Chapter 5 Study Guide
Name ________________________
5.1 – The Crusades
The Major Crusades – use information below to fill in chart
Years
Leaders
Outcome
The First Crusade
(1096-1099)
The Second Crusade
(1147-1149)
The Third Crusade
(1189-1192)
The Fourth Crusade
(1202-1204)
- French Knights
- Frederick Barbarossa, Philip II, and Richard I
- French and Italian lords
- Louis VII and Conrad III
- crusaders return in disgrace
- Richard forges pact with Saladin
- crusaders attack Constantinople
- crusaders capture holy land
Palestine among Christians is called the ____________________________.
It was the _______________________________ who asked Pope Urban II for help to regain
Palestine
One their way to Palestine, the crusaders marched through _____________________.
After the First Crusade, Europeans held on to the Holy Land for ______________ years.
Venetians controlled trade in Constantinople for ________________ years.
When the Muslims captured the city of __________________, the last Christian
stronghold, the Crusades ended in 1291.
The crusaders used the __________________, a new weapon that could penetrate a plate
armor.
The crusaders learned from Muslims how to throw rocks using a _________________.
Political changes during the Crusades put an end to ______________________.
Ships coming back from Palestine carried food from all of ____________________.
5.2 – The Revival of Trade
What factors made Italy ideal for the revival of trade?
What was traded in Flanders?
Why was the Hanseatic League formed?
What goods did Europe receive during the Middle Ages?
What goods did Europe exchange or trade during the Middle Ages?
What economic and social changes did fairs bring about during the Middle Ages?
How did land, labor, and money led to a market economy in the Middle Ages?
5.3 – The Growth of Towns
Charters guaranteed the _____________________ of townspeople who broke away from
the manors.
________________________, or freedom from ever having to work on the manor, was one
of the medieval townspeople’s rights.
_______________________ meant that townspeople could freely sell their goods in the
town market.
_______________________ guaranteed trading rights to the town merchants, as well as
looked after the well being of its members.
_____________________ set rules and standards for artisans.
Young people learned a craft, like shoemaking or weaving, by first serving as an
_________________________.
An artisan could graduate from being a _______________________ to a master by
completing a masterpiece.
The middle class preferred the rule of ____________________ because they provided
more stability in government.
The ___________________ was carried by fleas on rats.
Workers, in short supply because of the plague, were able to demand _______________.
5.4 – Life and Culture in the Middle Ages
What are vernacular languages?
Traveling singers who wrote poems about love and chivalry were ____________________.
What were miracle, morality, and mystery plays?
__________________________ wrote The Divine Comedy and is thought of by many
historians as the father of the Italian language.
__________________________ wrote his famous Canterbury Tales in Middle English.
Universities began as _______________ formed by teachers and students.
What is scholasticism?
__________________________, an important philosopher of scholasticism, wrote a book
called Sic et Non.
__________________________ summarized medieval Christian thought and is probably the
greatest medieval philosopher.
The style of architecture known for its elaborate arches and tall spires is known as
____________________.
5.5 Wars and the Growth of Nations
Wars in the Middle Ages – use information below to fill in chart
War
Cause
Effect
The Hundred Years’ War
(1337-1453)
The War of the Roses
(1455 – 1485)
War in the House of
Burgundy and Orleans
(1337 – 1429)
War against the Moors
(1429-1515)
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Ferdinand and Isabella wanted an all-Catholic Spain
English royalty, using the rose as badge, fought over throne
Edward III claimed French throne
French House of Burgundy took English side
New weapons of war used; parliament gained power over king
Henry Tudor began strong English monarchy
Charles the VII of Orleans won, crowned king, and drove English out
Muslims’ last stronghold captured; Spain united
Foot soldier began using longbows in the ________________________________.
The Holy Roman Empire consisted of ________________ and ________________.
House of Lancaster used _____________________ as a badge.
House of York used _________________ as a badge.
______________________ helped Charles VII of Orleans become king.