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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Essay Preparation


Hello, Students. Your Medieval Times Exam will consist of TWO essay questions. I have listed four possible essay questions below. I will select two of them for the test on Friday. In order to be prepared, please think about all four questions, because you have no idea what two I will select. Also, you may post some comments about each of the four essay possibilites. Help each other out! That is the beauty of the Blog, after all--students learning together. Good Luck!

Here are the Four Possibilities:
1. Discuss the Black Death by answering the following: how did the Black Death affect society? How did it spread? Why was Europe a good place for it?

2. Tell me about the Religion of Islam.

3. Discuss the 5 W's of the Crusades.

4. Explain Feudalism by focusing on the following: Who founded Feudalism? What are the four levels? What does each level do? Why is it a pyramid?

41 comments:

  1. *~*~*Paidon 3 Meyer*~*~*April 30, 2009 at 6:10 PM

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  5. THis is what i will say about the esay questions
    1. The Black Death affected society by:

    * SHORTAGE OF LABOR

    * PEOPLE STARVE

    * PEOPLE QUESTION CHURCH

    * TOWNS DISAPPEAR.

    It came from CHINA on ITALIAN ships. This is how it spread; Certain RATS carried bacteria in their BLOOD stream. Then FLEAS BIT THEM, and next they BIT HUMANS, and HUMANS DIED. Like a domino effect! Europe was a good place for the Bubonic Plague because it was [SEASONAL]!.?!.?


    2. Islam is a RELIGION in Europe, in Arabic, islam means "SUBMISSION". Started by MUHAMMED. the HOLY book is called the QURAN. Believers of this religion are called MUSLIMS. Muslims go to a MOSQUE to worship. There are FIVE PILLARS of Islam. All Muslims should go to MECCA at least once in their life.

    3. *Who = CHRISTIANS
    *What = WARS BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS
    *Where = JERUSALEM
    *Why = WIN HOLY LAND *When = MEDIVAL TIMES(for fun)

    4. * WILLIAM THE CONQUERER
    * MONARCHS = SUPREME RULERS
    * LORDS = PLEDE LOYALTY TO MAONARCH AND MILITARY SUPPORT IF NEEDED
    *KNIGHTS = WARRIERS TRAIEND T FIGHT ON HORSEBACK
    *SERFS = FARMERS

    It is a pyramid because the Feudalism hierarchy goes in consecutive order, or most power to least power.
    Thats what i will say. Thanks paidion

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  6. this is the answers for the essay question1. The Black Death affected society by:

    * SHORTAGE OF LABOR

    * PEOPLE STARVE

    * PEOPLE QUESTION CHURCH

    * TOWNS DISAPPEAR.

    It came from CHINA on ITALIAN ships. This is how it spread; Certain RATS carried bacteria in their BLOOD stream. Then FLEAS BIT THEM, and next they BIT HUMANS, and HUMANS DIED. Like a domino effect! Europe was a good place for the Bubonic Plague because it was [SEASONAL]!.?!.?


    2. Islam is a RELIGION in Europe, in Arabic, islam means "SUBMISSION". Started by MUHAMMED. the HOLY book is called the QURAN. Believers of this religion are called MUSLIMS. Muslims go to a MOSQUE to worship. There are FIVE PILLARS of Islam. All Muslims should go to MECCA at least once in their life.

    3. *Who = CHRISTIANS
    *What = WARS BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS
    *Where = JERUSALEM
    *Why = WIN HOLY LAND *When = MEDIVAL TIMES(for fun)

    4. * WILLIAM THE CONQUERER
    * MONARCHS = SUPREME RULERS
    * LORDS = PLEDE LOYALTY TO MAONARCH AND MILITARY SUPPORT IF NEEDED
    *KNIGHTS = WARRIERS TRAIEND T FIGHT ON HORSEBACK
    *SERFS = FARMERS

    It is a pyramid because the Feudalism hierarchy goes in consecutive order, or most power to least power.


    *~*~*You're Welcome!*~*~*

    April 30, 2009 6:10 PM


    Kaity 6Dybdahl said...
    1. shortage of labo,people stare, people question the church, and towns disapper. It speard by rats carried the bateria in their blood then the fleas drand there blood then bit the humans and they died. Europe was a good place because it was dirty.

