Middle Ages

Question 1

Positions in church that Bishops sold

Answer 1

Simony

Question 2

Pope who called first crusades to gain control Holy Land

Person

Answer 2

Urban II

Question 3

Quest to take back Holy Lands

Answer 3

Crusade

Question 4

New king of Turks (modern day Turkey); takes Jerusalem in 1187

Answer 4

Saladin

Jerusalem Saladin

Question 5

English king during the 3rd crusade (last to stay)

Answer 5

Richard the Lion Hearted

Lion – England – Edward C.

Question 6

Group of business men working together towards a common goal

Answer 6

Guild

Question 7

A regime of crop rotation in which a field planted with 1 set of crops 1 year, different set 2nd year, & left follow 3rd year.

Answer 7

3 Field System

Question 8

The creation of a European economy based on trade.

Answer 8

Commercial Revolution

Question 9

A citizen of a town or city (typically member of wealth).

Answer 9

Burgher

Question 10

The common language used in a particular country/region.

Answer 10

Vernacular

Question 11

First king of England

Answer 11

William the Conqueror

Question 12

Church law

Answer 12

Common Law

Question 13

Document that limited English kings power & gave basic political rights.

Answer 13

Magna Carta

Question 14

A group of people who council the king.

Answer 14

Parliament

Question 15

Founder of the Capetian Dynasty; king of France.

Answer 15

Hugh Capet

Question 16

King of France during 3rd crusade (goes home/failure)

Answer 16

Philip II

Question 17

A meeting of elected representatives of 3 estates (clergy, nobility, & commoners).

Answer 17

Estates General

Question 18

Break of communication between the Roman Catholic & Eastern Orthodox churches (since 1054).

Answer 18

Great Schism

Question 19

A bubonic plague; believed to have started in China in 1334; estimated to have killed 25 million people.

Answer 19

Black Death

Question 20

Patron Saint of France; led french army to victory (in 1429), that led English to capture & kill her.

Answer 20

Joan of Arc