THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES

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1.  What was the name given to the elite and wealthy merchants and artisans? The B_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ e
2.  What are four things that helped cities to develop at this time?
3.  Name three improvements in agriculture at this time
4.  What did these improvements in agriculture create?
5.  Where did people go to exchange their produce?
6.  What was the Hanseatic League?
7.  Which countries comprised the Hanseatic League?
8.  Name four other trade areas in Europe at this time
9.  What important advance for trade was invented in Italy at this time?
10.  What two financial tools were invented at this time?
11.  Who were the Bourgeoisie?
12.  Name four cities, from the textbook, that were important at this time in Europe
13.  What was a city charter?
14.  Why was a city charter important?
15.  Were cities healthy places to live? Why / why not?
16.  What were guilds?
17.  Name something positive and something negative about medieval guilds
18.  What was the 12^thcentury Renaissance?
19.  Which were the first universities of Europe? (Name 3 and their dates)
20.  What was a cathedral school?
21.  What was a municipal school?
22.  What were the four faculties of a medieval university?

L______ A_____, M____________. L________ & T_______

23.  What are the liberal arts?
24.  What was an artisan?
25.  What was a merchant?
26.  What buildings were constructed at this time during the boom in architecture?
27.  Who was Thomas Aquinas?
28.  What type of literature was developed at this time?
29.  Which famous book was written in Italy at this time?
30.  Who wrote this book?
31.  Why is it different to other books written at this time?
32.  Although Latin was still important, there was a development in which languages at this time?
33.  Did the monarchies lose or increase their power?
34.  Name three things that helped the monarchies increase their power
35.  What type of government was being established throughout Western Europe at this time? P______________
36.  Why did a monarch need a parliament?
37.  Why did the nobility need a parliament?
38.  Why was the 14^thcentury considered the worst century to have been lived in European history?
39.  Which war, lasting 116 years, was fought during the 14^thcentury?
40.  Which two nations fought in this war?
41.  When did the Black Death sweep across Europe?
42.  How many people died in Europe as a result of the Black Death?
43.  What was another name for the Black Death? The P_____
44.  Why was it called ‘Black’ Death?
45.  The Church blamed which religious group for the plague?
46.  There were several rebellions during this period. Who rebelled in England and France?
47.  Explain how the Black Death began, arrived in Europe and then spread
48.  What animal was responsible for the spread of the Black Death throughout  Europe?
49.  What was another name for the Black Death?
50.  How did people contract the bubonic plague?
51.  In which European country did the Black Death begin?
52.  Which places in Europe were not affected by the Black Death?
53.  What was the death rate of the Black Death?
54.  Why was the death toll due to the plague so high? (two reasons)
55.  What were the symptoms of the plague?
56.  Which areas in Europe were not affected by the plague?
57.  Why would a similar plague today not be as catastrophic?
58.  There were successive waves of the plague until which year in the 15^th century?
59.  What problems did the climate change of the early 14^thcentury provoke in  Europe?
60.  Why was the 14^th century considered the worst century to have lived?