The Middle Ages Study Guide(S)
You will be assessed on the Middle Ages Unit in a variety of ways. The following is a breakdown
of how you’ll be graded for this quarter. This breakdown also includes study guides for
upcoming assessments.
1. Crispin: The Cross Of Lead- There will be 2 literature circles per week (sometime in
March) for three weeks that address the book, Crispin: The Cross Of Lead. You will be expected
to read on average about 100 pages a week for three weeks (only 62 pages the final week). After
reading a passage you will complete the accompanying literature circle worksheet. Literature
circle worksheets will be due on Tuesdays and Thursdays. On Tuesdays and Thursdays you
have a chance to discuss the book with other randomly selected students. At the end of class you
will hand in your own individual literature circle worksheet for an individual grade.
TOTAL POINTS = 70.5
2. Study Guide for Peasants, Knights, and Feudalism
Why were the following people important?
1. Charlemagne 2. Charles Martel 3. Leif Erickson
Describe the jobs of the following people?
1.Freemen 2.Knight 3.Page 4.Serf 5.Squire
Vocabulary
1. chivalry 2. manor 3.tournaments
Other Items
1. What is the significance of the date 476 A.D.?
2. Compare and contrast the duties of a page and a squire.
3. Describe the life of the peasants.
4. What is feudalism?
5. How does armor help and hurt a knight?
6. Review a knight’s weapons and equipment.
7. What other names are given to the Middle Ages?
TOTAL POINTS=29
3. Study Guide for Castles/Towns and Trade Quiz
Describe the following parts of a castle…
1. Barbican 2. Dungeon 3.Keep 4.Moat 5.Portcullis 6.Turret
Vocabulary and occupations
1. apprentice 2.Fairs 3.Guilds 4.Journeymen 5.Master 6. Pitch
Other items
1. What three categories of things are exchanged through trade?
2. How did an increase in trade lead to the growth of towns and cities?
3. What were the guilds and why were they important.
4. Draw and label a diagram of a castle using the following features: barbican, keep, moat,
portcullis, turret, walls, and entrances.
5. What is the most important structure in a castle?
6. Why did castles have layers of security?
TOTAL POINTS=28
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4. Crusades Performance Assessment-You are an assistant to the Pope whose task it is to
create posters to persuade people to join the Crusades. You will work on a team to design and
make poster’s for the peasants’ crusade, noble’s crusade, the crusade of the kings, and the
children’s crusade. There will be an extremely detailed instruction/rubric document posted
online and handed out to each group when we get closer to working on this performance
assessment. TOTAL POINTS=40
5. Late Middle Ages Quiz
(Crusades, Magna Carta, Church and Society, and the Black Death)
Why were the following people important?
1. Joan of Arc 2.Richard the Lionhearted 3. Saladin 4.Stephen of Cloyes 5. Pope Urban II
Vocabulary and historical events
1. anti-Semitism 2.Black Death 3.Crusades 4.heresy 5.Inquisition 6.100 Years’ War
Other Items
1. Who fought in the Crusades?
2. Why did people fight in the Crusades?
3. Where were the Crusades fought?
4. Were any of the Crusades successful?
5. What were the effects of the Crusades?
6. Describe the Spanish Inquisition.
7. Describe the Black Death.
8. Why is the Magna Carta important?
TOTAL POINTS=21
TOTAL OVERALL POINTS FOR THE MIDDLE AGES UNIT=188.5
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