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middle ages overview
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History
9th Grade
02/29/2008

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500-1500 AD
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dates of the middle ages/midieval period?
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476 AD.
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date for the end of the roman empire?
Term
500-1000 AD
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dates of the early middle ages/dark ages?
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1000-1500 AD
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date of late middle ages/high middle ages?
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food and protection
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what two basic needs was medieval society organized to satisfy?
Term
place of safty and people together
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discribe "manor"
Term
could provide everything for themselves on the manor.
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manors were slef-sufficient. explain
Term
exchange of land for services.
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define "feudalism"
Term
land that was given to a man in exchange for service.
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what is a "fief"

Term
the knight who argeed to this service.
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what is a "vassal"
Term
kings, vassals, peasents, and serfs.
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the three main classes of people found during the middle ages included:
Term
middle
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under the feudal system there was almost no _______ class.
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98%
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during the middle ages what percentage of the population was peasent and serfs?
Term
serfs.
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these persons in the middle ages were "bound to the land"
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to stay alive and be safe.
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why did most people in the middle ages accept their lot in life?
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