Middle Ages Review Sheet

The period of time from the fall of the Roman Empire to the beginning of modern times is called the Middle Ages. 500-1500 (A.D.)

You need to know the social structures effecting Europe during the Middle Ages.
(Feudal pyramid - Christianity pyramid) (Refer to your notes)

Be able to discuss and explain how feudalism developed in Europe?

Describe what roles were played by lords, vassals, and serfs?

Explain life on a manor for a serf and a noble.

Discuss what a noble’s duties on a manor included.

Describe the Act of Homage ceremony.

List 3 obligations that vassals owed the lords.

Explain the difference between a freeman and a serf.

Explain why some historians see the Middle Ages as a time of darkness?

Know why the Church was so powerful during the MA.

Know the clergy’s responsibility in the MA was to teach?

Identify the building strategies castle designers used for protection.

Create 3 interview questions for a monk or a nun.

Discuss the different stages of a knight’s training.

Describe the dubbing ceremony.

Christianity is based on what?

How did Jesus teach his lessons to Christians?

During the Middle Ages, what buildings became some of the most beautiful ever built?

List 3 characteristics of all cathedrals.

Describe 3 different ways that Christians worshipped.

Be able to discuss and explain the causes of the Crusades.

How did the Crusades restart trade in Europe?

What city did all of the Crusaders pass through on their way to the Holy Land?

What was the Black Death?

What is meant by the term Renaissance?

Can you identify works by Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci?

What were Martin Luther’s 95 Theses?

Describe some major changes of the Christian church during the Reformation.

How did the points of view differ on religious issues between Catholic and Protestant leaders during the Reformation?

Know the definitions of the following terms:
Middle Ages terms
act of homage
monastery
apprentice
Renaissance
apostle
Michelangelo
bishop
Leonardo da Vinci
Charlemagne
Reformation
Christianity
Martin Luther
clergy
code of chivalry
convent - abby
Crusades
Feudalism
fief
freeman
Jesus
manor
medieval era
messiah
monk
noble
nun
parable
parish
peasant
plague
pope
serf
vassal

Cathedral terms
cathedral
choir
flying buttress
free mason
gargoyle
Gothic
nave
rose window
Romanesque
rough mason
spire

Castle terms
arrow loop
battlement
castle
drawbridge
gatehouse
murder holes
curtain walls
moat
crenelations
outer ward
portcullis
tower