World Masterpieces 271

 

The Middle Ages Scavenger Hunt

 

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VALUE:  10 points

 

DIRECTIONS:  Please explore the following site to answer ANY FIVE of the following. This assignment will be well worth your time because you will come to appreciate life in The Middle Ages, our next adventure. 

 

Web Site: http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/middleages/

 

  1. What was a fief and how did one get one?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What was “the single, largest unifying structure in medieval Europe” during The Middle Ages?

 

 

 

 

  1. Between the years 1347 and 1352 (a period of only five years), what fraction of the people in Europe died from The Black Death (The Bubonic Plague)?

 

 

 

 

  1. How many Crusades were there?

 

  

 


  1. What was chivalry?  What qualities did it value? (We will cover this again later in the course.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What was a guild?  What was its purpose?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What technique was used so that a knight did not kill his comrades in battle by mistake?

 

 

 

 

 

 

     8.  If a serf could escape and remain free for one year and one day, what social status would he achieve?

 

 

 

 

  1. How were marriages determined in The Middle Ages?

 

 

 

 

 

 

      10. Today we can usually travel about fifty-five miles in one hour.  During The Middle Ages how long would it have taken a person to travel the same distance if he/she had a fast horse?