World History:
Chapter 14
Study Guide
Section 1
1. Simony
2. Gothic Style
3. Urban II
4. Crusade
5. Saladin
6. Richard the Lion-Hearted
7. Reconquista
8. Inquisition
Section 2
9. Three-field system
10. guild
11. Commercial Revolution
12. burgher
13. vernacular
14. Thomas Aquinas
15. scholastics
Section 3
16. William the Conqueror
17. Henry II
18. common law
19. Magna Carta
20. Parliament
21. Hugh Capet
22. Philip II
23. Estates-General
Section 4
24. Avignon
25. Great Schism
26. John Wycliffe
27. Jan Hus
28. bubonic plague
29. Hundred Years’ War
30. Joan of Arc
Other Key Terms
31. lay investiture
32. First Crusade
33. Second Crusade
34. Fourth Crusade
35. Romanesque style
36. St. Francis of Assisi
Essay Possibilities:
1. What important steps toward democracy were taken by England and France between the 800s and the 1200s?
2. What were the main causes and effects of the Hundred Years’ War?
3. Discuss the causes and effects of the Crusades.
4. What forces brought an end to the Age of Chivalry? Think about: effects of the Hundred Years’ War and effects of trade.
5. What were some of the most important effects of the bubonic plague in Europe? Think about: people’s attitudes and families, economic effects, effects on the Church.
6. How did English government change during the late Middle Ages, and what caused those change? Think about the impact of royal judges and juries, Magna Carta, wars against the French.