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LateMiddleAgesVocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Crusades | a series of military campaigns to establish Christian control over the Holy Land |
| heresy | a belief that is rejected by official Church doctrine |
| Inquisition | a series of investigations designed to find and judge heretics |
| famine | a severe shortage of food |
| Hundred Years' War | destructive war between France and England that lasted from 1337 to 1453 |
| bubonic plague | a deadly infection spread by fleas that live on rats |
| Black Death | epidemic of the bubonic plague that killed as many as one third of all Europeans between 1347 and 1352 |
| Peasants' Revolt | unsuccessful revolt by peasants against feudal lords in England in 1381 |
| First Crusade | The Crusade that was a military success when they captured Jerusalem |
| Jews | They were blamed for causing the Black Death |
| What started the Peasants' Revolt? | feudal lords limited wages and movement of serfs |
| Black Death spread quickly because of | trade |
| Because there was a shortage of workers, serfs were able to | demand higher wages |
| After the Crusades, Europeans explored | distant parts of the world |
| After the Crusades, trade routes reopened between | Europe and Asia |
| After the Crusades, there was a cultural exchange between | Europe and Muslim states |