history

Question 1

Why did the Holy Roman Empire split?

Answer 1

Wasted money, increase of alcohol, lots of fights between two parties, etc

Question 2

What were the three roots of medieval culture in Western Europe?

Answer 2

Heritage of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Various Germanic Tribes

Question 3

Why was it difficult to have central governments after the Germanic people invaded?

Answer 3

Borders between kingdoms constantly changed

Question 4

Why was the Roman Catholic Church able to have so much power in the Middle Ages?

Answer 4

It didn’t have a strong central gov’t, so the Church was able to gain power by providing order and security

Question 5

What was the most important thing in the Medieval society in the Middle Ages?

Answer 5

Land because it meant status, wealth, and power

Question 6

Why did the feudalism emerge?

Answer 6

Rulers/warriors made agreements for peace

Question 7

How did feudalism work?

Answer 7

People exchanged land, loyalty, and labor

Question 8

What did the kings give to the lords?

Answer 8

Fief and peasants

Question 9

What did the lords give to nobles/knights?

Answer 9

Food, protection, and shelter

Question 10

What did the nobles/knights give the peasants?

Answer 10

Food, protection, and shelter

Question 11

What did the peasants give the nobles/knights?

Answer 11

Farm labor and rent

Question 12

What did the nobles/knights give to the lords?

Answer 12

Fealty and military service

Question 13

What did the lords give to the king?

Answer 13

Fealty and military aid

Question 14

How was the feudal system arranged?

Answer 14

King, lords, nobles/knights, and peasants

Question 15

Why did the feudal system work?

Answer 15

Everyone got what they needed

Question 16

Where did the Black Death originate from?

Answer 16

1347-1350

Question 17

How did it spread in Europe?

Answer 17

Rats and fleas carried Yersinia Pestis and spread it all over Europe

Question 18

What was a Medieval theory?

Answer 18

Miasma - infection of water/air

Question 19

How did the Black Death really start?

Answer 19

Rats/fleas carrying Yersinia Pestis. then biting people + getting into people’s pantries

Question 20

What were some economic impacts?

Answer 20

Workers declined, trade/farm production declined

Question 21

What were some political impacts?

Answer 21

Feudalism declined, monarchs got more power

Question 22

What was a social impact?

Answer 22

People questioned the church

Question 23

What were some cultural impacts?

Answer 23

Images of death in literature, people focused on self-indulgence

Question 24

What are the six continents?

Answer 24

North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia

Question 25

What are the three oceans?

Answer 25

Arctic, Indian, Pacific

Question 26

What’s a clergy?

Answer 26

People who work for the Church

Question 27

What’s a pope?

Answer 27

Someone who leads the Church

Question 28

What’s a tithe?

Answer 28

A tax paid to the Church (10%)

Question 29

What is a monastery?

Answer 29

A religious community that includes schools

Question 30

What’s excommunication?

Answer 30

Excluding people someone from participating in religious practices

Question 31

What’s a lord?

Answer 31

A landowner (gave land to those who needed protection)

Question 32

What’s a fief?

Answer 32

The land given by the lord

Question 33

What’s a vassal?

Answer 33

The person receiving the fief

Question 34

What’s a fealty?

Answer 34

Sworn loyalty to your superior