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Magna Carta

The Great Charter

Parliament

The Great Council

Holy Land

Theregion on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea where Jesus lived,preached, and died. Also holy to Jews and Muslims.

Crusades

Along series of wars between Christians and Muslims in Southwest Asia fought forcontrol of the Holy Land from 1096 to 1291.

Reconquista

TheChristian struggle to take back the Iberian peninsula (Spain and Portugal) fromthe Muslims.

Black Death

A deadly plague that swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351

Whatwas the purpose of the Magna Carta?

Tolimit the power of the king and protect the power of nobles.

Howdoes the Magna Carta impact the idea of government?

The reintroduced of the principle of “rule of law”

Whatwere the effects of the Magna Carta on medieval society?

Weakenedfeudalism and promoted democracy

Who started the Crusades?

Pope Urban II

What were the causes for the Crusades?

A desire to take back the Holy Land to protect Christian pilgrims and to assist the Byzantine Empire.

What was the impact of the Crusades on the Catholic Church?

Influence of the Pope would decline.

What was an unintended success of the Crusades?

Reestablishment of trade between Europe and the East.

Howwas the Bubonic Plague diffused to humans?

Fleas on rats

Howdid the Black Death impact manorialism in Medieval Europe?

Themanor system completely fell apart as people demanded payment for their labor.

How many people died from 1347 to 1351 in Europe from the Black Death?

One third of the people in Europe died from the bubonic plague.

Where did the Black Death originate?

China