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World History A/Weaver
Chapter 7 Study Guide
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SECTION 1
1. Medieval
2. Describe Western Europe after the collapse of the western Roman Empire?
3. Franks
4. Charles Martel
5. Battle of Tours
6. How did the Germanic tribes govern their kingdoms?
7. Why was this period in Europe once called the Dark Ages?
8. Charlemagne
9. How did Charlemagne spread Christianity?
10. How did Charlemagne unify Europe?
11. Magyars
12. Vikings
13. Describe the invasions of Europe that took place after Charlemagne’s death.
14. What happened to Charlemagne’s empire after his death? Why?
World History A/Weaver
Chapter 7 Study Guide
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SECTION2
1. Feudalism
3. Feudal contract
2. Vassals
4. Fief
5. What obligations did a vassal have to his lord?
6. What obligations did a lord have to his vassal?
7. How did a lord benefit from giving his lands away as fiefs?
8. What was the relationship between lords and vassals?
9. Chivalry
10. Troubadours
11. How was warfare central to life in the Middle Ages?
12. Manor
13. Serf
14. What did peasants do for lords?
15. What did lords do for peasants?
16. How did the manor system work?
17. How did the manor swerve the needs of the early Middle Ages?
World History A/Weaver
Chapter 7 Study Guide
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SECTION 3
1. Sacraments
2. How do you think Church teachings about women influenced people’s daily lives?
3. What role did the Church play in the daily lives of medieval Christians?
4. What roles did monks and nuns play in preserving ancient culture?
5. Describe monastic life according to Benedictine Rule.
6. Secular
8. Canon law
7. Papal Supremacy
9. Excommunication
10. Interdict
11. Who was more powerful, the Pope or the King?
12. What gave the Church political and economic power?
13. What problems stemmed from the Church’s success?
14. St. Francis of Assisi
15. How did monks contribute to the reform of the Church?
16. How were Jews treated in Muslim Spain?
17. Why did persecution of Jews increase in the late 1000s?
World History A/Weaver
Chapter 7 Study Guide
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SECTION 4
1. Why did agricultural production improve?
2. Charter
3. What advantages did a charter give townspeople over people in villages attached to manors?
4. How did the new plow and harness lead to increased farm production?
5. Why would improved farming lead to population growth?
6. What changes spurred travel at this time?
7. How and why did medieval towns and cities grow?
8. Capital
9. Partnerships
10. Tenant farmers
11. Describe three changes of the commercial revolution
12. Middle class
14. Apprentice
13. Guilds
15. Journeymen
16. How did guilds affect the growth and increased political power of towns?
17. How might the growth of towns begin to change medieval life?
18. What were medieval cities like?