Chapter 1: Medieval Europe

• Framing Question: What ideas and practices characterized the Middle Ages?

• pgs. 2 - 17

• Vocabulary: patriarchy, medieval, aristocracy, clergy, institution, literacy, illuminated, lord, knight, nobility, feudalism, vassal, fief, manor, estate, serf, fallow, guild, autonomous

• Chapter 1 Part 1 Test: Wednesday 9/10

  • This test will include questions and vocabulary from sections:

    • "The Great Fall"

    • "After the Fall of Rome"

    • "The Rise of Monasticism"

    • "The Reign of Charlemagne"

• Chapter 1 Part 2  Test: Monday 10/6

  • This test will include questions and vocabulary from sections: 

    • "Feudalism"

    • "Manorialism"

    • "Medieval Innovations"

    • "The Economy of Medieval Towns"

    • "Trade in the Middle Ages"

• Framing Question & Primary Source Writing Assignment

Chapter 2: Expansion of Empires, War, and Reform

• Framing Question: What were the hallmarks of early Islamic civilization?

• pgs. 18-33

• Vocabulary: prophet, monotheism, oasis, caravan, pilgrimage, successor, geometric, secular, tyrannical, rule of law

• Chapter 2 Vocab Quiz:

• Chapter 2 Test:

Chapter 3: The Hundred Years' War and the Black Death

• Framing Question: How did plague and war affect medieval Europe?

• pgs. 34-44

• Vocabulary: famine, infest, casualty, aroma, sanitation, per capita, legitimate, longbow, morale, dauphin

• Chapter 3 Vocab Quiz:

• Chapter 3 Test: