Middle Ages

Because of the scarcity of labor caused by all the death during the Black Death (Bubonic Plague) towns were freed from -

• religious contracts
• despotic rulers
• squalid conditions
• feudal obligations

As a result of the Black Death (Bubonic Plague) this institution saw a decline in influence.

• The military
• The artisans
• The church
• The laborers

The Black Death led to a profound disruption of this -  

• conquest
• emergence of a middle class
• learning
• trade

Where were the Vikings from?

• England
• Scandinavia
• North America
• Rome

a large village with a large area of land around it

• routes
• manor
• Crusades
• pilgrims

The people who owned the land during the Middle Ages were called....

• Lords
• Manors
• Serfs
• Peasants

The social system or government system of exchanging land for loyalty and protection was called....

• socialism
• vassalism
• feudalism

What were the Crusades?

• A series of wars against the Vikings
• A series of wars to try to take control of the Holy Land
• A series of wars to unite Europe
• None of these

A highly skilled warrior who fought on horseback

• knight
• fief
• vassal
• serf

What was the Inquisition?

• the court created by the Catholic Church to find and try heretics
• a ruthless group who enjoyed torture and execution
• remarkably effective in its hunt for heretics because no one expected it
• an organization whose hidden purpose was to increase the political power of the Catholic Church