1. Middle Ages Essay Test

2. I. Describe why a serf’s life was hard?
1. They only had primitive working tools
2. They had long working hours
3. They paid high taxation to their lords
4. Poor housing
5. Owned very little
6. Expect to maintain the manor
7 it was not easy to gain freedom

3. II. Describe The Role Of Noblewomen
1. They were to educate the children
2. They ran the household taking care cooking and cleaning
3 Entertain guests
4 Taking care of the sick
5 They had to manage the money
6 Subject to arranged marriages

4. III. Describe The Role and Functions Of The Church
1. W Aged holy wars & worked in the fields
2. E They were centers of education
3. R They recorded births, deaths, marriages
4. K They performed ceremonies of knighthood.
5. S They took care of the sick (hospitals)
6. S They saved the souls of the people

5. The Magna Carta established these FOUR key democratic concepts: 1
The Magna Carta established these FOUR key democratic concepts: 1. The land would be ruled by law not an individual. 2. Personal freedom and rights were as important as the law. 3. The power of the government should be limited 4. There should be due process of law. Trials should be done by a jury of your peers Habeas corpus = no indefinite imprisonment

6. V. Describe the Decline Feudalism
The kings were charging the common people a lot of taxes to support the wars and the managing of their castles.
When the plague hit and reduced the work force, the laborers that were left had more bargaining power.
The people grew tired of paying the taxes and saw greater freedom and opportunity growing in the towns that were arising along the crusade routes.

7. VI. Arrange the Following Terms in the Order of Their Political Power
VI. Arrange the Following Terms in the Order of Their Political Power. Start With the Most Powerful and Work Your Way Down. Knights, Kings, Serfs, Lords, The Pope.
King and Queen Pope
Lords Lords
Knights Knights Knights
Serfs Serfs Serfs Serfs

8. VII. Describe 5 Violations of Human Rights During the Middle-Ages Regarding the Jewish People.
Force to live in walled cities called ghettos
Forced to wear yellow star of David badges
Prohibited from learning crafts
Forcibly baptized
Couldn’t own land
Tortured
Forced to leave country

9. VIII. Describe a Medieval Castle
Big, cold, drafty, centers of power
Usually built on a hill for protection
First made of wood and then made of stone
Took decades to construct.
Gothic style had stained glass, flying buttresses, high spiral points

10. IX. Describe a Medieval Town
Crowded, noisy, narrow streets
Dirty, smelly, polluted poor sanitation
Dangerous with fire hazards
Over time they set up male run governments
Offered opportunity and freedom

11. BLACK DEATH
CAUSE
Bacteria known as Yersinia Pestis attacks the lungs, blood system, and the lymph nodes in humans.
SPREADING
Plague is a bacterial infection found mainly in rodents and their fleas. Either of these can transfer the bacteria to humans by bites or dust droppings.
Plague was carried from Asia to Europe through the overland and sea trading routes
SYMPTOMS
Painful swelling of buboes and fever.
Coughing, sneezing, death.
EFFECTS
Labor shortage which brought down feudalism
Questioning of the CHURCH which brought reforms

12. IV. Compare and Contrast the European Code of Chivalry With the Japanese Code of Bushido
They were similar in that they stressed kindness, generosity,
Bravery Courage
honor, and loyalty.
They were different, in the way they treated women.