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Feudalism
Nation-States
The Crusades
Trade &
Towns
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$100 Feudalism
Explain the difference between
feudalism And manorialism.
$100 Answer
Feudalism is to government as
manorialism is to economy
$200 Feudalism
How did the Black Death impact Feudalism?
$200 Answer
The lack of people led to the
destruction of feudalism.
$300 Feudalism
What brought about the development of
Feudalism?
$300 Answer
Need for a central government and defense
$400 Feudalism
What did the lord promise the vassal?
$400 Answer
Land and protection
$500 Feudalism
Define feudalism and explain a political, a social,
and an economic function of the feudal system.
$500 Answer
Feudalism is a political system where a lord fiefs land to a
vassal in exchange for services on a manor.
A political function set up a type of government during the
middle ages.
A social function sets up classes – King is at the top and
serfs/peasants are the lowest class.
An economic function would be where the vassal works for
the lord in exchange for land and protection.
$100 Nation-States
How did William, the
Conqueror change England?
$100 Answer
Introduced feudalism
$200 Nation-States
How did the Magna Carta influence
the Kings power?
$200 Answer
It limited it (decreased, lessened)
$300 Nation-States
Which of the following groups were
able to retain
most of their power during
the Middle Ages?
$300 Answer
The Church/Pope
$400 Nation-States
What is the legacy of the Magna Carta?
$400 Answer
The beginning of democratic
ideas
$500 Nation-States
Identify AND explain one right in
the Magna Carta that we see in the
United States Constitution.
$500 Answer
No taxation without representation, limiting
power, trial by jury of your peers
These are similar rights found in both – now
explain the law and the importance!
$100 The Crusades
What event sparks more trade and
Travel around Europe?
$100 Answer
The Crusades
$200 The Crusades
Who has control of the Holy Land
After the last Crusade?
$300 The Crusades
What happened to the Lords
power and to the Kings power
because of the Crusades?
$300 Answer
The Lords sold their Land to the Kings
to travel on the Crusade therefore the
Lords’ powers decreased while the
Kings increased
$400 The Crusades
After the Crusades, merchants
Would have had an increase in what?
$400 Answer
Wealth
$500 The Crusades
Explain cultural diffusion in terms of the
Crusades
$500 Answer
Cultural diffusion is the blending of different cultural
ideas, beliefs, and goods. Italian ships filled with
Crusaders travel to the Holy Land to fight the Muslims.
They took many ideas from the Muslims including
military improvements. The Crusaders also brought
back goods to trade from the Holy Land.
$100 Towns and Trade
What event had a major
impact on the population of towns? It severely
Decreased the population
$100 Answer
Black Death/Bubonic Plague
$200 Towns and Trade
Where were some of the first
towns? Why
$200 Answer
By water – trading cities. Easy
to transport good by sea.
$300 Towns and Trade
Describe what a town would look
Like in the Middle Ages.
$300 Answer
Filthy, crowded, trade fairs,
guilds, church, townhall
$400 Towns and Trade
How did the end of
feudalism impact the economy?
$400 Answer
Lead to development of capitalism.
$500 Towns and Trade
Identify AND explain how
trade changed life
economically during the
Middle Ages.
$500 Answer
Before -------------------------------------After
Wealth was Land --------------------Wealth meant $
Barter Economy ---------------------Market Economy
Peasants/Serfs------------------------Middle Class
These are changes identified- Make sure you can
explain it!
$100 Random
What hindered growth and development in
Europe?
$100 Answer
Black Death/Bubonic Plague
$200 Random
Identify and explain one
legacy from the Middle Ages.
$200 Answer
Language and Literature – Vernacular
Education – Today’s Universities
Guilds – Unions
Chivalry – Social manners/decorum
$300 Random
Which is an example of a
cultural legacy that
developed during the Middle
Ages that impacts the
behavior of men toward
women today?
$300 Answer
Chivalry
$400 Random
How did serfs lives
change during the
Middle Ages?
$400 Answer
Moved from the manor to the
city for job opportunities
$500 Random
What is the difference
between a craft guild and a
merchant guild?
$500 Answer
Craft Guild – Association of skilled workers that set
standards for working conditions. All specialized in a
single craft.
Merchant Guild – Association of workers created to
protect their rights to trade and help out members and their
families. Had the sole right to trade in a certain location.
Final Jeopardy
Explain how The Crusades affected the
people in EUROPE
Final Jeopardy Answer
Culturally – Cultural Diffusion
Militarily – New Weapons
Politically – Lords sold land to the kings to go on Crusades. Lords power
declines and Kings power increases. This begins the decline of feudalism.