Thinking Quilt Key Concepts

Question 1

What is the movement of people from one place to another, often for settlement or better opportunities?

Answer 1

Migration

Question 2

What is the exchange of goods and services between different regions or peoples?

Answer 2

Trade

Question 3

What term describes a period of great cultural, economic, and scientific flourishing?

Answer 3

Golden Age

Question 4

Who were the landowning elite in medieval society, ranking just below royalty?

Answer 4

Nobles

Question 5

Which Christian church developed in the Byzantine Empire and split from Roman Catholicism in 1054?

Answer 5

Eastern Orthodox

Question 6

Which branch of Christianity was centered in Western Europe and led by the Pope?

Answer 6

Roman Catholic

Question 7

Who was the Norman archbishop who helped organize the English Church after 1066?

Answer 7

Archbishop Lanfranc

Question 8

What do we call a religious community where monks live under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience?

Answer 8

Monastery

Question 9

What phrase refers to a massive church-building project under King Edgar the Peaceful?

Answer 9

100 churches

Question 10

What term describes a series of religious wars launched by European Christians to reclaim the Holy Land?

Answer 10

Crusade

Question 11

What system structured medieval society based on land ownership and duties?

Answer 11

Feudal System

Question 12

What major world religion, founded by Muhammad in the 7th century, spread rapidly across the Middle East and North Africa?

Answer 12

Islam

Question 13

What was the most powerful institution in medieval Europe, influencing all aspects of life?

Answer 13

The Church

Question 14

What was the brutal campaign by William the Conqueror to crush rebellion in northern England?

Answer 14

Harrying of the North

Question 15

Which city in Mali became a center of learning and trade during the African Golden Age?

Answer 15

Timbuktu

Question 16

What group of women had more rights in early medieval England than they did after the Norman Conquest?

Answer 16

Anglo-Saxon women

Question 17

What was the region of England under Viking control called?

Answer 17

Danelaw

Question 18

What famous fortress was built by William the Conqueror in London?

Answer 18

Tower of London

Question 19

What is the name of the massive church built by the Byzantines in Constantinople, now Istanbul?

Answer 19

Hagia Sophia

Question 20

What do we call a journey to a sacred place for religious reasons?

Answer 20

Pilgrimage

Question 21

What is the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca that every Muslim must attempt once in their life?

Answer 21

Hajj

Question 22

What term describes the act of taking control of a place or people, often by military force?

Answer 22

Conquest

Question 23

Who were Scandinavian seafarers known for raiding and settling across Europe from the 8th to 11th centuries?

Answer 23

Viking

Question 24

What large, elaborate churches symbolized the power of the Church in medieval Europe?

Answer 24

Cathedrals

Question 25

What term describes a payment to the Church that supposedly reduced time in purgatory?

Answer 25

Indulgence

Question 26

What group of Norse warriors and traders had a lasting impact on medieval Europe?

Answer 26

Vikings

Question 27

What do we call a mounted warrior of noble birth, bound by the code of chivalry?

Answer 27

Knights

Question 28

What term refers to a marketplace, especially in Islamic cities, for trade and social interaction?

Answer 28

Bazaar

Question 29

What do we call an uprising or resistance against authority or government?

Answer 29

Rebellion

Question 30

What title was used by Islamic leaders considered successors to Muhammad?

Answer 30

Caliph

Question 31

What were fortified residences of nobles or royalty during the Middle Ages?

Answer 31

Castles

Question 32

What city is considered holy by Christians, Jews, and Muslims and was the focus of many Crusades?

Answer 32

Jerusalem

Question 33

What do we call a medieval association of craftsmen or merchants formed for mutual aid and regulation of standards?

Answer 33

Guild

Question 34

What word means the acceptance and respect of different cultures and beliefs, often promoted in multicultural societies?

Answer 34

Tolerance

Question 35

What term describes a vast territory ruled by a single authority, often containing many different peoples?

Answer 35

Empire

Question 36

What title is held by the head of the Roman Catholic Church?

Answer 36

Pope

Question 37

What word describes the passing of power or leadership from one person to another, often within a ruling family?

Answer 37

Succession

Question 38

What is the name of the survey commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1086 to assess land and taxes?

Answer 38

Domesday Book

Question 39

What city was a major center of learning, culture, and trade in the Islamic Golden Age?

Answer 39

Baghdad

Question 40

What institution held spiritual and political power across medieval Europe?

Answer 40

The church

Question 41

What was the tax that non-Muslims had to pay in Islamic empires?

Answer 41

Jizya

Question 42

What is a government system where a king or queen rules as head of state?

Answer 42

Monarchy

Question 43

What was the name of the migration of Caribbean people to the UK in the mid-20th century?

Answer 43

Windrush

Question 44

What is a political or geographical area ruled by a king or queen?

Answer 44

Kingdom

Question 45

What is the place in Catholic belief where souls are purified before entering heaven?

Answer 45

Purgatory

Question 46

What group from Normandy invaded and conquered England in 1066?

Answer 46

Normans