Lesson on Thursday, October 13, 2016

Aim: How can we review content on European and Japanese feudalism?

Bell Ringer: Stamp “European & Japanese Feudalism” Venn Diagram

Objectives:

1.Students will determine factors that led to the growth of a modern economy (agricultural improvements, trade, guilds, rise of a merchant class, rise of towns)

2.Students will analyze the effects of trade on the diffusion of culture.

Agenda:

1.Bell Ringer (5 min)

2.European/Japanese Medieval Quiz-Quiz-Trade

3.Review for "European & Japanese" Exam

Home Learning: Study Guide for the Test is below

QUIZ-QUIZ-TRADE SLIPS: 

             1.     Q. He was king of the Franks in 486 and conquered the former Roman province of Gaul and renamed it             France. He preserved much of Roman legacy. He converted to Christianity and he earned the support of             his subjects in Gaul. 

       A. Clovis

2. Q. Who did Clovis ally himself with, which was to his advantage? 

A. The Pope

3. Q. How did Western Europe decline politically during the Middle Ages?

A. Western Europe became divided. It wasn’t unified anymore.

4. Q. How did Western Europe decline economically during the Middle Ages?

A. Western Europe was cut off from advanced civilizations in the Middle East, China, and India.  

5. Q. Who was the king who united Western Europe in 768 C.E.? tips: He helped the Pope and in return the Pope proclaimed him Emperor of the Romans. 

A. Charlemagne 

6. Q. How did Charlemagne help unify Europe?

A. He encouraged Education, and he helped spread Christianity 

7. Q. What people invaded Western Europe after Charlemagne’s death? 

A. Vikings, Magyars and Muslims 

8. Q.  What was the loosely organized system of rule in which kings assigned land to  powerful local lords, who then divided their landholdings among lesser lords? 

A. Feudalism 

9. Q. What was the name of these lesser lords that pledged service and loyalty to the greater lord? 

A. vassal 

10. Q. What was the name of these territories that the lords controlled? These plots of lands included peasants that worked the land, as well as towns or buildings on the land. 

A. fief 

11. Q. Many nobles began training in the military as an occupation. These soldiers were mounted warriors. 

A. Knights 

12. Q. In addition to actual warfare, knights engaged in mock battles called…

A. tournaments 

13. Q. In later Middle Ages, knights adopted a code of conduct called

A. Chivalry  

14. Q. The heart of the feudal economy was the lord’s estate or home. What was the lord or vassal’s home called?

A. Manor 

15. Q. What were the peasants on a manor called?

A. serfs 

16. Q. During Feudal times, this was the social center as well as a place of worship because it was often the largest public building in a village.

A. Church

17. Q. Medieval popes claimed authority over all secular rulers, including kings and emperors. The pope headed an army of churchmen who supervised church activities. This is called:

A. papal supremacy  

18. Q. Anyone who disobeyed Church law faced a range of penalties, the worst one being _________. These people could not receive the sacraments or a Christian burial, which condemned them to hell for eternity. 

A. Excommunication  

19. Q. What helped Europe rise economically again?

A. An agricultural revolution
  

20. Q. As trade revived, the use of money increased. In time, the need for __________, or money for investment, stimulated the growth of banking houses. 

A. capital 

21. Q Europeans developed new ways of doing business. Groups of merchants joined together in _________. 

A. partnerships 

22. Q. By 1300, most peasants in Western Europe were hired farm laborers or _____________, who paid rent for their land. 

a. tenant farmers
  

23. Q. By 1000 C.E., merchants, traders, and artisans formed a new social class. In status, this class ranked between nobles and peasants, called…

A. the middle class
 

24. Q. Merchants and artisans formed associations or clubs called __________ that dominated town life, by passing laws to levying taxes to protect merchants. What are these associations called?

A. guilds
 

25. Q. At the age of seven or eight, a child might become an ______________, or a trainee, to a guild master. 

A. apprentice
 

26. Q. Geographically, Japan has always been protected from other civilizations by seas and oceans. Japan is located on an ________

A. archipelago 
 

27. Q. Equivalent to European Knights, Japanese warriors were called

A. samurai
 

28. Q. This Japanese code of honor that emphasized honor, bravery, and absolute loyalty was similar to European Chivalry. 

A. bushido

29. Q. In the Japanese social class structure, this individual held the highest rank but had no political power:

A. emperor
 

30. Q. In the Japanese social class structure, this individual was the actual ruler

A. shogun
 

31. Q. In the Japanese social class structure, these were the large landowners 

A. Daimyo

32. Q. At the very bottom of the social class structure in Japan were:

A. merchants, peasants, artisans

TEST TIPS:

1. Know all 32 questions above.

2. Know the European social class structure during Feudal times.

3. Have your Venn Diagram ready to be submitted with your test.