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A period in European history from about the 400s to the 1400s.
Middle Ages
The practice of giving land in return for military service and loyalty during the Middle Ages.
Feudalism
Largest Kingdom in West Africa, made rich by the gold-salt trade
Songhai
An economic system that organized agricultural labor.
Manor System
African Kingdom that means great stone building
The Great Zimbabwe
The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another
Cultural Exchange
A series of wars in which European Christians tried to win control of the Holy Land from Muslims.
The Crusades
A Christian Kingdom located in eastern Africa
Ethiopia
Place in order King/ Monarch Peasant/ Serf Knights God/Church Nobles King/ Monarch Peasant/ Serf Knights God/Church Nobles
God/Church King Nobles/Lord Knights Peasant God/Church King Nobles/Lord Knights Peasant
Question During the early Middle Ages, western European societies were most influenced by
Answer Church/ Pope
Question What are long-term results of the Crusades?
Answer (negative) tension between Muslims and Christians (positive) Cultural exchanges between the Middle East and Europe grew (negative) tension between Muslims and Christians (positive) Cultural exchanges between the Middle East and Europe grew
Question power and position in Middle Age society was based on the amount of ________ one owned
Answer Land
Question What was the Eastern half of the Roman Empire called?
Answer The Byzantine Empire
What was the main religion of the Byzantine Empire?
Eastern Orthodox
Question Why was the Feudal System necessary?
Answer Kings had a difficult time protecting their land
Question How did Pope Urban II get people to go on the Crusades?
Answer Promised a ticket to heaven/ all sins to be washed away
Question What was a peasants/ serfs responsibility?
Answer Give part of their crops to the lord Pay taxes to the lord Perform special jobs for the lord Give part of their crops to the lord Pay taxes to the lord Perform special jobs for the lord
Question What benefits did a peasant receive on a manor?
Answer Safety A Place to farm and raise their family Safety A Place to farm and raise their family
Question The King gave the Lord land in exchange for
Answer Loyalty & Protection
Question Name 2 of the 4 aspects of cultural exchange?
Answer Shared ideas Growth in trade networks Population growth & movement Strong Empires Shared ideas Growth in trade networks Population growth & movement Strong Empires
Question Largest unified land empire
Answer Mongol Empire
Question Strong, loyal, and fierce leader responsible for conquering lands from the Pacific Ocean to the Adriatic Sea including China, Persia, Russia, and parts of Eastern Europe
Answer Genghis Khan
Question List tactics used by Genghis Khan
Answer Used captives as decoys Lured enemies into traps Used weapons of captured groups/borrowed ideas (ex. Gunpowder & catapult) Used captives as decoys Lured enemies into traps Used weapons of captured groups/borrowed ideas (ex. Gunpowder & catapult)
Major Religion of Western Europe during the Middle Ages
Roman Catholic (Christian)
Major religion that spread to much of Northwestern Africa during the Middle Ages
Islam
Pope that called for the first Crusade
Pope Urban II
Emperor of the Byzantine Empire during the first Crusade
Emperor Alexis
Why did Emperor Alexis call on Pope Urban II for help?
Byzantine Emperor was being attacked by the Turks (Muslims) and he called on his Christian brother to help ward off Muslim attacks
The capital of the Byzantine Empire (today it is Istanbul in Turkey) The capital of the Byzantine Empire (today it is Istanbul in Turkey)
Constantinople
Summarize Era 4 in one sentence
62 You might say that by 1500 CE the world was connected, and there was a lot of cultural exchange occuring If you had to put the changes in this era into one sentence, what would it be?
What is the grossest thing you have learned about so far this year in Global History?
Both the Crusaders and the Mongols drank horse blood YUK! Both the Crusaders and the Mongols drank horse blood YUK!