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Middle Ages Bookwork Activity
Section 1: Frankish Rulers
1. What occurred by 500 AD? (p.294)
2. Define the “Dark Ages”? (p.294)
Merovingian Rulers
3. Who were the Merovingians? (p.294)
4. Who was Clovis? When did he rule? (p.294)
5. What is “mayors of the palace”? (p.294)
6. Who was Charles Martel? (p.295)
7. What happened in 732 AD? (p.295)
8. Who was Pepin the Short? (p.295)
9. When did he become king of the Franks? Who appointed him? (p.295)
10. What did Pepin forces the Lombards to do in 754 AD? Why? (p.295)
Charlemagne’s Empire
11. What did Charlemagne do to help his kingdom? (p.295)
12. What was his empire called? (p.295)
13. How did Charlemagne revive learning in his empire? (p.295)
14. What happened in 800 AD? (p.295)
15. What were the royal messengers job (missi dominici)?
(p.296)
16. When did Charlemagne die? (p.296)
17. What occurred in 843 AD? (p.296)
18. How was the land divided? Who got what? (p.296)
Invasions Increase Disunity
19. What advantages did the Viking boats give them?
(p.296)
20. Vikings were raiders but what else were they skilled at? (p.296)
21. What was the religion of the Vikings? (p.296)
Section 2: Medieval Life
22. What is feudalism? (p.298)
23. What was the system based on? (p.298)
Feudal Relationships
24. What did Martel do to support the cavalry? (p.298)
25. How did Frankish kings enlarge the system? (p.298)
26. What job did the nobles have? (p.298)
27. Who was at the top of the Feudal pyramid? Middle? Bottom? (p.299)
28. What is an homage? (p.299)
29. Why did warfare occur frequently? (p.299)
Life of the Nobility
30. Who made up the nobility of the Middle Ages? Who was a lord and a lady? (p.299)
31. What is a tournament? (p.298)
32. When did a boy begin training to become a Knight?
(p.301)
33. What happened at the age of 15? (p.301)
34. What is chivalry? (p.301)
The Manorial System
35. Where did the wealth of the feudal lord come from? (p.301)
36. What is manorialism? (p.301)
37. What did manors, or estates include? (p.301)
38. What is a serf? (p.302)
39. Why was the development of the plow important? (p.302)
Peasant Life
40. What kind of life did serfs have? (p.302)
41. What were the 2 differences between serfs and nobles? (p.302)
42. What did they have a common interest in? (p.302)
Section 3: The Medieval Church
43. What did the Catholic Church teach people? (p.303)
44. What were the 7 sacraments? (p.303)
45. What language were the Masses said in? (p.303)
46. Where did the average person learn about the Christian faith? (p.304)
47. Who comprised the secular clergy? (p.304)
48. What is an abbot? (p.304)
Monastic Life
49. How did monks dress? (p.304)
50. What is an abbess? How did they live their lives? (p.304)
51. What did monasteries and convents provide? (p.304)
Church Reform
52. What happened in 1059 AD? (p.306)
53. Who is a cardinal? (p.306)
54. What is heresy? (p.306)
55. What was an excommunicated person not permitted to do? (p.306)
56. What occurred in 1232 AD? (p.306)
57. What was the punishment for heresy? (p.306)
58. Who was Francis of Assisi? (p.307)
59. What is Anti-Semitism? (p.307)
60. What caused this resented towards the Jews? (p.307)
61. What new rules and laws did the Jews have to live by? (p.307)
Section 4: Rise of European Monarchy
62. Who was William the Duke of Normandy? (p.308)
63. How did William run his government as king? (p.309)
64. When did Henry I rule? What did he do during his reign?
(p.309)
65. Who set up common law? What is common law? (p.309)
66. What is a grand jury? A petit jury? (p.309)
67. Why did a group of nobles force John to sign the Magna Carta? (p.310)
68. What did the Magna Carta do? (p.310)
69. What new social class emerged and where did they fit in society? (p.310)
70. What two groups did Parliament split into in 1400 AD? (p.311)