Unit 5: feudalism, crusades, & black plague

What united Medieval Europe socially and politically?

• Islam

• The Crusades

• Christianity

• The great schism

2 IMMEDIATE things that happened after the fall of Rome were

• Renewed interest in education and the arts

• A period of economic disorder and weak central government

• The growth of cities and emergence of the middle class

• An increase in trade and improvements in manufacturing

Fall of Rome: East becomes Byzantine while the west is destroyed

• True

• False

The political and social system used in the medieval ages ( the triangle) is called:

• Manorial system

• Caste system

• Feudal system

• Dynasty system

A primary characteristic (idea) of feudal society in medieval Europe is:

• A representative governments

• Economic equality for all

• Protection of individual rights

• An exchange of land for services

Best definition of the manor system

(private land divided between people in feudal system)

• A self contained community

• A political and religious system in medieval Europe

• A market industry

• A system of subsistence farming

Which is true of manorialism in the middle ages?

• The manor produced its own food and serfs gave lords part of their harvest in return for protection

• The manors traded neighboring kingdoms

• Manorialism is a system that divides societies into certain classes based on wealth

• The lords of the Manor paid the serfs to work in the fields producing food for the manor

What is the same about the Hindu "caste system" and the European "feudal system"?

• They had a strong belief in social equality

• They emphasized the acquisition of wealth

• They both divided the population into hereditary social classes

• A king represented both systems

The goal of the catholic church during crusades was

• Unite Arab people

• Establish Christianity in western europe

• Capture the Holy Land from Muslims

• Strengthen the power of European rulers

The crusades contributed increase in trade and spread ideas

• False

• True