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The Decline of Feudalism Review Sheet
Directions: Use textbook pages 332-349 and Notebook pages 86-93 to complete this review sheet.
***Reminder: The test is on Monday, November 9, 2015***
Part 1- Vocabulary:
1. Match each vocabulary word to its definition.
_____ an agreed upon halt in fighting a. crossbow
_____ the rule that people can’t be held in jail without a trial in a court b. truce
_____ a person who is not of noble rank c. habeas corpus
_____ a person whose beliefs go against the church d. heretic
_____ a bow fixed across a stock and operated by a trigger e. longbow
_____ a large bow used for firing feathered arrows f. commoner
Part 2: Magna Carta: Use Worksheets 32 and 33 to answer the following questions.
2. What was the Magna Carta? ______
3. The Magna Carta was signed in which country? ______
4. With Henry II’s legal reforms in the 12th century, trials by ______and ______began to replace trials by ordeal and trial by combat.
5. King Edward I created a group of law makers called the ______which included commoners and lower-ranking clergy as well as church officials.
6. Many nobles were angry with King John. Fill in at least one complaint under each category in the diagram below.
7. List any 2 specific rights the Magna Carta protects.
A. ______
B.______
Part 3: Bubonic Plague:
8. Use the pictures below to help fill in the sentences explaining how the plague spread.
A. B. C. D. E.
A. The plague is a disease caused by ______or bacteria.
B. ______’s blood carried the bacteria and they roamed houses looking for food.
C. ______would bite the rats and then also bite humans, spreading the germ.
D. Rats and fleas were common on ships. So, the disease spread along ______.
E. Unhealthy living conditions in medieval ______caused the disease to spread rapidly.
9. Medieval people who believed the plague was caused by ______started carrying around posies and sweet fruits in their pockets.
10. Church attendance increased during the plague because some people thought the disease was a ______.
11. Trade and commerce slowed during the plague since some people thought the plague was spread through ______.
12. The Plague started in the country of ______on the continent of ______and spread (direction?) ______to Europe.
13. What fraction of Europe’s population died of the plague? ______
14. Name 4 effects of the plague.
Example: Trade and commerce slowed down.
A.______
B.______
C. ______
D.______
Part 4: Hundred Years War:
16. Which countries fought each other? Circle the country that won the Hundred Years War.
______and ______
17. What was France’s advantage? ______
18. What was England’s advantage? ______
19. What makes the longbow a better weapon than a crossbow? (Give 3 reasons)
______
20. New types of soldiers and weapons were used in the Hundred Years War. List them below.
a. ______could now fight as soldiers in war.
b. ______and ______were used as weapons.
21. Who is Joan of Arc? Why is she important?
Part 5: Timeline:
22. Label the years that the following events took place.
a. Magna Carta
b. Bubonic Plague (start and 1351)
c. Hundred Years War (start and end)
Part 6: Drawing Conclusions:
23. Each event we studied in Chapter 5 had winners and losers (people who gained and lost power). For each event, circle the winners and losers. You may circle more than one per box.
Event / Winners (Gained Power) / Losers (Lost Power)Magna Carta / King Lords/Nobles Commoners / King Lords/Nobles Commoners
Bubonic Plague / King Lords/Nobles Commoners / King Lords/Nobles Commoners
Hundred Years War / King Lords/Nobles Commoners / King Lords/Nobles Commoners
24. The Magna Carta, Bubonic Plague, and Hundred Years War are 3 reasons why life changed so much in the Late Middle Ages. But which one was responsible for causing the MOST change? Write each event on one of the blocks below and explain your reasons