The Dark/Middle/Medieval Ages
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Question 1 - 10
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The Black Plague or Black Death was
carried around the middle age world by
which two creatures?
Answer 1 – 10
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Fleas and Rats
Question 1 - 20
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About when did the Black Death reach
Europe?
Answer 1 – 20
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1347 A.D./C.E.
Question 1 - 30
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Why did the power/influence of the
Catholic church decline after the Black
Death/Plague?
Answer 1 – 30
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The church was unable to stop the spread
and effects of the Plague.
Question 1 - 40
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Image C on the chart below shows what?
Answer 1 – 40
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A medieval doctor during the Plague.
Question 1 - 50
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It is believed that the Black Plague
originally came from where?
Answer 1 – 50
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East Asia (China)
Question 2 - 10
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How did the Black Death or Bubonic
Plague get to Europe?
Answer 2 – 10
Fleas jumped into traders packs in China
carrying the plague.
 The Plague travelled on fleas and rats
through the trade routes and on ships to
European trade ports where they were
then carried into the heart of Europe and
its cities.
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Question 2 - 20
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About how many people did the Black
Death kill in Europe?
Answer 2 – 20
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1/3-1/2 of the population, about 25 million
people.
Question 2 - 30
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Why was the Black Plague able to spread
so easily in Europe?
Answer 2 – 30
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Trade routes and filthy/crowded city
conditions where rats and fleas were
nothing new.
Question 2 - 40
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How did the Black Death help with the
decline of feudalism in Medieval Europe?
Answer 2 – 40
So many peasants died that lords became
desperate for workers which made
peasants realize how important they were
to the lords so they began to negotiate for
better wages and conditions.
 Also when manor lords died of the plague,
peasants would run away.
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Question 2 - 50
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What effect of the Crusades do we see
illustrated in Map 1?
Answer 2 – 50
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Growth of centralized nation states and an
increase in the power of kings/monarchs.
Question 3 - 10
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Which map shows most closely how
Europe looked in the EARLY middle ages?
Answer 3 – 10
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Map 2
Question 3 - 20
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Name two effects of the Crusades on
Europe.
Answer 3 – 20
Trade routes between Europe and the
East are re-opened.
 Kings/Monarchs increased their power by
raising money to finance and then leading
Crusades.
 Distrust between the Muslim world and
Christian world.
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Question 3 - 30
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What change in the middle east would
eventually lead to the Crusades?
Answer 3 – 30
The Ottoman Turks took control of the
Holy Land and the routes used by
Christian pilgrims, ending the almost 400
years of toleration and persecuting
Christians.
 When they threatened Constantinople, the
emperor of the Byzantine Empire asked
the Pope for help.
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Question 3 - 40
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The Crusades were fought between which
two groups?
Answer 3 – 40
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European Christians and Muslims.
Question 3 - 50
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Overall, how did the Crusades end for the
Christian Knights?
Answer 3 – 50
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Failed to achieve any significant gains in
the Holy Land.
Question 4 - 10
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What city was the primary goal for the
Crusading Christians?
Answer 4 – 10
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Jerusalem
Question 4 - 20
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The First Crusade was called for by who
(name and title) and when (year)?
Answer 4 – 20
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Pope Urban II 1096 A.D./C.E.
Question 4 - 30
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For most historians, the middle ages
began after what major historical event?
Answer 4 – 30
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The fall of Rome 476 A.D./C.E.
Question 4 - 40
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Why do we refer to this time period as the
“Middle Ages”? What is it in the middle
of?
Answer 4 – 40
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It falls between the Classical
Greek/Roman civilizations and the Modern
Era beginning with the age of exploration.
Question 4 - 50
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Name three major agricultural
improvements that had a dramatic impact
on Europe.
Answer 4 – 50
Iron plow
 Horse collar/harness
 3 field rotation system
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Question 5 - 10
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How did new technology and changes in
agricultural practices help weaken
feudalism?
Answer 5 – 10
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Changes/technology led to crop surplus’
so the European population nearly tripled
providing more workers than were needed.
Lords allowed peasants to sell their
surplus and sometimes would let them buy
their freedom.
Question 5 - 20
The single most unifying and influential
force in medieval society was who/what?
 Most important/central part of everyone’s
life.
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Answer 5 – 20
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The Catholic Church
Question 5 - 30
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In the feudal system, vassal’s pledges
were often very complex because?
Answer 5 – 30
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Vassals often made multiple pledges to
lords so if those lords were in conflict with
each other, the vassal had to fulfill his
obligations to both sides.
Question 5 - 40
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What empire do we see here in the pinkish
color?
Answer 5 – 40
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The Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire.
Question 5 - 50
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The two main items traded between the
areas of letter A and B during the middle
ages were…
Answer 5 – 50
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Salt and gold