Define and describe the High Middle Ages



Middle Ages Homework Packet

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Homework 1: Chapter 8, Section 1 and 2 Questions and Vocab

1. Describe at least two resources Europe had at the dawn of the Middle Ages. _________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Who was Clovis and why was he important? __________________________________________

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3. What was the turning point during the rule of Clovis? ____________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

4. What happened at the Battle of Tours? _______________________________________________

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5. What happened to Charlemagne on Christmas Day of 800 CE? ____________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

6. Describe two things the scholar, Alcuin, did to promote learning and education in Charlemagne’s empire in Europe. __________________________________________________________________

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7. What was Charlemagne’s legacy? ___________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

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8. What else were the Vikings known for besides being fierce warriors? Describe them. ___________ ________________________________________________________________________________

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9. What did a lord give a vassal? ______________________________________________________

10. What did a vassal owe back to his lord? _____________________________________________

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11. Thoroughly describe medieval castles. ______________________________________________

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12. How did the code of chivalry affect the status of women? ________________________________

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13. Describe what peasants had to do for their lords. ______________________________________

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14. What did a typical manor include? __________________________________________________

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Vocab: Define the terms and write the most significant/ important information about each term IN YOUR OWN WORDS.

1. Feudalism

2. Vassal

3. Fief

4. Knight

5. chivalry

6. manor

7. serf

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Homework 2 Chapter 8, Section 3 and 4 Questions and Vocab

1. What kind of power did the power have as spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church during the Middle Ages? _____________________________________________________________________

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2. How was religion linked to the routines of daily life? Give at least two examples. ______________

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3. Thoroughly describe what monks and nuns could and couldn’t do under Benedictine Rule. ______

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4. What else did monks and nuns in monasteries and convents do that was important in the Middle Ages? Describe at least two things. ____________________________________________________

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5. Why were reform movements needed in the medieval church? ____________________________

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6. Describe three new ways farms were made more productive during the High Middle Ages.

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b. ___________________________________________________________________________

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7. Describe how the three-field system worked. ___________________________________________

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8. What was the effect of these improvements during the agricultural revolution of the Middle Ages?

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9. Describe what a trade fair was like. __________________________________________________

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10. What was a charter?____________________________________________________________

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11. What did the king receive from merchants for granting a charter? __________________________

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12. As trade revived, money reappeared. Explain these new business practices that developed.

a. Partnership ___________________________________________________________________

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b. Insurance ____________________________________________________________________

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c. Bill of exchange _______________________________________________________________

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13. How did the use of money affect serfs? ______________________________________________

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14. By 1000 C.E., what new social class appeared in medieval society? _______________________

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Vocab: Define the terms and write the most significant/ important information about each term IN YOUR OWN WORDS.

1. secular

2. sacrament

3. canon law

4. excommunication

5. interdict

6. tithe

7. Anti-Semitism

8. monastery

9. monk

10. clergy

11. Capital

12. usury

13. guild

14. apprentice

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Homework 3 Chapter 9, Section 1, 3 and 4 Questions and Vocab

1. Why did feudal monarchs have limited power? _________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

2. Describe at least three ways rulers tried to centralize their power.

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b.___________________________________________________________________________

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3. How did the information in the Domesday Book help William and his successors? ____________

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4. What two basic ideas were contained in the Magna Carta?

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b. ____________________________________________________________________________

5. Describe the two-house body of Parliament.

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b. ____________________________________________________________________________

6. What developed in France that was similar to Parliament in England? ______________________

7. Medieval Europeans fought to control the Holy Land in the Crusades. What were some reasons why many knights went on the Crusades? ______________________________________________

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8. What were some of Pope Urban’s motives for going on the Crusades? ______________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

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9. How did the Crusades increased trade in Europe? ______________________________________

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10. List four effects of the Crusades. __________________________________________________

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11. What was the Reconquista? _______________________________________________________

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12. Why did universities spring up in the Middle Ages? _____________________________________

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13. Describe what it was like to be a student in the Middle Ages. _____________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

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14. Describe the ideas of Thomas Aquinas. ______________________________________________

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15. What are flying buttresses? _______________________________________________________

16. Why were churches called “Bibles in stone”? __________________________________________

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Vocab: Define the terms and write the most significant/ important information about each term IN YOUR OWN WORDS.

1. Jury

2. common law

3. theology

4. scholasticism

5. vernacular

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