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MIDDLE AGES. Caption on Geography of Europe. You may place the caption anywhere logical in Europe. However, since so much of economic life in medieval Europe relates to rivers, you might want to fly the flight to a capital city on a river. Perhaps the Seine River (Paris), or the Thames River (London)? Of course, the photos you use should reflect theinformation in the answers below. Much of it is about rivers and seas. ** 1. What are the land features of Europe? (__Our World__, pages 337-338) Europe and Asia make up the worlds lardest landmass called Eurasia. Has a long, jagged coastline. The Scandinavian peninsula in northern Europe has narrow inlets called flords, this is where the sea surges in between cliffs. **** 2. What is the general climate of Europe? (__Our World__, page 337) The climate is temperate/ mild, this is because winds bring warm air from currents from the Atlantic Ocean. **** 3. What bodies of water surround Europe? (__Our World__, page 337) The Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the North Sea, and the Baltic Sea. **** 4. What type of body of water criss-crosses Europe? (__Our World,__ page 338) The Mediterranean Sea. **** 5. What effect does so much water around and “in” Europe have on temperature in Europe? (__Our World,__ page 337) The climate is temperate/ mild, this is because winds bring warm air from currents from the Atlantic Ocean. ** NOTE: THE YELLOW INFO. AND ORANGE INFO. CAPTIONS WILL BE PLACED TOGETHER IN THE MANORS AND FARMINGPLACEMARK.Caption on Manors and the Manorial System. You may place the placemark anywhere in England or France or Germany. However, you might want to do a Google search for preserved medieval manors that one can still visit. Wikipedia has lists of manor estates by country. ** 6. What was a manor? (__Our World,__ pages 344 & 345 and the map of “A Medieval Manor”) Serfs that lived in villages around a fortified house, that belonged to athe fiefs owner/ settlement. **** 7. Name what buildings and land divisions you’d typically find on a Manor? (__Our World,__ pages 344 & 345 and the map of “A Medieval Manor”) A church and house. **** 8. What role did serfs have on the manor? What was their life like? (__Our World,__ pages 344 & 345, and “The Farmer’s Life” from librarythinkquest.org) People who worked on land. They where not slaves but they where not permited to leave the manor without permission. Serfs had to pay taxes in crops and by working for their lord. **** 9. Who, or what social class, was “above” the serfs? (“Farming in the Middle Ages” from [|www.historylink101.com]; **** and __Our World__, page 344) The Peasants. **** 10. To whom did serfs have to pay taxes, and in what form were those taxes paid (__not__ money!)-- (“Farming in the Middle Ages” from www.historylink101.com; and __Our World__, page 344) To their lord. **** Caption on Farms and Farming (Note: This caption goes with the Manors placemark.) **** 11. Typically, what crops were grown on the manor? (“Farming in the Middle Ages” from [|www.historylink101.com]; **** and “The Farmer’s Life” from librarythinkquest.org) They farmed **** 12. How were oxen used on the farm? What is crop rotation? (“The Farmer’s Life” from librarythinkquest.org) **** Caption on Building the Cathedrals. This placemark may be placed at the site of any of the great Gothic cathedrals: Chartres, Amiens, Notre Dame de Paris. Use the Who/What/Where/When/Why/How Notes Organizer for the NOVA video “Building the Great Cathedrals to construct a caption of at least 10 sentences and two paragraphs in length. **
 * The word "economy" is Greek ****; it meant something like "rules of a household"today it means toMake things, use things, buy things, and sell things, ****sailors **** have found a lot of different ways to make their living from sailing. **[|**fishermen**]**, traders, soldiers **[|**mercenaries**]**, ****pirates,. In real life, people probably didn't fit so neatly into any of these categories.Pirates sometimes traded, Tradersraiding **[|**climate and soil**]** of Greece is not very good for growing ****more people than the Greeks could easily feedforced Greek peoplesailing: **[|**fishing**]**, fighting, and trading. **

[|**Greek Dark Ages**]**Greek people did not have **[|**children**]**, to raise **[|**cattle**]** instead of **[|**sheep**]**, **

[|**Archaic period**]** Greek men learned about minting **[|**coins**]** from the **[|**Lydian’s**]**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;"> they fought for in **[|**West Asia**]**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">, **[|**Etruscans**]**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">, the **[|**Phoenicians**]**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">, and the **[|**Egyptians**]**<span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">the Greeks and the **[|**Phoenicians**]**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;"> sent out many groups of settlers to colonize (conquer and take over) southern Italy, southern France, Spain, and **[|**northern Africa**]**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">In the **[|**archaic period**]**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">, and trade and fighting were even more necessary to the Greek economy. Greek **[|**mercenary soldiers**]**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;"> fought for the **[|**Egyptians**]**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">, who were trying to get free of the **[|**Persians**]**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">, and they also fought for the **[|**Persians**]**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">Greek traders bought a lot of wheat from the area around the Black Sea, and also from Sicily, southern Italy, and southern France. ****<span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">Sold **[|**wine**]**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;"> and **[|**olive oil**]**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;"> and fancy **[|**pottery vases**]**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">A lot of them became **[|**mercenary soldiers**]**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;"> for **[|**Persia**]**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 17px;">. **

Ancient Greece Economy Caption Ancient Greeks adapted to the land by farming, herding animals, hunting, gathering plants, and fishing. The fisherman fished, pirates raided, traded, and fished. Soldiers would fight, and most of Greeks mercenaries (hiring out themselves and their ships to fight for other countries) In Greece the land and climate/ weather wasn’t very good for farming, because of the mountain and hills all over the place. Farmers would have to become sailors, soldiers, and hunters so they could have good work. REASOURCES- Kidipede.com (Ancient Greek Economy Article) -Sabrina Patriciello