mid term

Question 1

Excommunication

Answer 1

The formal exclusion of a person from the religious community or church

Question 2

Expansionism

Answer 2

a government policy stating territorial expansion to another piece of land

Question 3

Feudalism

Answer 3

A social system in medieval Europe that ranked the people

Question 4

Hierarchy

Answer 4

based on classes of status or authority

Question 5

Manors

Answer 5

Large estates in medieval Europe included land, a village, and the people working it.

Question 6

Freemen

Answer 6

own land, leave the manor without permission, had more of a legal role and had some, not much profit

Question 7

serfs

Answer 7

lowest class, had no power got no profits and was a slave to the lord or mannor

Question 8

Monastery

Answer 8

A building where monks or nuns live

Question 9

Sumptuary Laws

Answer 9

Laws that regulate what people are allowed to wear, based on social class or rank

Question 10

Tithe

Answer 10

A form of tax, usually 10%, paid to the church or clergy

Question 11

City-states

Answer 11

Independent, self-governing cities that control surrounding territories.

Question 12

Hinterland

Answer 12

The rural or less-developed area surrounding a city or port

Question 13

Usury**

Answer 13

The practice of charging excessive interest on loans

Question 14

Worldview

Answer 14

the lense of which the world is viewed by an individual or group

Question 15

renaissance

Answer 15

a period of time in history known for its arts and culture

Question 16

feudalism

Answer 16

how people were socially ranked in the Middle Ages to the Renaissance

Question 17

feudal system ( ranking )

Answer 17

king
greater lords
nobles
knights
presents (serfs)

Question 18

life in the middle ages

Answer 18

it was hard, especially for serfs
stinky
very overpopulated for the space they had
worked long days with little pay ( peasants)

Question 19

causes of the rise of trade

Answer 19

demand for luxury goods, crusades brought a new life into people’s eyes of what is out there, greed

Question 20

causes of the fall of feudalism

Answer 20

1. the plague killed lots of people (lots of nobles) and they needed people to fill jobs which meant peasants went up in social status which changed the rankings

Question 21

silk road

Answer 21

a series of trade routes that connected Eurasia primarily China to the rest of “the world” The main thing they traded was knowledge

Question 22

what was a crusade

Answer 22

a religious war primarily between Catholics and Muslims fighting over Jerusalem

Question 23

how did a crusade impact the rest of Europe

Answer 23

a shift in power, the start of trade, lots of deaths and new learnings

Question 24

Impacts of the plague

Answer 24

many deaths ( 50% of the population) stopped trusting the church, the fall of feudalism

Question 25

what is a city-state and how were they different

Answer 25

city-states were mostly found in Italy. it is an independent self-governing city. City Staes were different because they didn't have a constructed feudal system

Question 26

Who were the medici family

Answer 26

grandfathers of the ren, the best bankers, rulers of Florence, help get arts up and going

Question 27

what did the medici do

Answer 27

opened 1st bank in Italy, played the biggest role in the arts, and was one of the most famous families in history