Crusades, Magna Charta, and Black Death End the Middle Ages

Question 1

trade and learning

Answer 1

• introduction of the Islamic world and more

- crusades: stimulate trade and growth of the cities

Question 2

labor shortages

Answer 2

• labor in short supply (plague)
• lords lose power
• serfs move to the cities
• jobs and opportunity

Question 3

church loses authority

Answer 3

• black death shakes peoples’ faith in God/Church