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Chapter 7 Section 1 Clovis Medieval Franks Charles Martel Battle of Tours Charlemagne Magyars Vikings 1. How did Germanic tribes divide Western Europe into small kingdoms?

2. How did the collapse of the western Roman empire affect Western Europe?

3. How did the Franks create a kingdom in Western Europe, and what external thread did it face?

4. What happened to Charlemagnes empire after he died? Why?

Chapter 7 Section 2 Feudalism Vassal Feudal Contract Fief Knight Serf Manor 1. How did feudalism and the manor economy emerge and shape medieval life?

2. How did a lord benefit from giving his lands away as fiefs?

3. Compare the rights and obligations of noblemen and noblewomen during the Middle ages.

4. How did the manor serve the needs of the early Middle ages?

Chapter 7 Section 3 Sacrament Benedictine Rule Secular Papal Supremacy Canon Law Excommunication Interdict St. Francis of Assisi 1. How did the Church play a vital role in medieval life?

2. How did monks and nuns contribute to Medieval life?

3. How did the church increase its secular power? How did riches and power lead to Church abuses and then to reforms?

4. Why did attitudes toward Jews change in medieval Europe?

Chapter 7 Section 4 Charter Capital Partnership Tenant Farmer Middle Class Guild Apprentice Journeyman 1. How did changes in agriculture and trade lead to the growth of towns and commerce? 2. What were two effects of the agricultural revolution of the Middle Ages?

3. Why was the revival of trade so important?

4. What were the advantages and disadvantages of living in a medieval city?

5. How did the emergence of a middle class affect European life?

Chapter 7.3 Study Guide

Throughout the medieval ages, the Church was a strong and central part of peoples lives. After centuries of missionary work, Christianity and the Catholic Church became a dominate force in throughout much of Europe. Christian Europeans would have their lives shaped by their religion while the Church would begin to exert itself as a considerable political and economic power 1. Explain the role of the Parish Priest.

2. What role did the church play in the lives of medieval people? What main events of a persons life took place at the church?

3. What type of church were bishops in charge of? How were they different from churches?

4. What was the church view on women?

5. What was the purpose of monasteries and convents?

6. What was life like for monks and nuns? Describe their vows, duties, and opportunities.

7. The book describes the word secular as meaning worldly. Mr. Flood is not satisfied with this definition. a. Look up the meaning of the word secular and record it here in your own words:

b. Now, explain how the church became more secular. What worldly areas did the church become involved in?

8. How did secularism lead to corruption in the Catholic church? What was done to fix this?

9. Why were Jews treated with suspicion? What was ironic about church decrees regarding treatment of Jews? How did the Jewish population react to persecution?

Chapter 7.4 1. What were the agricultural innovations that appeared in the 800s in farming? What did they help with?

2. What factors and motivations allowed for trade and travel to increase again by the 1100s?

3. Why did early medieval cities develop?

4. How did merchants protect the interests, rights, and privileges of a town? Why would this cause a decrease in the manor system?

5. How did medieval society begin to change due to changes in commercial and economic practices?

6. Who was part of the middle class? With whom did they create tension with? Why?

7. What are guilds? Why were they created? Is there a modern day equivalent to guilds? Chapter 8 Section 1 William The Conquerer

Common Law King John Magna Carta Due Process of Law Habeas Corpus Parliament Louis IX 1. How did monarchs in England and France expand royal authority and lay the foundations for united nation-states?

2. How were nobles and the Church obstacles for monarchs who wanted more power?

3. How did William increase royal power in England?

4. What was the importance of the Magna Carta?

Chapter 8 Section 2 Holy Roman Empire

Henry IV Pope Gregory VII Lay Investiture Frederick Barbarossa Pope Innocent III Instructions: In the following chart, describe specific actions each Emperor or Pope took and the effects that followed. If there is a relation between a pope and emperor because of actions and effects, indicate that with an arrow.

Pope or Emperor

Actions

Effects

Otto I

Gregory VII

Henry IV

Frederick I

Pope Innocent III

Chapter 8 Section 3 Crusades

Holy Land Pope Urban II Reconquista Fredinand and Isabella Inquisition In the following boxes, name and explain the causes for the crusades.

The Crusades

In the following boxes, name and explain the effects of the crusades.

Chapter 8 Section 4 Scholasticism Thomas Aquinas Vernacular Dante Alighieri Geoffery Chaucer Gothic Style Flying Buttresses Illumination Use the charts below to keep track of what allowed learning and culture to flourish in the middle ages. Universities Scholarship Literature The Arts

Chapter 8: Section 5 Answer the following in complete sentences 1. What is the black death? How did it spread? How did is affect Europe?

2. What threats were there to Church power?

3. Who fought in the Hundred Years War? Why were they fighting? What happened? Think CAUSE and EFFECT.

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