World History Quest: The Formation of Western Europe
What was the chief goal of the Crusades?
What were the problems identified by Church reformers during the Middle Ages?
What was the effect of the three-field system?
Describe a Guild.
What did the Magna Carta guarantee?
What was the major cause of the Great Schism?
What was the name of the legislative body of medieval England?
During the later Middle Ages, where were most serfs likely to search for freedom?
Which group was most responsible for the spread of the bubonic plague to Europe?
What was the central issue of the Hundred Years. War?
What are characteristics of Gothic architecture?
What was one negative effect of the Crusades that has continued to the present?
In what kind of language did Dante Alighieri and Geoffrey Chaucer write?
What issue led to both of the Magna Carta and the establishment of Parliament?
Why were Europeans able to begin studying ancient Greek works?
Describe the Crusades. (What were they? Why were they fought? Who started
them? Who fought against whom? )
How did the Great Schism and the Black Death lead to the end of the Middle Ages?
Provide three examples.
SimonyInquisition –
Guild-
Magna Carta-
Gothic –
Three-Field System-
Commercial Revolution-
Crusades –
Bubonic Plague –
Vernacular-
Great Schism –
Parliament –
Reconquista-
Why did the Gothic style of church develop during this time period? ( how did it show what was
happening in society) Describe the difference between a Romanesque style church and a Gothic
style church, provide four examples.