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Module 2 Study Guide
Directions: Complete the Pretest! Then, complete this study guide. Remember, this study
guide does not count for a grade. It is to help you understand the module and prepare for
your Discussion Based Assessment.
2.01
What were the Middle Ages?
Please fill in the blanks while you read:
The history of ______________ had a similar period. For Europeans, the decline of the
____________ ______________ in the fifth century was the end of an era of innovation and
protection. One thousand years later, Europe began another era of achievement, known as the
________________. But what happened in between? Did time just stop? Did people just wait
around for the next great era? As strange as it sounds, at one time people actually thought the
answer to these questions was “yes.” Because of this, the centuries between the decline of
the___________ _________________ and the beginning of the _________________ were
once known as the _______________ _______________. This time period is considered dark
because only a limited __________________ record survived to shine light on the time bridging
the two better-documented eras of the Romans and the Renaissance. But it is also the case that
Renaissance thinkers wanted to draw a clear connection between their own time and the great
learning of Ancient Greece and Rome. To do this, they had to ignore the long period of time that
fell in between.
Medieval Hierarchy
Please match the term with the correct definition:
_______ 1. Deurbanization
A. A common language used for international commerce.
_______ 2. Marauder
B. The system under which a peasant was made entirely
dependent on the land and his lord.
_______ 3. Manoralism
_______ 4. Three-field System
_______ 5. Lingua Franca
C. Decrease in the urban population as a result of
economic or social changes
D. an economic and political system in which private
citizens and businesses, not the government, control
the means of production in that country.
E. a band of outlaws that raids and attacks villages in
search of valuables.
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_______ 6. Capitalism
F. an innovation of the Middle Ages in which one-third of
the farmland was left fallow, or unplanted, each season.
Feudal Construction
In the square below, draw a map of a fief. Your map should include: a manor or castle in the
center, smaller homes for the laborers, land for farming, woods, and streams for fishing.
Structure of Feudal Society
Please fill in the pyramid with the appropriate class from feudal society. Your key terms for the
pyramid are: nobles, peasants, king, knights
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Those Who Work, Serfs, Noblemen, Women, and the Church
True/False. Put a T for True and an F for false. If the bolded word is false, cross it out and
correct it with the right answer.
______ 1. The majority of serfs, however, were villiens.
______ 2. A villein did receive wages.
______ 3. A serf could inherit land from a villein or become a lord’s tenant.
______ 4. In primogeniture, land and titles were inherited by the eldest daughter.
______ 5. Young sons of noblemen could become: a squire, a tradesman, or a priest.
______ 6. When a medieval woman, married, she was allowed to keep her dowry.
______ 7. Military service was the secondary form of occupation for men above the status
of serf.
______ 8. The knights code of conduct was called ‘chivalry.’
______ 9. In medieval times, the church was the center of society.
______ 10. At the time, the Protestant Church was the only church in Western Europe,
and it was very poor.
______ 11. Priests and monks were part of the laity, and ordinary, bapitized Christians
were part of the clergy.
______ 12. All Christians, be they lords or serfs, owed 10 percent of their income to the
Church each year. This was called tithing.
2.02 Rulers and Robes
1. Name three different groups that ruled Europe during the Middle Ages:
___________________ ___________________ ___________________
2. What are 3 accomplishments of Emperor Charlemagne?
Accomplishment #1:
Accomplishment #2:
Accomplishment #3:
3. Who were the Vikings?
4. What is the “divine right of kings”?
5. Who sat at the head of the Church?
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6. What is a ‘friar’?
7. What was the ‘Book of Kells’?
2.03: The Crusades
Fill in the blanks while you read
The Holy Land sits at the intersection of _______________ _______________, near the
birthplace of some of the world’s oldest civilizations. The Seljuk Turks closed the
_______________ _______________ and attacked Christian pilgrims. Unfortunately, the
_______________ _______________ did not turn out well. Nearly all of the _______________
were killed by Turkish soldiers. By 1097, all four armies had reached _______________, where
they formed a combined fighting force that numbered nearly _______________. The series of
events, battles, and movements that are collectively called the _______________ took place
over the course of nearly _______________ years.
Fill in the information using the text:
The First Crusade:
Who Led it:
When did it take place:
Where did it take place:
Was it successful?:
The Second Crusade:
Who Led it:
When did it take place:
Where did it take place:
Was it successful?:
The Third Crusade:
Who Led it:
When did it take place:
Where did it take place:
Was it successful?:
The Fourth Crusade:
Who Led it:
When did it take place:
Where did it take place:
Was it successful?:
The Final Crusades:
Who Led it:
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When did it take place:
Where did it take place:
Was it successful?:
Respond to the following question after watching the video:
How were the goals of Saladin and Richard both alike and different?
