Define and Describe the High Middle Ages

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Middle Ages Homework

Chapter 8, Section 1 and 2

1.Who was Clovis and why was he important? __________________________________________

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2. What happened at the Battle of Tours? _______________________________________________

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3. What happened to Charlemagne on Christmas Day of 800 CE? ____________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

4. What was Charlemagne’s legacy? ___________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

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5. What else were the Vikings known for besides being fierce warriors? Describe them. ___________ ________________________________________________________________________________

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6. Thoroughly describe medieval castles. ______________________________________________

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Chapter 8, Section 3 and 4

7. What kind of power did the power have as spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church during the Middle Ages? _____________________________________________________________________

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8. How was religion linked to the routines of daily life? Give at least two examples. ______________

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9. Describe three new ways farms were made more productive during the High Middle Ages.

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10. Describe how the three-field system worked. __________________________________________

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11. Describe what a trade fair was like. _________________________________________________

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12. What was a charter?____________________________________________________________

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13. What did the king receive from merchants for granting a charter? __________________________

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14. As trade revived, money reappeared. Explain these new business practices that developed.

a. Partnership ___________________________________________________________________

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b. Insurance ____________________________________________________________________

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c. Bill of exchange _______________________________________________________________

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15. Define:

a. usury______________________________________________________________________

b. guild _______________________________________________________________________

c. apprentice__________________________________________________________________

Chapter 9, Section 1, 3 and 4

16. What two basic ideas were contained in the Magna Carta?

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17. Describe the two-house body of Parliament.

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18. What was the Reconquista? _______________________________________________________

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19. Describe what it was like to be a student in the Middle Ages. _____________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

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20. What are flying buttresses? _______________________________________________________

21. Why were churches called “Bibles in stone”? __________________________________________

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22. Define:

a. scholasticism ________________________________________________________________

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b. vernacular __________________________________________________________________