1. What are characteristics commonly associated with medieval Europe? 2. List the four major bad events that happened in the later Middle Ages.
3. The
was an outbreak of the bubonic plague.
4. In what area did this plague originate?
5. Why were the carriers of the plague (mice, rats, fleas) able to spread the disease so far?
6. Between
and
percent of people infected died.
7. How many people died in Asia by the time the plague reached Europe?
percent of their population, and Europe as a whole lost about
of its
8. Some areas lost up to
people.
9. What is the next event that added turmoil and destruction in medieval Europe?
10. The war was fought between which two countries?
involved treating your fellow knights with respect, even if they were
11. The Code of
enemies.
12. English kings began to hire which type of soldiers to fight their wars?
13. What were the new innovations in warfare that this war developed?
14. Which woman was famous for her involvement in the Hundred Years War?
15.
percent of children at this time died before the age of five.
16. The pope at this time was a
and
figure in Europe.
17. What was a major question at that time concerning the pope's power?
18. The pope declares in 1302 that
has supreme power over