Untitled Deck Flashcards
(13 cards)
Life in the Middle Ages included a social, political, and economic system called:
Feudalism
What were the Crusades? (two sentences)
The Crusades were religious wars fought by Christians to regain the Holy Land from the Muslims. Ultimately, crusades were not successful. A positive effect was that trade increased between Europe and Asia.
What US document was significantly influenced by the Magna Carta?
The U.S constitution
Which of the following was NOT a result of the Black Death that occurred in the 1340s?
The plague hardly spread to some parts of Europe, including the Kingdom of Poland,
Name three results of the Black Death in the 1340s.
Three results were a decline in trade, serfs gained more rights, and feudalism was weakened.
Describe the Feudal System in two sentences.
Feudalism was a system in which people were given land and protection by people of higher rank, and worked and fought for them in return.
Fief
Land=Fief
Plague
Plague was an infection spread mostly to humans by infected fleas that would travel on rats.
Chivalry
Bravery and/or loyalty
Anti-semitism
Laws which restricted Jews freedom.
What concept did the Magna Carta reinforce?
No one is above the law, not even the king.
In addition to being a major transportation and trade route between Asia and Europe, the Silk Road was responsible for what during the Middle Ages?
Exporting goods such as silk, spices, precious metals, minerals, handicrafts, architecture and paintings.
Although the Crusades left relationships among Christians, Jews, and Muslims strained, one positive effect was:
An expansion of trade.
