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Mr Buck Cahpter 16
A changimg Medieval World
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7th Grade
05/13/2009

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Cathedral
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a major church headed by a bishop
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How did the increase in population and wealth in Europe lead to the growth of trade and towns?
Definition
As population grew more people aquired money towns became centers for trading and manufacturing trade increased size and number of towns and spread wealth
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mendicant
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a priest who lives by begging
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What 3 tragedies affected the population of Europe toward the end of the Middle Ages? Analyze how they changed much of medieval life. 
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1 Famine

2 Black Death

3 100 years' war

Caused massive death and society changed greatly

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crop rotation
Definition
the agricukltural practice of changing the use of feilds over time
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Which type of tehcnological development occured mostly between AD 500 and AD 900?
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Agricultural devices
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famine
Definition
a serious shortage of food
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What event left people feeling disconnected from a stable community
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The Bubonic Plague
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three-field system
Definition
a productive planting system featuring spring and summer crops
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schools that trained young men for the priesthood became the first
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universities
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What did the increase of food supplies from AD 100 to AD 1300 do for Europe?
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the growth of population
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How was the traders' problem of carrying gold coins over long distances solved?
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Banking systems began to issue letters of credit
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Farmers protected themselves from starvation by accepting
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the three-field crop rotation system
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How were the growth of towns and an increase in guilds connected?
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Artisans gathered together in towns and formed guilds
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The building of beautiful churches is one example that has led some people to call the Middle Ages the
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"Age of Faith"
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What factor was most responsible for spreading the Black Death from Asia?
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trade routes
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how did St. Francis of Assisi start out?
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He left a life of wealth to become a mendicant
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What buildings helped increase the importance of the Catholic Church?
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The medieval cathedrals
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What was the most important result of the Black Death?
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It reduced population
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During the Black Death, some christians responded by
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blaming the Jews for the crisis
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How did trade routes from Asia play a part in weakening the manor system in Europe?
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The Black Death moved through trade routes
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What was the biggest disaster of the Middle Ages?
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the black death
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How did a growth in trade help to build up banking systems in Europe
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traders didn't want to carry gold coins
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The teachings of St Francis promoted
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a life devoted to showing God's love
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How did new ways of farming increase the power of the manor system?
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As farmers produced more food the lords of the manor could become richer and the population of Europe could grow, the ability to clear and cultivate more land may have produced more manors as well.
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fallow
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unplanted (as a field, for example)
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St Francis of Assisi
Definition
a once-wealthy man who founded a mendicant order
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St Claire of Assisi
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A noblewoman who founded an order of nuns based on the teachings of St Francis
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bubonic plague
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an infection that brought high fever and painful swellings
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scapegoats
Definition
people who are blamed for something they did not cause
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