Unit 4 World History Review

1. How did the Black Death affect medieval Europe?

• It caused economic and social instability by drastically reducing the workforce.

• People flourished financially

Why did the Crusades contribute to the end of the medieval era in Europe?

• People went back to being nomadic

• Trade was revived leading to the decline of the manorial economy.

3. Explain the impact of the crusades on Italy?

• Cities grew along transportation and trade routes to the Holy Land

• Countries declined in religious obligations

The prestige and authority of the Pope’s leadership of the Roman Catholic Church were most challenged by the events of the —

• Great Schism

• The Great Debate

What political change was brought about by the fighting of the Hundred Years War?

• Powerful monarchies consolidated power as nation-states emerged.

• Kings created separate nations

One result of the interaction of Jews, Christians and Muslims in medieval Spain was

• The country took steps back

• a golden age of science and intellectual advances

Islamic merchants served as middlemen for?

• European and Asian trade

• Conquistadors

One factor that shaped the practice of slavery in the Islamic world was

• Freedom

• the prohibition of enslaving fellow Muslims

Islamic trading of ___________ in the seventh century was next to importance to the gold trade.

• Silk

• Slaves

Why were West African kingdoms like Ghana and Mali successful during the Post-Classical period?

• They adopted Islam and established trade relations with Muslims.

• Because they were African