Black Death and the Fall of Constantinople (Essay/Fill-ins)

Fleas

These infected many of the people that died of the Black Death.

Rats

These rode on carts and wagons into Europe on the Silk Road.

Mongols

They kept the Silk Road safe and reopened it to trade to connect Europe to Asia.

Messina

This was the first European city to see sailors carrying the Black Death.

2

It took ___ to 7 days to die of the Black Death.

3

Mehmed II gave his men this many days to destroy, murder, and steal in Constantinople after is fell.

24

______ million people died of the Black Death in Europe, which was 1/3 of the population.

Barbarians

Most of this group died off during the Black death, which ended a great deal of fear in Europe.

Serfs

So many of this group died off during the Black Death that the survivors got paid, and Feudalism ended in Europe.

7

The Great Muslim Cannon needed 700 people to fire the Great Muslim Cannon _____ times a day.

1

The Great Muslim Cannon shot ____ ton cannon balls over a mile.

Ottomans

They carried their ships over land to drop them in the Hellespont and block off all trade to Constantinople.

27

The Great Muslim cannon was this many feet long.

500

It took ________ years for Joan of Arc to be named a saint by the Catholic Church.

1215

This is the year King John signed the Magna Carta, and became England's last absolute monarch.

700

It took ______ years for the English Monarchs to lose all of their power after signing the Magna Carta.

10

Christians had to pay ______ percent of their money to the church.

Byzantines

Even with the help from some Italians the _____________ were still outnumbered 10 to 1, and their city fell when it was discovered their gate was open.