Unit 3
An Age of Exchange and Encounter, 500-1500
Chapter 14-The Formation of Western Europe
1. Define each term and briefly explain its connection to the formation of
Western Europe between 800-1500.
a. Crusade
g. Magna Carta
b. Reconquista
h. parliament
c. 3-field system
i. Great Schism
d. Commercial Revolution
j. bubonic plague
e. Vernacular
k. Hundred Years’ War
f. Burghers
2. List and define three abuses that most distressed Church reformers.
3. List six effects of the Crusades on
western and Eastern Europe.
4. Describe what a guild was and how
it bettered the economy of
medieval Europe.
5. List and explain three ways the
Commercial Revolution changed Europe between 1000 and 1500.
6. Describe how the growth of towns hurt the feudal system.
7. Describe the role Muslims played in the
revival learning in Europe during the middle ages.
8. Describe the difference between common
law and cannon law.
9. How did the English kings increase their
power and reduce the power of the nobles during
the time period?
10. Who was Philip II, what did he do in France,
and why was he called Augustus?
11. Summarize the ideas of
the following:
a. John Wycliffe
b. Jan Hans
12. List six affects the plague had
on medieval Europe.
13. Describe how the Hundred
Years’ War changed warfare.
14. List three impacts of the Hundred Years’ War