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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were the crusades? | A long series of wars fought between Christians and Muslims over control of Palestine. |
| What was the Holy Land? | The Eurpoean name for Palestine, the region where Jesus had lived, preached and died. |
| Who was Pope Urban II? | Head of the Roman Catholic Church who started the Crusades. |
| Who was King Richard I? | The English King who led the third, ill fated Crusade to seize Palestine. |
| Who was Saladin? | The Turkish leader of the Muslim forces that prevented England from taking Palestine. |
| Why did Christians call Palestine the "Holy Land?" | Because it was where Jesus had lived, preached and died. |
| What happened to the peasant Crusaders? | They attacked Jews in Germany and blamed it on the Jews for Jesus' death. |
| How did the Crusades affect relations between Europe and Asia? | They increased trade between Europe and Asia as well as increased the power of European Kings. |
| Who agreed to help the Byzantines who were attacked by Muslim Turks in the Holy Land? | Pope Urban II |
| The leader of the Muslim forces who was respected for his kindness toward fallen enemies was | Saladin. |
| What were a long series of wars between Christians and Muslims in Southwest Asia? | The crusades |
| Thought the rulers of England, France and the Holy Roman Empire led armies during the Third Crusade, only this king stayed in the Holy Land to fight. | King Richard ( |
| What is Palestine called? Why? | The Holy Land because it was the region where Jesus had lived, preached and died. |
| What was the goal of the Crusades? | To take control of Palestine from the Muslim Turks. |
| Which English leader returned home with Jerusalem still in Muslim hands? | King Richard I |
| Following the Crusades, tension between Christians and Jews and which group grew? | Muslims |
| Who were knights? | Warriors who fought on horseback. |
| What was a vassal? | A knight who promised to support a lord in exchange for land. |
| What was feudalism? | The system that governs the relationship between lords and vassals. |
| Who was William the Conqueror? | A French noble who conquered England and spread feudalism. |
| What is a manor? | A large estate owned by a night or lord |
| Who were serfs? | Workers who were tied to the land on which they lived. |
| Who was Eleanor of Aquitaine? | A powerful French noblewoman who became queen of France and England. |
| Why did many nobles become rulers of their own lands? | Because of raids. They needed to defend themselves. |
| List two responsibilities a vassal had toward a lord. | They had to fight at a lord's command; they had to house and feed a lord if he visited and sometimes pay them money. |
| Who brought Feudalism to Britain? | William the Conqueror. |
| What did knights and peasants provide each other under feudalism? | Knights allowed peasants to live and farm on their estates. Peasants gave kinghts food or other payment. |
| What changes helped lead to a decline in feudalism? | Europe's population growing and trade increased. |
| What is Eurasia? | The large landmass that includes Europe and Asia. |
| What were the Middle Ages? | the period lasting from about 500 to about 1500 |
| What is medieval? | Another name for the Middle Ages. |
| Who was Patrick? | The Christian Missionary credited with converting Ireland to Christianity. |
| Who were monks? | Religious men who lived apart from society in isolated communities. |
| What were monasteries? | Communities of monks. |
| Who was Benedict? | Monk responsible for creating the Benedictine Rule, a set of rules for monks. |
| Who was Charlemagne? | A warrior and king who led the Franks in building a huge empire. |
| Why is Europe considered to be a part of Eurasia? | Because it is a large landmass that includes both Europe and Asia. |
| How was Europe ruled and the beginning of the Middle Ages? | Kings divided Europe into many small kingdoms. |
| Why did Patrick go to Ireland? | Because he wanted to convert Ireland. |
| Who were the most fearsome invaders during Charlemagne's reign? | The Vikings. |
| What was the Magna Carta? | The document written by English nobles and signed by King John listing right the king could not ignore |
| What is Parliment? | Lawmaking body that governs England |
| What was the Hundred Years War? | The long conflict between England and France during the 1300s and 1400s |
| Who was Joan of Arc? | A teenage peasant girl who rallied the French troops during the Hundred Years War. |
| What was the Black Death? | A deadly plague that killed millions of Europeans from 1347 and 1351 |
| What is Heresy? | Religious ideas that oppose accepted church teachings |
| What was Reconquista? | Christian efforts to retake Spain from the Muslim Moors. |
| Who was King Ferdinand? | Aragon prince who married Isabella of Castile to rule a united Spain. |
| Who was Queen Isabella? | Castilian princess who ruled Spain with her husband, Ferdinand of Aragon. |
| What was the Spanish Inquisition? | The organization of priests charged with seeking out and punishing non-Christians. |
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