The Dark/Middle/Medieval Ages

The Dark/Middle/Medieval Ages

Question 1 - 10 The Black Plague or Black Death was carried around the middle age world by which two creatures?

Answer 1 – 10 Fleas and Rats

Question 1 - 20 About when did the Black Death reach Europe?

Answer 1 – 20 1347 A.D./C.E.

Question 1 - 30 Why did the power/influence of the Catholic church decline after the Black Death/Plague?

Answer 1 – 30 The church was unable to stop the spread and effects of the Plague.

Question 1 - 40 Image C on the chart below shows what?

Answer 1 – 40 A medieval doctor during the Plague.

Question 1 - 50 It is believed that the Black Plague originally came from where?

Answer 1 – 50 East Asia (China)

Question 2 - 10 How did the Black Death or Bubonic Plague get to Europe?

Answer 2 – 10 Fleas jumped into traders packs in China carrying the plague. The Plague travelled on fleas and rats through the trade routes and on ships to European trade ports where they were then carried into the heart of Europe and its cities.

Question 2 - 20 About how many people did the Black Death kill in Europe?

Answer 2 – 20 1/3-1/2 of the population, about 25 million people.

Question 2 - 30 Why was the Black Plague able to spread so easily in Europe?

Answer 2 – 30 Trade routes and filthy/crowded city conditions where rats and fleas were nothing new.

Question 2 - 40 How did the Black Death help with the decline of feudalism in Medieval Europe?

Answer 2 – 40 So many peasants died that lords became desperate for workers which made peasants realize how important they were to the lords so they began to negotiate for better wages and conditions. Also when manor lords died of the plague, peasants would run away.

Question 2 - 50 What effect of the Crusades do we see illustrated in Map 1?

Answer 2 – 50 Growth of centralized nation states and an increase in the power of kings/monarchs.

Question 3 - 10 Which map shows most closely how Europe looked in the EARLY middle ages?

Answer 3 – 10 Map 2

Question 3 - 20 Name two effects of the Crusades on Europe.

Answer 3 – 20 Trade routes between Europe and the East are re-opened. Kings/Monarchs increased their power by raising money to finance and then leading Crusades. Distrust between the Muslim world and Christian world.

Question 3 - 30 What change in the middle east would eventually lead to the Crusades?

Answer 3 – 30 The Ottoman Turks took control of the Holy Land and the routes used by Christian pilgrims, ending the almost 400 years of toleration and persecuting Christians. When they threatened Constantinople, the emperor of the Byzantine Empire asked the Pope for help.

Question 3 - 40 The Crusades were fought between which two groups?

Answer 3 – 40 European Christians and Muslims.

Question 3 - 50 Overall, how did the Crusades end for the Christian Knights?

Answer 3 – 50 Failed to achieve any significant gains in the Holy Land.

Question 4 - 10 What city was the primary goal for the Crusading Christians?

Answer 4 – 10 Jerusalem

Question 4 - 20 The First Crusade was called for by who (name and title) and when (year)?

Answer 4 – 20 Pope Urban II 1096 A.D./C.E.

Question 4 - 30 For most historians, the middle ages began after what major historical event?

Answer 4 – 30 The fall of Rome 476 A.D./C.E.

Question 4 - 40 Why do we refer to this time period as the “Middle Ages”? What is it in the middle of?

Answer 4 – 40 It falls between the Classical Greek/Roman civilizations and the Modern Era beginning with the age of exploration.

Question 4 - 50 Name three major agricultural improvements that had a dramatic impact on Europe.

Answer 4 – 50 Iron plow Horse collar/harness 3 field rotation system

Question 5 - 10 How did new technology and changes in agricultural practices help weaken feudalism?

Answer 5 – 10 Changes/technology led to crop surplus’ so the European population nearly tripled providing more workers than were needed. Lords allowed peasants to sell their surplus and sometimes would let them buy their freedom.

Question 5 - 20 The single most unifying and influential force in medieval society was who/what? Most important/central part of everyone’s life.

Answer 5 – 20 The Catholic Church

Question 5 - 30 In the feudal system, vassal’s pledges were often very complex because?

Answer 5 – 30 Vassals often made multiple pledges to lords so if those lords were in conflict with each other, the vassal had to fulfill his obligations to both sides.

Question 5 - 40 What empire do we see here in the pinkish color?

Answer 5 – 40 The Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire.

The Dark/Middle/Medieval Ages