Unit 4: Medieval Rebuilding 600-140

The medieval Church was a unifying force in Europe after the fall of Rome because it offered—

• stability and security

• redistribution of wealth

• redistribution of wealth

• indulgences for sinners

 Which practice contributed to the spread of the Black Death in Europe?

• warfare, as knights carried the disease to Valencia
• religion, as pilgrims contracted the disease in Liege
• industry, as laborers spread the disease by the North  Sea
• trade, as merchants brought the disease to the  Mediterranean Sea

In the system of feudalism, who farmed the land?

• monarchs
• serfs
• lords
• knights

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

A widespread disease, or epidemic, spread by fleas on rats through Europe during the Middle Ages was known as:

• The Black Death/The Plague
• The Voice
• The Spanish Flu
• The Common Cold

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Granted certain rights to the people and said that the king must obey the law.

• Constitution
• Magna Carta
• Declaration of Independence

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Vassals owed loyalty to....

• Higher lords
• Serfs
• Peasants

The prestige and authority of the Pope’s leadership of the Roman Catholic Church were most challenged by the events of the —

• Hundred Years War

• Great Schism

• Black Death

• Crusades

In what way did the spread of the Black Death change the manorial system in Europe?

• The death of many knights led to an end of feudal warfare.

• Fear of the disease led many to stop attending Church services.

• Monarchs were blamed for spreading the disease and attacked.

• Population loss allowed peasants to leave the manor to seek jobs.

Which factor contributed to the division of Western and Eastern Churches into Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy?

• Dwindling trade across European kingdoms

• Opposing opinions on Christian theology

• Growing power of Islamic caliphates

• Declining interest in the Crusades

_____________ is a political/social system and _____________ is an economic system.

• Middle Ages…feudalism
• manorialism…feudalism
• feudalism…manorialism
• Roman Empire…feudalism