Test Review High and Late Middle Ages

Test Review High and Late Middle Ages

By Alexis Braxton

England and France

Magna Carta

• ​Signed by King John and limited the power of the King. The Kings had to follow the same rules the average people had to follow.

England and France

William the Conqueror

• ​William the Conqueror, leader of the Norman Conquest, united most of England under his rule

England and France

​France and Capetian Dynasty

• The Capetian dynasty united most of France, and King Philip II (Augustus) made Paris the French capital.

• Joan of Arc (and her death/ status as a martyr) was a unifying factor.

• Hugh Capet established the French throne in Paris, and his dynasty gradually expanded their control over most of France

England and France

Hundred Years' War

• The Hundred Years’ War between England and France helped define both England and France as nations by creating feelings of solidarity (Nationalism)

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Multiple Choice

What document signed by King John that limited the King's Power?

• Treaty of Versailles

• Pax Romana

• Magna Carta

• Holy Decree

Multiple Choice

_______ the Conqueror is responsible for uniting most of England under his rule.

• Frank

• William

• Ferdinand

• Joan

Fill in the Blank

____ of Arc was a martyr and was a unifying factor in France.

Multiple Choice

How did the Hundred Years War affect French and English society?

• By creating Nationalism

• By creating anger

• By creating Political Parties

• By creating new countries

Spain

Charles V

• ​Spanish Empire in the Western Hemisphere expanded under Charles V, who was the Holy Roman Emperor.

Spain

Ferdinand and Isabella

• Ferdinand and Isabella unified most of Spain and expelled Jews and Moors

• Ferdinand united the Spanish kingdoms into the nation of Spain and began Spain’s entry into the modern period of imperial expansion

• Isabella sponsored Christopher Columbus travels into the Americas (New World)

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Multiple Choice

Why is Charles V important?

• He unified Spain

• He won the Battle of Tours

• He created the country of Spain

• He expanded Spain's territory

Multiple Choice

What is the Reconquista?

• Crossing the Ocean blue in 1492

• Reclaiming land from Muslim rule

• Claiming land from the Mongols

• Fighting against the Vikings

Russia

Ivan the Great

• Stopped paying tribute​ to the Mongols

• Recovered lands that were taken from Russia

• Centralized power to the tsar in Moscow

• ​Unified Russia with the help of the Orthodox Church

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT an accomplishment of Ivan the Great?

• Fighting in the Hundred Years War

• Stop paying tributes to the Mongols

• Centralizing power in Moscow

• Reclaimed land taken from Russia

The Crusades

​ •The Byzantine Empire in the east was under attack by Muslim Turks.

•In 1071, an army of Muslim Turks defeated the Byzantines and took control of their lands in Asia Minor

•The Byzantine emperor asked Pope Urban II for help to save his Christian empire from Muslim forces

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The Crusades

• ​ In 1095, the pope asked Europe’s nobles to begin a crusade, or holy war, against the Muslim Turks. He urged them to capture Jerusalem and free the Holy Land, where Jesus had lived, from the Muslims

• ​ By the end of the century, the Muslims had regained all of the land that had been conquered by the crusaders.

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• ​ The Crusades brought Western Europeans into contact with Byzantines and Muslims. As a result, Western Europeans gained:

  •Knowledge – They learned how to build domes and create mosaics. They discovered how to build better ships and make more accurate maps and how to use the compass to tell direction.

  •Trade/Goods – Wealthy people in Western Europe began to demand eastern goods such as spices, sugar, lemons, and silk.

  •Feudal System – The Crusades weakened feudalism. Nobles who joined the Crusades sold their lands and freed their serfs, reducing their power. Kings were able to build stronger central governments.

  •Relations – Crusades caused bitter feelings between Christian Western Europe and the Islamic world. Often blamed for the conflicts today.

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Fill in the Blank

The crusades was fought because Christians wanted to take back Jereusalem from ______ rule.

Multiple Choice

What is something that is positive that came out of the crusades?

• Exchanging of goods and ideas

• More fighting after the war

• The pope controlled both churches again

• Christians got the land back from the Muslims

The Bubonic Plague

• ​Killed 1/3 of Europe's population

• ​Broke the system of Feudalism

• ​Caused decline in Church influence

• ​Spread from fleas on Mice