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1
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What was the trait that the Code of Chivalry was most concerned with?

A

Loyalty

2
Q

Who were the most likely to live in a town in Western Europe during the Middle Ages?

A

Merchants

3
Q

What was a “Burgher”?

A

Merchant-leaders of towns in the Middles Ages

4
Q

What was the Hanseatic League?

A

Allied group of towns and cities in Central Europe

5
Q

What invention raised Gothic Architecture to new heights?

A

Flying butress

6
Q

Who was the famous Norman conqueror who won the Battle of Hastings in 1066?

A

William

7
Q

What was Lindisfarne?

A

A monastery - the first major raid of the Vikings

8
Q

Why did Prince Vladimir I convert to Christianity?

A

No diet restrictions

9
Q

Where do we get the name “Russia”?

A

Land of the red (hair)

10
Q

Which Pope called for the First Crusade in 1095?

A

Urban II

11
Q

What Crusade saw the Christians attack Constantinople? (a Christian city!)

A

4

12
Q

In 1097, Christian forces conquer the Holy Land and set up what?

A

Kingdom of Jerusalem

13
Q

What creature was responsible for the spreading of the Black Death?

A

Ticks

14
Q

Where were the first areas to be hit by the plague?

A

Italy

15
Q

What is the estimate of deaths to Europeans as a result of the Black Death?

A

1/3 of Europe

16
Q

What does the word “Byzantine” mean?

A

Complex arrangements

17
Q

What event forced Justinian to rebuild Constantinople?

A

Sport fans rioted and destroyed the city

18
Q

What was NOT a power that the Pope possessed?

A

Appoint the heirs of ruling kings

19
Q

Which was true of Charlemagne?

A

Broad and strong, an imposing figure

20
Q

What is meant by a period of “interregnum”?

A

Time with no ruling king

21
Q

What did the Magna Carta ultimately do for the people of England?

A

Expanded rights to the growing Burgher (commoners) class

22
Q

How was Joan of Arc killed?

A

Burned at the stake

23
Q

Who did Queen Isabella marry? (thereby unifying Spain)

A

Ferdinand

24
Q

What city tried to sell itself as the “third Rome”?

A

Moscow

25
Q

How did many Western Europeans think the Jews were poisoning them?

A

Poisoning the wells

26
Q

In the Decameron, Boccaccio describes the story of ten people fleeing Florence. What are they fleeing?

A

The plague

27
Q

What does the Magna Carta say?

A

No one is above the law

28
Q

In the 3 field system, what did it mean to be “fallow”?

A

Left alone

29
Q

What is the practice of giving all possessions to an eldest son called?

A

Primogenture

30
Q

What 2 nations fought in the Hundred Year’s War?

A

France and England