unit 6 and 7 test Flashcards

Question

problems on crusade #1

Answer 1

Costly – weapons, armor, food, supplies Lack of weapons, armor, food, supplies, and trained soldiers Language differences while traveling into new areas and between leaders Inability to organize the bands of crusaders and disagreements between leaders on military tactics and strategies Marauding bands; cruel and ruthless climate differences

Answer 2

United European people in one common cause Brought Europeans in dramatic contact with other cultures Exposed Europeans to new trade goods Herbs, spices, and new foods such as sugar cane and apricots Glass, slippers, cotton, and mirrors Encouraged travel Spread new ideas in science, medicine, mathematics, art, and literature Exposed Europeans to new technologies Shipbuilding Castle building; architecture

Answer 3

Peasants had greater “bargaining power” One-third of Europeans died journeying to and fighting in the Crusades Serfs in Europe were in more demand by feudal lords who needed workers Some commoners took over abandoned lands to farm Slow emergence of a new “Middle Class”

Answer 4

Serfs had “bargaining power” With the deaths of so many serfs, those who survived were in high demand Serfs who were not content with their lives could make greater demands on their lord or would leave the manor for another manor or for a town With the deaths of many lords, as well as peasants, poor land in some areas was abandoned; eventually, some of this land was taken over by surviving serfs who hoped to rise in their social status Not enough workers to produce food for all of Europe With food shortage, prices rose famines occured Poor land was abandoned and villages fell to ruin – the remaining people left for the nearest town or city

Answer 5

Traders and town workers found that there was no longer a large trading market for their goods. Some master craftsmen died and, with them, their secrets of production “died”

Answer 6

People who had never before been really free became independent

Answer 7

The European Crusades and the Black Death/the Plague had a dramatic impact on Europe, ushering in the Renaissance in the 1400s and 1500s!

unit 6 and 7 test Flashcards

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