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.