Study Guide for Test on End of Middle Ages
Use your class notes, worksheets, and other materials to answer these questions!
This is a general guide to what will be on the test. On the actual test questions WILL be
worded differently and you may be asked to explain ideas in more detail.
Vocabulary: Know these terms and their definitions
Chivalry, Crusades, Magna Carta, Inquisition, Bailey, Porcullis, Moat, Drawbridge,
Cadency, Bushido, Habeas Corpus
Popes:
Which pope and king came into conflict with each other?
What was the above conflict about?
What is it called when someone commits an act or action against the church?
What is the structure of the church? Who is in charge and what are the jobs of the other
officials?
Which pope was responsible for calling the 1st Crusade?
What was the church in Constantinople called and why was it different from the Church
in the West?
What could popes do to people that they did not like?
Castles:
What are the main parts of a castle? What are there functions?
What is the purpose of a castle?
How did people attack castles?
How were castles defended?
How did castles develop? What were the original castles like and what were they known
as?
Black Death:
What was it?
Where did it come from and how did it spread?
How many people died as a result?
Why was the Black Death important (did anything good come of it?)
What is the Black Death known as today?
Japan vs. Europe:
What is a knight?
What is a samurai?
What codes do they each follow?
How were samurais and knights similar and different?
How were middle age Europe and Japan similar and different?
Knights:
How did someone become a knight?
What were the steps they had to take to become a knight?
What did they have to do at each stage?
What did their lord do to them when they finally became a knight?
What were some duties of a knight?
How could you tell knights apart?
Where did knights live?
Magna Carta:
What is it?
Why was it written?
Who wrote it?
What are some specific things it said?
Why are these things important?
Crusades:
What were they?
Who fought in them?
Why did they fight?
Who won?
What important things came about as a result of the Crusades?
What important events happened during the Crusades?
100 Years war:
What was the 100 years war?
Why was it fought?
What was the outcome?
Why is this important?