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Question 1

Barter system

Answer 1

A system of economy in which goods and services are exchanged for other goods and services

Question 2

Money economy

Answer 2

A system of economy in which official tokens with certain values that are exchanged for goods and services

Question 3

Guilds

Answer 3

Groups of workers, usually artisans, who make one product. They control the wages of the workers, the supply of the product, the quality of the product, and prices of the product

Question 4

Apprentice

Answer 4

lowest status in a guild, an unpaid assistant/retail to a master (shopowner)

Question 5

Journeyman

Answer 5

middle status of a guild, paid assistant/trainee to a master

Question 6

Master

Answer 6

Highest status of a guild, skilled shop owners who train apprentices and journeymen

Question 7

Burghers

Answer 7

Townspeople of Germany

Question 8

Burgesses

Answer 8

Townspeople of England

Question 9

Bourgeoisie

Answer 9

Townspeople of France

Question 10

Charter

Answer 10

Right of a region to govern itself

Question 11

Vernacular

Answer 11

Common, everyday language of a country

Question 12

Dante Alighieri

Answer 12

Writer during the Renaissance who wrote the Divine Comedy

Question 13

The Divine Comedy

Answer 13

Book by Dante Alighieri

Question 14

Jeoffrey Charaucer

Answer 14

writer of the Renaissance who wrote the Canterbury tales

Question 15

Bubonic Plague

Answer 15

A fatal disease spread by fleas on rodents and caused the Black Death

Question 16

Black Death

Answer 16

The epidemic of the Bubonic Plague which spread through Europe in the 14th century, killing a quarter of the population

Question 17

High Middle Ages

Answer 17

A period of time in European history between the Early Middle Ages and the Late Middle Ages

Question 18

Renaissance

Answer 18

Means “rebirth”, a period in Europe started in Italy in which arts and learning flourished, resulting in cultural advancements

Question 19

Jerusalem

Answer 19

Capital city of present-day Israel, a holy city for Islam, Judaism, and Christianity

Question 20

Crusades

Answer 20

Holy Wars between Muslims and Christians

Question 21

Pope Urban II

Answer 21

The Pope who rallied Christian armies for the first Crusade with the help of the king, saying the soldiers’ sins would be forgiven and if they died in battle, they would go to heaven.

Question 22

First Crusade

Answer 22

The most successful Crusade for Christian armies because they liberated Jerusalem from the Muslims

Question 23

Second Crusade

Answer 23

Occurred about 50 years after the first Crusade, an attempt for the Christians to reclaim Jerusalem after it was taken by the Muslims again, won by the Muslims

Question 24

Third Crusade

Answer 24

Won by the Muslims, another attempt by the Christians to reclaim Jerusalem led by King Philip Augustus, Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, and Richard I, resulted in Jerusalem being opened to pilgrimage but not liberated

Question 25

Fourth Crusade

Answer 25

The attack of Christians on Muslims after they closed Jerusalem. Because most of the Christian soldiers wanted money and other spoils of war, they turned to attack Constantinople when they saw the overpowering Muslims

Question 26

Saladin

Answer 26

Leader of the Muslims during the 3rd Crusade

Question 27

Frederick Barbarossa

Answer 27

One of the leaders of the Christians during the 3rd Crusade who was killed in battle, Holy Roman Emperor

Question 28

Philip Augustus

Answer 28

King of France and one of the leaders of the Christian armies during the 3rd Crusade who fled from the war upon his arrival

Question 29

Richard I

Answer 29

King of England, one of the leaders of the Christian armies during the 3rd Crusade. Was captured by Muslims and held for ransom

Question 30

Flanders

Answer 30

Highly commercial region on the coast opposite of England from the English Channel