_____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ This picture contains 3 different types of people who lived in the middle ages. Look for two peasants. Look for one Knight. Look for a Lord and a Lady. 1. Based upon this picture, who do you think was the richest during the middle ages? Who do you think was the most poor? Who do you think was in the middle? Explain your reasoning based upon the picture. 2. What types of jobs do you think a peasant did in the Middle Ages? 3. What types of things do you think a Knight did in the middle ages based upon this picture? 4. Based upon this image and your knowledge of how the world works, what do you think a Lord and Ladies could do that knights and peasants couldn’t do?
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This picture contains 3 different types of people who lived in the middle ages. Look for two peasants. Look for
one Knight. Look for a Lord and a Lady.
1. Based upon this picture, who do you think was the richest during the middle ages? Who do you think
was the most poor? Who do you think was in the middle? Explain your reasoning based upon the
picture.
2. What types of jobs do you think a peasant did in the Middle Ages?
3. What types of things do you think a Knight did in the middle ages based upon this picture?
4. Based upon this image and your knowledge of how the world works, what do you think a Lord and
Ladies could do that knights and peasants couldn’t do?
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1. Please fill out this pyramid with the Medieval system called “Feudalism”.
1. What is one thing that the Knights do?
2. What is the role of the King in Feudalism?
3. What does a peasant (serf) do in the Feudal class system?
4. What is the role of the Lords & Ladies within the system of Feudalism?
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1. Observations: Make a list of what you see in this cartoon.
Conclusions: Based upon the picture, prior knowledge, and inference:
1. What do you think is happening in this picture?
2. Where would you predict that this is taking place?
3. Who provided the Knights for the kings to fight?
4. Please fill out this Feudalism Triangle.
In AD330, Constantine moved his capital from Rome to the
Greek city of Byzantium. He wanted the capital of his
empire to be safe from barbarian invasion. Constantine
renamed the city Constantinople, but we refer to the
civilization centered in Constantinople as the Byzantine
Empire.
The Byzantine Empire began to look less like the Roman
Empire as the years passed. The empire covered Greece, the
Balkans, Asia Minor, Syria, and Egypt. By the seventh
century, Greek had completely replaced Latin as the
language of the empire. The Byzantine emperors still
thought of themselves as the successors of Caesar Augustus,
but over the years Roman influence gradually disappeared.
Seljuk Turks began moving into the Byzantine Empire from
Central Asia in the eleventh century. The Turks had recently
become Muslims, and the Byzantine emperor feared they
would soon overpower his Christian empire. He asked the
leader of the Christian church-the Pope-to assist in a holy
war against the Turks. In 1095, Pope Urban II launched the
first of many Crusades, or "wars of the cross." Urban hoped
that in addition to expelling the Turks from the Byzantine
Empire, he would also be able to reclaim the holy city of
Jerusalem from Muslim control. Soldiers from western
Europe left their homes to free the Byzantine Empire of the
"unbelievers." This was the first time many Europeans left
their homes. Their exposure to new and different cultures
was a factor that led to the Renaissance.
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Conclusions: Based upon the reading, picture, prior knowledge, and inference:
1. If this is a map of the Byzantine Empire, what years did the Byzantine Empire last?
2. Name 3 cities that were controlled under the Byzantine Empire (use map).
3. Why were the Crusades unsuccessful?
4. Please fill out this Feudalism Triangle.
The Crusades were ultimately unsuccessful because the Turks conquered the Byzantine Empire. The city first called Byzantium and later Constantinople is
now known as Istanbul, Turkey. Turkish has replaced Greek as the language of Asia Minor, and 99.8% of the people in modern Turkey are Muslims.