D15: The Middle Ages

Open Ended

Pretend you are the leader of the small village shown.  You are constantly being attacked by barbarians, they are destroying the farms and your houses. You rebuild only to have them come back and destroy everything again.  Provide a solution in order to combat this issue.  What would you do, build, or who would you hire to protect?  Come up with a plan.

Open Ended

Which part of Europe was devastated and ravaged? By whom?

Open Ended

What major religion was a unifying factor in the backward Western region?

Multiple Choice

The characteristics above describe the –

• Properties of leading warriors under Alexander the Great

• Division of authority and wealth in Hindu India

• Manorial system of Western Europe during the Middle Ages

• Trading outposts along the Silk Road