The Childrens’ Crusades:
Who Led it:
When did it take place:
Where did it take place:
Was it successful?:
List 3 Impacts of the Crusades:
Impact #1:
Impact #2:
Impact #3:
2.04 Medieval Arts and Literature
Fill in the chart with key terms from the lesson. Each key term goes into one category of
Medieval Art.
Key Terms
Benedict of Nursia
The Canterbury Tales
Arthurian Legends
Troubadors
flying buttresses
Minstrels
Gregorian Chant
gargoyles
Celtic
Giotto
Hildegard of Bingen
Cathedrals
Romanesque
Painting
Religious themes
English Stories
Architecture
Beowulf
Music
Christian Philosophy
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2.05 Guilds and Changing Economy
True/False. Put a T for True and an F for false. If the bolded word is false, cross it out and
correct it with the right answer.
_____ 1. During and returned to a barter economy the Late Middle Ages, people stopped
using money to buy and sell goods and returned to a barter economy.
_____ 2. The Crusades and an increase in Christian pilgrimage encouraged both
urbanization and the expansion of trade.
_____ 3. In the High Middle Ages, traders known as merchants began forming guilds to
provide for their mutual defense and other benefits.
_____ 4. Most medieval towns and cities grew up around manorial estates to serve the
lords.
_____ 5. Both artisan and merchant guilds set standards of quality and other rules for
their members to protect buyers.
_____ 6. The rise of the middle class made it more difficult for peasants to escape
poverty.
_____ 7. To support the growing merchant class, a new profession of moneychangers,
moneylenders, and bankers emerged.
2.06 Developing a National Identity
While you read, match the year with the appropriate event.
Years: 1066 CE
1431 CE
late 10th century
1337-1453 CE
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836 CE
late 15th Century
1200s CE
______1. King Alfred of England drives out foreigners from England.
______ 2. Hugo Capet unites France
______ 3. William the Conqueror takes over England.
______ 4. The Magna Carta is written.
______ 5. The Hundred Years War (war between England and France).
______ 6. Joan of Arc is burned at the stake.
______ 7. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella unite Spain.
______8. Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas.
2.07 East Asia: Medieval Japan
While you read, match the correct term with the correct definition or time period.
______ 1. The Ashikaga Period
Japan.
______ 2. Confucious
a. a title applied to the chief military
commanders in
b. a form of polytheistic nature
worship.
______ 3. Daimyo
______4. Isolationism
______ 5. Kabuki Theater
______ 6. Mongol Invasions
______7. Murasaki Shikibu
of the
______8. Noh
intuition
c. was notable for the dominance of
bakufu
d. a popular drama of Japan
costuming and rhythmic dialogue
e. author of the world's first novel.
f. Chinese philosopher and teacher
g. a great feudal lord, vassal
shogun.
h. a school of Buddhism asserting
that enlightenment can come
through meditation and
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rather than faith
______9. Regency
i. the policy or doctrine of isolating
one’s country from the affairs
of
other nations
j. a form of Japanese theater
characterized by the use of
masks and deliberate
______ 10. Samurai
movement
______ 11. Shinto
of all
k. resulted in Japan's rejection
things Chinese.
______ 12. Shogun
______13. Tokugawa Shogunate
l. duration of a monarch's or government’s
power
______14. Zen Buddhism
m. prohibited any Japanese from leaving
Japan. Any Japanese citizen who did leave
would be forever denied re-entry
2.08 Comparative History: Eastern and Western
1. What does the term ‘land reclamation’ mean?
2. How did the tax exemption programs impact wealth Japanese families?
3. What was the job of a bushi?
4. What is a feudal system?
5. Which change marked the official beginning of feudalism in Japan?
6. What were the duties of a vassal?
Use the chart to compare and contrast Japanese Feudalism and European Feudalism.
You should describe the castles, how land was owned, structure of society, knights and
samurai, etc.
Feudalism
Japan
Europe
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2.09 Discussion Based Assessment
Write your answers to the following questions. I will ask you these on the DBA.
1. How was society structured in medieval Europe?
2. What was life like for a medieval serf?
3. What are 3 lasting impacts of the Crusades?
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4. How did the Catholic Church maintain power in Medieval Europe?
5. What is the significance of the Magna Carta?
6. What are two ways that Feudal Europe and Feudal Japan are similar? What are two ways
that Feudal Europe and Feudal Japan are different?