Middle Ages Questions

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Middle Ages Questions
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1. What were the Middle Ages?

• The historical time period
• between the Fall of the
• Roman Empire the
• Renaissance

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2. What was the Byzantine Empire?

• The Christian Empire that
• the eastern half of the old
• Roman Empire became.
• Famous Emperor Justinian
• Remembered for his law code

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3. How did Feudalism work?

• It was a political system
• based on land loyalty.
• Kings passed out land (fief) to
• Lords in exchange for loyalty and
• military service. Lords then did
• the same to lesser Lords.

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3. continued

• Peasants / Serfs were bound to
• Land worked it in exchanged
• for shelter and protection.

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4. What was the manor, and how was it
self-sufficient?

• -Was the Lords estate
• -It was self-sufficient Food,
• water, shelter, fuel, etc. was
• all located there.
• -Castle was for protection

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5. What happened to the Christian Church in
1054?

• It split East West
• Know as the Great Schism
• The Catholic Church in the west
• The Eastern (aka Greek) Orthodox Church in the
  east.

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6. What were the Crusades, and what was
their main goal?

• The Crusades were the Holy
• Wars Christians fought
• against the Muslims in order
• regain control of Jerusalem.

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7. Major effects of Crusades

• Trade increased between Europe Asia
• Europeans brought back knowledge ideas from the
  East
• Resentment between Muslims Christians increased

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8. What was the Magna Carta and Why is it
important?

• English document that the King signed in 1215
• It limited the power of Kings for the first time
  in history
• It reinforced the concept of Due Process of Law
  which has continued to influence Western
  Civilization

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9. Causes of the Black Death

• Started in China, brought to Europe via trade
• Infected fleas on rats helped spread the bubonic
  plague
• Lack of knowledge poor sanitation allowed it
  spread

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10. Effects of the Black Death

• Killed about 25 million people in Europe over 4
  years
• Sparked Religious extremism
• Ended feudalism because the serfs who survived
  left the manor in search of better wages.