Middle Ages Flashcards

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the medieval period of European History. Also known as the Dark Ages or Age of Faith.

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Middle Ages

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4 IMPROVEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY IN THE MIDDLE AGES

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Weaponry
Navigation
Mass Food and Farm Production
Health

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in the Middle Ages, this were built, this were used for defenses.

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Great Cathedrals and Castles

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4
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was the most dominant institution in Europe.

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Catholic Church

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the Holy Roman Emperor in 800CE

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Charlemagne

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are maneuvered military expedition to Jerusalem.

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Crusades

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the system for organizing how land would be used and for controlling people.

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Feudal System (Feudalism)

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HIERARCHY IN THE FEUDAL SYSTEM

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 King
 Lords
 Knights
 Vassal
 Peasants.

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a self-sufficient agricultural estate run by a lord and worked by peasants and serfs.

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Manor

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tenants who were higher class than peasants.

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Vassals

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provided the Lord with labor or share of livestock.

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Peasants

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2 MAJOR EVENTS IN THE MEDIEVAL AGES

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  1. Bubonic Plague
  2. Hundred Year War
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caused by fleas on rats which killed at least one third of people in Europe.

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Bubonic Plague

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14
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is the conflict between England and France.

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Hundred Year War

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4 MAJOR TECHNOLOGIES IN THE MIDDLE AGES

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  1. Cereal Production
  2. Uses of Horses (Horse Collar and Horseshoes)
  3. Three Field System
  4. War Weapons
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was fervent period of European cultural, artistic, political, and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Ages.

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Rennaissance Period

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8 MAJOR CONTRIBUTUIONS OF THE RENNAISSANCE

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  • Mechanical Clock
  • Water and Wind Mills
  • Gutenberg Press
  • Eyeglasses
  • Microscope (Zacharian Janssen)
  • Telescope (Galileo Galilei)
  • Paper Money
  • Magnetic Compass