History Through Literature: The Late Middle Ages Period 5

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What term did Europeans use to describe their entire area and culture around the year 1000?

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Christendom

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What did the scholars in the late Middle Ages focus on in their studies?

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Literature, philosophy, and physics

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What system was characterized by lords, large and small, to whom most people owed labor or rent?

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Feudalism

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What did Marco Polo record during his travels in China?

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The sounds of the Great Khan’s armies

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What did Pope Urban II offer to those who fought in the crusades?

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Forgiveness of sins

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What was the significance of the term 'Christendom' in the context of the Late Middle Ages?

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It represented the cultural and political unity of Christian Europe.

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How did literature and philosophy evolve during the late Middle Ages?

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They began to incorporate classical ideas and focus on humanism.

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What role did feudalism play in the social structure of the Late Middle Ages?

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It established a hierarchy of land ownership and obligations between lords and vassals.

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Who was Marco Polo and why is he significant in history?

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A Venetian merchant whose travels to Asia opened up trade routes and cultural exchanges.

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What were the Crusades and what motivated people to join them?

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Religious wars aimed at reclaiming the Holy Land, motivated by faith and promises of forgiveness.