History Exam Study Flashcards
What are SECONDARY SOURCES?
Any source that was produced after an event has happened and has most likely been altered or changed.
What does BC mean?
Before Christ
What does BCE mean?
Before Common Era
What does CE mean?
Common Era
What does AD mean?
Anno Domini
Name one year in the 6th Century
Between 501 and 600
What is SEQUENCING?
Ordering events in chronological order
Name three types of DATING METHODS
Radiocarbon Dating; Dendrochronology; Thermoluminescence Dating
What percentage of Medieval Europe’s population were peasants?
90%
Who was at the top of the hierarchical pyramid?
The King
What class of people were on the bottom of the hierarchical pyramid?
Peasants and Slaves
What was another word for a village?
A Manor
Who controlled the Manor?
The Lord/King
What type of houses did peasants live in?
Small, wooden or clay houses
What type of houses did wealthy people live in?
Large, Stone houses or castles
What was the Feudal System?
Where the lord was in charge of everything and peasants and other lower classes were kept safe in exchange for their service and work in the community.
How many people lived in each village?
100-300
What was the three-field system?
Where they would uses multiple crop areas to make farming a lot more effective. One crop would be empty and two would have crops.
Why did they have some crops empty?
To recover the lands fertility.
What food did peasants eat?
Bread, cheese, porridge and some vegetables.
What food did the wealthy eat?
Lots of meat - deer, rabbits, doves, peacocks and a lot of bread
Why did the wealthy not eat vegetables
Because they thought of them as lower class foods.
What are PRIMARY SOURCES?
Original materials or data that haven’t been altered or changed.
What was the reason for the Spanish colonisation?
Mainly to spread the religion of Christianity but to also gained wealth and fame by discovering new lands and or sea routes.
