to atone for society's sins, hoping to cure the plague
What country in Asia was NOT impacted by the Black Death?
Japan! They had isolationist policies that mean their borders were closed to the rest of the world.
List two goods Vikings imported, and two goods Vikings exported.
Vikings imported goods such as silk, spices, silver, glassware, and luxury items from the Mediterranean and Islamic civilisations.
Viking exports included timber, furs, iron, amber, and slaves, which were highly valued commodities in various markets they traded with.
Shogunate Japan had a similar social class structure to Medieval Europe. Who held power at the top of their hierarchy?
Emperor or Shogun
What was the city that the Crusades and the Christians were focused on 'taking back'?
Jerusalem - the Crusades pitted the English against the Islamist world, in seeking the 'Holy Land' (and also, money and food).
- Killed people and disrupted the social class structure
- Peasant rebellion caused changes in their pages and working conditions
- The church lost power due to changing beliefs
476BC