Warm-Up – 25.Sept.2014
On the questions side of your worksheet write:
“Quotation 1” and “Quotation 2”
We will read two quotes and answer questions
associated with each on the answer side of your
worksheet.
Warm-up – 25.Sept.2014
What right had King John most likely
abused according to the following excerpt:
“No freeman is to be taken or imprisoned or dispossessed of
his free tenement or of his liberties or free customs or
exiled or in any way ruined, no will we go against such a
man or send against him save by law full judgment of his
peers or by law of the land. We will sell to no man, we will
not deny or defer to any man either Justice or Right.”
Right to fair trial
The following quotation most likely describes a
temple of which of peoples?
“All the walls of that shrine were caked with blood that they and the
floor were black. Indeed, the whole place stank abominably.”
• The Aztecs
Unit Three Review
Medieval Europe, Africa, & the Americas
(1) What was the inquisition?
• Court created by Catholic Church to find and try
heretics
(2) What provided unification and
stability during the Middle Ages?
• (Roman) Catholic Church
(3) What was a basic right that was
improved in the Magna Carta?
• Trading rights
“All merchants, unless they have previously ands
public forbidden, are to have safe and secure
conduct in leaving and coming to England…to buy
and to sell without any evil exactions”
(4) How was Europe affected by the
Crusades?
• Importation of Asian luxury goods created a greater
interest in trade
(5) How did Joan of Arc influence the
Hundred Years’ War?
• Inspired the French with her faith
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(6) What
century developments
limited the king’s power?
• Magna Carta
• Parliament (makes laws and can check the power of
the executive)
(7) Who won the Hundred Years’
War?
• France
(8) What was the importance of the
Battle of Tours?
• Muslim invasion into Europe stopped
Charles Martel (“the Hammer”) led them to victory.
Remember that Spain had been occupied by Muslim
Moors in the early Middle Ages.
(9) Which was the only successful
Crusade for the Christians
• First Crusade
- Second = #FAIL
- Third = #fail, but Christians allowed in Holy Land
(10) What was the importance of the
Magna Carta?
• Limited power of king
(11) What was the goal of the First
Crusade?
• Take Jerusalem and the Holy Land away from the
Muslims
(12) What was a long-term result of
the Crusades in the Middle East?
• Increased tension b/w Muslims & Christians
(13) What was a long-term effect in
Europe?
• Increased demand of goods from the east (trade)
(14) With what event is Richard the
Lion-Hearted associated?
• Third Crusade
(15) How were serfs different from
peasants?
• Serfs were LEGALLY BOUND TO THE LAND on which
they worked (had to ask permission to leave the
manor)
(16) How does feudalism work?
• Lords give land to vassals who in turn owe them
military service
GIVES LAND
LORDS
VASSALS
OWES MILITARY SERVICE
(17) In the feudal system, why are
peasants needed to farm the land?
• Lords and knights spend most of their time at war
(18) What is a characteristic of
feudalism?
• Land exchanged for military service & obligations
(19) What was the economic system
of the Middle Ages?
• Manorialism
(20) What was a basic reason for the
rise of the feudal system in Europe?
• Lack of an effective central government (after Fall of
Roman Empire)
(21) What was the Carolingian Renaissance?
• Revival of learning and culture
Under Charlemagne who built schools to promote
learning of Greek/Roman culture.
(22) Who created an empire that focused on
learning and Christianity during the 700s and
800s?
• Charlemagne
(23) What did African Kingdoms
trade?
• Gold, salt, ivory, slaves
(NOT SILVER)
(24) Who first attempted democracy
in the United States?
• Iroquois
(25) What name was given to the areas of
Mexico and Central America that were civilized
before the Spanish arrived?
• Mesoamerica
Meso = Middle, or Between (like…)
(26) Rulers of the Mayan city-states claimed
to be descended from _____.
• The gods
(27) What civilization participated in bloody
human sacrifices?
• Aztecs
Meso = Middle, or Between (like…)
(28) What name was given to the areas of
Mexico and Central America that were civilized
before the Spanish arrived?
• In 1066, he invaded England and decisively defeated
King Harold’s forces at the Battle of Hastings.
(29) An increased in trade and commerce during
the Middle Ages result in the growth of _______.
