History of Climate

Question 1

• When was the Ancient Period?
• What was the climate?
• Who lived during this period & what did they do?

Answer 1

3000 BC - AD 500

Climate: cold

Roman civilizatio went to the climate line

Question 2

• What was the time period of the Dark Ages?
• What was the climate during this time?
• This was a time of “global ________”
• What happened during the Dark Ages?

Answer 2

• AD 500- AD 800
• Warming
• Global Warming
• Irish could be missionaries in Europe & sail farther; discovered Iceland; Climate allowed Vikings to attack in Europe

Question 3

• What was the time period of the High Middle Ages?
• What was the climate like?
• What happened to the climate line?
• What happened in this time period?

Answer 3

• AD 800- AD 1300
• The climate was warm
• Climate line went up and North, allowing more space to live and easier to travel
• England has the climate to grow grapes for wine

Question 4

• What was the time period of the Late Middle Ages?
• What was the climate?
• This was a period of “global __________”

Answer 4

• AD 1300- AD 1550
• The climate suddenly got cold and wet around AD 1300
• “Global cooling”

Question 5

What happened in the late middle ages?

Answer 5

• in AD 1315 there were major crop failing leading to fammon ⇒ illness & less pregnancy ⇒decrease in poppulation
• Crops failed in AD 1315, AD 1316, & AD 1317 & after that there were crop failings every 5-6 years
• AD 1347 Black Plague
• The greenland settlement becomes extinct
• Passages close
• Iceland’s hard to reach
• Can’t grow grapes in England

Question 6

• When was the Early Modern Period?
• What was the climate like then?

Answer 6

• AD 1550- AD 1850
• Gets colder

Question 7

• What time period is the modern period?
• What is the climate like?

Answer 7

• AD 1850- 1880’s
• Gets warmer