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Medieval Europe Study Guide
AW History 7
Mr. T
Test Date: Friday, Jan. 30
Directions: Use complete sentences to complete the study guide
below and attach it to your test after you have finished the test for 2 bonus points. YOU MAY
NOT WRITE ON THIS STUDY GUIDE.
Part 1: Fill in the blanks using your notes.
The Dark Ages
Geography
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__________ of the land is good for farming.
__________: warm, rainy and good for farming.
__________: colder, heavily forested.
__________: Very cold, use the ocean for food and resources.
Economics
5. Feudalism – the system were people traded ____________ for ______________.
6. No empire meant no army. No army meant no________________.
Society
7. As with most medieval cultures most people in Europe were ________________.
8. Excommunication: ______________ someone from the church.
9. Churches provided: ______________________, _____________________,
_________________, and ______________________.
10. Monks helped the ___________ and spread _________________.
11. Knights were hired to _______________ the _______________.
12. Knights often ended up fighting ____________ ____________ rather than foreign
invaders.
Government
13. Charlemagne wanted to _______________ of all Europe into “Christendom” an empire
based on ________________________.
14. Though he did succeed largely, it all fell apart again when the ______________
attacked.
The Late Middle Ages
15. Both Charlemagne and ____________ __________ thought they should lead
Christendom.
16. The ______________ threatened to abandon King John.
The Magna Carta
17. “I, King John, accept that I have to govern according to the _____________”
18. So I agree:
a. Not to _________________ nobles without a trial.
b. To have fair ______________ for the nobles.
c. Not to interfere in _______________ matters.
The Crusades
19. A crusade is a holy war – a war for ______________ or moral reasons.
20. The goal of the crusades was to regain the ____________ _______________.
21. The church said anyone who went on crusade would have their ____________
___________________.
22. Pope _____________ the 2nd commanded his people to free Jerusalem in 1095.
23. Ultimately the holy land remained under ____________ control.
24. The Results:
a. __________ expanded.
b. Knights dead = ______________ retake land.
c. Ideas about the ____________ shared.
The Black Death
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___________ : The plague covers most of Italy.
____________ : The plague covers most of Europe.
About _________ of the population died.
The survivors demanded better pay and the ______________ _______________ started
to break down.
Part 2: Use your notes to answer Each Question as best you can to help you remember main
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What does it mean that the dark ages were a time also called the “Lost Empire”?
In what four ways was the Roman Empire a lost empire?
How was Europe divided after Rome fell?
How much of the European land is good for farming?
List the three zones of European geography and describe each of them.
What job did everyone have in the dark ages? Why is this important?
Was a peasant’s life easy? Why or why not?
What did peasants mostly eat? Why did they have to boil their food?
What religion was the major force in Europe in the Dark Ages?
Was the church an important part of the lives of the people? How do you know this?
What four things did the church provide for the people?
Define these terms:
a. Excommunication
b. Salvation
c. Cathedral—
13. What role did the monks play in the life of the church?
14. Who were knights? What were they hired to do? In return for their service, what were
they given?
15. Why was the tournament important to a knight?
16. Who did knights end up fighting most of the time instead of foreign invaders? Why?
17. Who was Charlemagne? What did he try to do? How did he try to do this?
18. What is “Christendom”?
19. Draw a picture or chart of the feudal system.
20. Why did most people willingly place themselves under the feudal system?
21. If there is no army, what does that mean for the people?
22. Why was there no army?
23. Without an emperor to follow, who essentially was the leader of Europe during the dark
ages?
24. What was a monastery? How did Charlemagne use these to help better the
community?
25. Who were the Vikings? Why did they raid Europe?
26. What happened when the Vikings raided Europe?
27. Who struggled for power in the Late Middle Ages? How is this struggle shown between
Charlemagne and Pope Leo?
28. Describe in your own words the struggle between Pope Gregory and Henry IV.
29. What was King John doing to make him at odds with the church? What was he doing
that made him at odds with the Nobles?
30. What is the Magna Carta? What were the five things King John agreed to under the
Magna Carta?
31. What is a crusade? What was the goal of the crusades?
32. Who called knights to go on crusades?
33. What were the 3 reasons the Pope gave knights to go on crusades?
34. What were the 6 results of the crusades?
35. How was the Middle Ages one of the first “arms races” in history?
36. What is job specialization? How did it help to end Feudalism?
37. What 4 other factors helped put an end to feudalism?
38. What is a plague? What was the Black Plague?
39. What were the 3 results of the Black Plague?