What We Know- Medieval Europe

Based on the timeline above and your knowledge of Global History, during which time period have we currently been studying?

• Ancient History

• Classical Era

• Post-Classical Era

• Early Modern Period

• Late Modern Period

What event led directly to the creation of Medieval Europe and the Byzantine Empire?

• The Fall of Rome

• The Founding of America by Cristopher Columbus

• Increased Wealth and Prosperity Throughout the Roman Empire

• The Creation of the Printing Press by Johannes Gutenberg

True or False:

Medieval Europe had a centralized (single) government.

• True

• False

True or False:

Does this sentence properly use the bolded vocabulary word?

"Even though Sparta and Athens were both Greek city-states, they developed divergent values."

• True

• False

What is the definition of Feudalism?

• to bring together as a single unit

• an economic system used in Western Europe in the Middle Ages in which a group of people lived on a lord's estate called a manor. The lord (sometimes a king or knight) allows peasants called serfs, or people bound to the land, farm the land. In exchange for farming and repairs, serfs were protected by their lord in the event of a war or raid. The manor was self-sufficient which meant that the peasants produced most of everything they needed including food, clothing, tools and furniture. They did not need to trade with others for their basic needs.

• a decentralized system of power in which land owned by a powerful person is divided up and given to others in exchange for work and a promise to fight for the interests of the land owner

True or False:

Does this sentence properly use the bolded vocabulary word?

In a social structure with a Rigid Social Structure, I am required to stay in the social class I was born into.

• True

• False

What is one difference between Medieval Europe and the Byzantine Empire?

• Both sides were parts of Rome

• Both share in the fact they both celebrate Christianity

• The Byzantine Empire had a centralized government, meanwhile Medieval Europe had a decentralized government

What was and is the official language of the Roman Catholic Church

• Greek

• French

• Dutch

• Latin

What was and is the official language of the Eastern Orthodox Church

• Greek

• French

• Dutch

• Latin

True or False:

The Roman Catholic Church was the only unifying organization in Western Europe during the Middle Ages and it had a great deal of power. For example, the Pope crowned all of the new kings and queens of kingdoms in the Middle Ages.

• True

• False