Middle Ages Questions: intro to Modern Era
- What was the cause of the period we call the Middle ages?
- What group of people were first to rise in these areas that had a vacuum of power because of Romans fighting elsewhere? Where did this take place and what do we know this area as today?
- Who establishes the Merovingian kingdom?
- Who and where are the Muslims defeated causing them to stop their spread to Spain?
- What was the purpose of feudalism?
- Describe feudalism.
- What led to the change to a new type of cavalry based army?
- How did this new cavalry formation work?
- What did this new type of army allow Charlemagne to do?
- Although the fighting style used by Charlemagne would continue what happened to his empire? And what would these become the basis of?
- Even if this (#9) had not happened what would have probably happened to Charlemagne’s kingdom?
- What was the greatest threat to the kingdoms of Europe and why did they start their mass raids?
- What are the Vikings favorite targets and why?
- What seemed to be the common factors in all the places the Vikings raided?
- What 2 things seemed to slow the Viking raids in 911 AD?
- What are the descendants of Rollo known as?
- How did the culture of the Vikings change and stay the same over time?
- What does Duke William of Normandy conquer in 1066?
- What started the First Crusade?
- List the places that the Crusaders took in the First Crusade.
- What causes the Second Crusade?
- Describe why the Second Crusade was one of the worst military campaigns in history?
- Who takes back Jerusalem for the Muslims?
- Who leads the Crusaders in the Third Crusade and what happened to each?
- How was the goal of the Fourth Crusade and what the Crusaders actually did in contradiction?
- In what year did the last of the Crusader kingdoms fall to Muslims? It would stay this way until the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after World War I (1914).
- Did the fighting of the Crusades stop the fighting within Europe as the Pope had hoped? Give an example.
- How long was the Hundred Years War and who fought in it?
- List the 4 most famous battles of the Hundred Years War and who was victorious in all?
- Who is the eventual winner in this war?
- Make a T chart. Label one side Middle Ages Army the other side of the T Armies of the 1500s. In this T chart show how the make-up and characteristics of these armies changed and brought Europe into the beginnings of Modern Era warfare.