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Late Middle Ages

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  • Which pope issued the call for the Crusades?
    Urban II
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  • What was the name of the controversy where Henry IV had to beg forgiveness from Pope Gregory VII by standing barefoot in the snow?
    Investiture Controversy
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  • What is the difference between excommunication and interdict?
    one person versus a whole group of people
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  • Name 1 of the 3 kings who went on the Third Crusade?
    Richard the Lionhearted, Philippe Augustus, Frederick Barbarossa
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  • Why is the 1st Crusade considered the most successful?
    they took the Holy Land and set up 4 Crusader Kingdoms
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  • Name a Crusade that failed and why.
    2nd (no wins), 4th (didn't even get to the Holy Land), Children's (...), 5th (went to Egypt where many died), 7th (went to Egypt where many died)
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  • Who died early in 1066 that started a bunch of invasions?
    Edward the Confessor
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  • Which 2 weapons were used in the 100-Years War that began the downfall of Feudalism?
    cannons and longbows
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  • Who won the Battle of Hastings and how?
    William the Norman/Conqueror; his army killed Harold Goodwinson with an arrow through the eye
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  • What disease was the Black Death actually?
    Bubonic Plague
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  • What were some symptoms of Black Death?
    swollen lymph nodes, red spots that turn black, fevers, chills, delerium
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  • Approximately how many Europeans died in Black Death?
    30-50%
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  • What are 3 long-term effects of Black Death?
    peasants gained power, more variety in jobs, less trade, depression, more/fewer people trusted the Church, end of Feudalism
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  • In which city did popes live during the Babylonian Captivity?
    Avignon, France
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  • Why were Europeans so upset about the Babylonian Captivity and Western Schism?
    Kings were exerting power over the Church; things were divided
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  • How many popes ruled during the Western Schism?
    2 (and later 3)
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