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Ch. 14-Middle Ages
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the name of the book that the rulers from Europe used for taxing the people in the Middle Ages. | The Domesday Book |
| What was the name of the emperor that kept records of his people to tax them in his empire? | Charlemagne |
| What was the name of the fierce warriors that attacked Charlemagne’s Empire even after he died? | The Vikings |
| Who conquered Southern England and made himself king, even if he was a Viking? | William the Conqueror |
| Who was the King that lost a war to his nobles for bad rule and name the charter the nobles forced him to sign? | King John of England & The Magna Carta |
| What type of government was established in the Middle Ages? | A Monarchy |
| What was the name of the peasant farmers or merchants in a king’s or noble’s land? | A serf |
| What was the political, social, and economic system used to provide protection of the people during the Middle Ages? | Feudalism or Feudal System |
| Many kings or lords had these people that protected the land and common people, who were they? | Knights |
| What is the name of a group in which merchants would trade and sell goods in a market place? | A Guild |
| In what place was the “Crusades” taking place which was considered the “Holy Land” by the Christian people of England? | Palestine or Nation of Israel |
| What was the name of the road that trade was an important item and it stretched from China to Europe? | The Silk Road |
| Who was one that wrote about China for 17 years and as a “Guest” and what group or empire held him hostage? (2 answers required) | Marco Polo & The Mongols/Genghis Khan |
| Who was the Emperor that asked for help from the Pope for the first crusades in the Holy Land of Palestine? | Alexius Comnenus |
| What was the name of the “Pope” that ordered the first Crusades into the “Holy Land” of Palestine? | Pope Urban II |
| What was the name of the plague that spread throughout China, Middle East, and Europe? | The Black Death or the bubonic plague |
| What spread the plague from China to Europe? | Rats/ fleas on rats |
| In what nation did the plague first started, before it spread into Europe? | China |
| About what percent of the European population was killed by the plague? | 25-30% |
| Because the plague killed most of the work force, what were the peasants able to demand from the kings or nobles, which the peasant could not be deny? | Rights (Freedoms) & money for their work |
| What was the name of the church that is from the Western Roman Empire in Europe during the Middle Ages? | The Roman Catholic Church |
| What is the name of the church leader of the Western Roman Catholic Church? | The Pope |
| Who was given land by the Monarch (King) for their loyalty and service in tax collections and building of road in the kingdom? | The Nobles (Lords)(Baron) |
| What was King John forced to sign when he was defeated at Runnymede by the Nobles of England? | The Magna Carta |
| What is the name of the living quarters or place of a noble that has a large land plot give to him by the King? | A Manor |
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