| Question | Answer |
| During the Middle Ages, European society was organised into a system called... | Feudalism
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Complete the feudal hierarchy pyramid | Crown, Barons/bishops,Knights, Commoners.
| True or False: The church was a very large landowner and very important to people's practical and spiritual lives. | True
| In exchange for use of the land, what did peasants have to give the nobles? | a portion of what they produced.They were also required to build roads, clear forests.
| Peasants who were not allowed to leave the manor without permission and were at the bottom of the hierarchy were called what? | Serfs
| What was generally at the center of medieval towns? | Castle, palace or monastry
| How could serfs gain freedom? | running away and staying in town for a year and a day without being discovered.
| What controlled the price of goods, set standards of quality, and decided who would be admitted into learning new trades? | Guilds
| Once you have spent years of training and working within a trade, you could take a test to become what? | A Journeymen - you could then be admitted into the guilds.
| In 1337 'The hundred Year War' broke out between France and England. How did the Peasants respond? | Revolted over high taxes and rents they had to pay to finance the war.
| What was the result of the Black Death on the feudal system? | Labour Shortages & Manors went bankrupt. cont answer p. 26
| How did people tell time in the Middle Ages? | By the sun, except for the church when they needed to know when to pray.
| When did people become more dependent on clocks? | when they started to own businesses and the town needed to keep people on worship schedule.
| With the rise of towns and wealth, people became more concerned with money and material possessions rather than land. True or False? | True
| Explain Sumptuary Laws | controlled consumption or how people spent their money.
| What is a tithe? | members of the church had to pay priests a portion of their crops or earnings.
| True or False: No new cathedrals were built during the middle ages. | False. More than 1500 were built in France alone.
| Men and women who were devoted to the church became...... | Monks and Nuns
| True or False: Monks and Nuns were not well educated. | False. Monasteries were great learning centers during the M.A
| When Universities popped up around religious schools, what did they start to teach? | Grammar, geometry, astronomy, and music.
| True or False: The Black Death made people believe in god even stronger that before? | False. They felt that God had abandoned them.
| Why did people become skeptical of the Church? | Church was wealthy, clergy became 'fancy' and rich- more interested in luxury than religion.
| What does Renaissance mean? | rebirth
| What were two outcomes of the crusades? | Contact with the Muslims and trade
| What goods did crusaders bring back to Europe | spices,fruit, silk, satin, muslin.
| How did increased trade lead to powerful city-states in Italy? | Geography, climate, Leadership and Social Organisation.
| Which ideas from classical times helped to form the Renaissance humanist worldview? | classical writings: ancient writings about politics, society and history, The importance of the individual.
| Outline the four principals that humanists believed in | power of reason, open curious mind, learning, multi-skilled.
| Describe civic humanism | believed that being a responsible citizen meant educating yourself about history and politics.
| How did art change during the Renaissance? | religious themes- to the individual and landscapes.
| Describe the scientific method | The process of making observations and drawing conclusions based on evidence.
| How did the printing press change during the Renaissance? | Printing press was developed and you could print thousands of books cheaply and quickly. |