• Towns & cities
(30) What played a
significant role in
the lives of
residents of a
manor during the
Middle Ages?
• Religion
Remember the picture of
a manor with the church
on-site???
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(31) What body of water did the Crusaders travel
through to reach the Holy Land during the Crusades?
• Mediterranean Sea
(32) What groups were closely associated
with the Black Death?
• Merchants and pilgrims
(33) What good was traded across the
Sahara Desert?
• Salt
(34) What were the effects of the Black
Death?
• Europe lost a third of its population
• Labor shortages brought higher wages for many workers
When supply (of labor) goes DOWN, prices (of labor, or
wages) go UP.
• Peasants left their manors, weakening the feudal and
manorial systems
(35) How did the Plague spread so quickly?
• Through the interaction of people
(Merchants travel from port to port, so if they carry
the disease, it travels with them.)
(36) What did the Black Death lead to in
Europe?
• Labor shortages
(People were dying out and/or abandoning their
manors and towns to escape disease, so workers were
harder to come by.)
(37) What is a nation-state?
• It is an independent country
(The Middle Ages saw the rise of numerous nation-states,
including France, Spain, and England; this is opposed to
empires that encompassed what might otherwise be many
nationalities, or city-states which were cities that controlled
surrounding countryside (e.g., Athens or Sparta). The Roman
Empire wrapped around the Mediterranean to include
Egyptians, Greeks, Italians, Spaniards, the French, etc.)
(38) How many people died during the Black
Death in Europe?
• 1/3 of the population
(It would be like if 105,000,000 Americans died out of
our 315,000,000 citizens. In Europe, entire villages
perished.)
(39) What is the most common form of the
Black Death?
• Bubonic Plague
Named after the buboes that appeared on victims’
bodies (around lymph nodes).
(40) Who were the two groups persecuted
in the Spanish Inquisition and why?
• Muslims & Jews; to find and try heretics (people that
denied church doctrine)
(41) Give two reasons why feudalism
developed after the fall of Rome.
• Invasions (Vikings, Huns, etc.)
• Lack of strong, central government
(42) Give two effects of the Black Death.
• Loss of population (1/3 of Europe dead in less than 5 years)
• Anti-Semitism (Jewish people as scapegoats)
• Decline of feudalism & manorialism (low supply of workers
pushes wages up)
• People begin to question the church
(43) Give two effects of the Crusades.
• Increased trade (people wanted goods from the east)
• Diffusion (spread) of Muslim knowledge (e.g.,
algebra, astronomy, medicine)
• Tensions b/w Christians, Muslims, and Jews
• More powerful kings (many powerful knights and
nobles died while away, so kings filled the void)
(44) Name at least two things prominent in
African trade networks.
• Gold
• Salt
• Ivory
• Slaves
A look back…
Early Man & River Valley Civilizations
Greece, Rome, & Abrahamic Religions
(45) The establishment of villages and rise
of governments result from the ________.
• Neolithic Revolution
(People settled down in one place.)
(46) The Code of Hammurabi featured laws
that distinguished between ___________.
• Social class
(For a given crime, people received different
punishments depending upon whether they were
slaves, commoners, or upper class.)
(47) Name three beliefs of Confucianism.
• Leaders should lead by example
• Filial Piety (respect & obedience for those above us)
• Merit (position in society based on ability)
Other Chinese philosophies:
-Legalism (people are evil, need strict laws & harsh punishments)
-Daoism (balance = yin & yang, harmony w/ nature)
(48) What are three standards of justice the
USA took from Rome?
• Belief in natural law
• Trial by jury
• Innocent until proven guilty
(49) Christianity and Islam both have roots
in _______.
• Judaism
(50) In Ancient Rome, ______ were the rich
upper-class, and _____ were lower-class.
• Patricians = upper-class
• Plebeians = lower-class
STUDY ACTIVELY
• Quiz with a buddy, sibling, parent, etc.;
• Or make flashcards;
• Or print the worksheet and test yourself; and
• Practice the questions multiple times.
• Mr. K will be available Thursday afternoon (2:15-3:15PM) to
quiz you through them. Stop by!
DON’T…
Stare aimlessly at them & hope it will seep through!!!
GOOD LUCK!