    2. Islam are also called muslims. The Quran is the holy book of Islam. They fought for the holy land jeruslam where the muhammed is. Also there are the five pillars in Islam.

    3.The christians and muslims fought in the crusades. The reason was because they wanted to win the holy land jerusalem. It was important to christians beacause jesus was born near by he lived ther and died there. It was important to the muslims because muhammed is there.

    4. The top level of the feudalism Hierachy was the monarch they are the supreme ruler. Then it is the lords the pledge loyalty to monarch and military support if needed. Then it was the knights they were the warriors who fought on horse back. Then the serfs wo are the formers. It is a pyramid because it shows how many of each there are so a the top there are less and at the bottom there is more.

    April 30, 2009 6:45 PM


    Paige 9Drenth said...
    *The black death effected the society by:
    shortage of labor
    people starve
    peo question the church
    towns disappear
    It spread by rats that carried bacteria is there blood.
    Europe was a good place because it wasvery dirty.
    *The religion of Islam was started by Muhammad. It has a holy book called the Quran. People who believed in Islam were called Muslims. There were five pillars of Islam. Islam is a Arab word for submission.
    3.Who- Christians verses Muslims
    Where- Jerusalem
    Why- to win th holy land
    When- 1976 a.d
    What- Wars initiated by Christians to win back the Holy land.
    4. William the Conquer
    Monarch:Supreme ruler
    Lords:Plede loyalty to monarch and military
    knight:Warriers
    serfs:farmers

    These are the answers and I bid you ado.

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  7. The Black Death was an extremely fast spreading and dangerous plague spread by rats, and from there on; fleas. The Black Death, or Bubonic Plauge, was hard on society. It definelty shortened labor, making it harder to survive. It spread by rats coming from Italian ships, carrying the disease in their blood. The fleas bit the rats, and then quickly bit the humans. It killed almost instantly. Europe was an excellent place for the Black Plague because-

    alright, I have to log off. Byye!

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  8. the black death efected the society because everyone started to die and suffer. it spread though fleas and rats. the fleas bit the rats and then the got it and then the flaes bit the humans

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  9. the black death was affecting central europe. because it was caused by the rats and the fleas and part of it was because of the people who lived there because the land was very dirty

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  10. it affected society by, shortage of labor, and whole towns disappeared. it spreaded by rats carried it in there blood and the fleas drank the blood and bit humans. europe was a good place for it because it was not very clean and garbage was all over and that is where rats like to live.

    islam, believers of islam are called muslims, they worship in mecca at a mosque.

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  11. The black death affected society by cuasing a shortage of labor. It spread through rats

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  12. randall pd4 howardMay 1, 2009 at 10:48 AM

    the black death effected the society by deeply decreasing the population.europe never recovered from that major loss of people during that five years.

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  13. Here is what I would put for the essay question on the test.

    1. The black death affected society because they had sortage of labor. It spread by rats and fleas, fleas bit rats then humans. Europe was a good place for it because it was very unsantiary.

    2. The religion of Islam was founded by muhammad

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  14. The black deth affected society by shortage of labor people starved

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  15. The Black Death affected society because it made less labor, less people, less food, and people were questioning thier religion.

    It spread by rats on Italion trading ships from Asia because there were rats on those ships that carried the Black death then the rats would get bit by fleas and the fleas would bite the humans.

    Europe was a very good place for the Bubonic plague because it was dirty.

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  16. 1: The black death affected society by *Shortage of labor, *Starvation, *question the church.

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  17. Tatertot(4Mr.Klummper's fav.student)greenMay 1, 2009 at 10:49 AM

    Ok so
    #1. The Black Death affected society by 1. shortage of labor 2. people staving. 3. People whould question the church 4. towns would disappear.
    It from the fleas that bit the rats that had the bacteria in their blood that came on Italian ships from China of a result of people dying

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  18. The Black Death affected society because it didn't grow anymore. It spread from Italian ships that came from CHina, which had rats, the rats carried bacteria in their blood, fleas bit the rats, then fleas bit the humans. Europe was a good place for it because it was a very dirty place.

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  19. the black death affected society by by having a ***shortage of labor*** ***people starve*** ***towns disapear*** ***people question the church***.

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  20. 1.the balck death affected many people because there was a shortage of labor. the black death WILL CONTINUE!

    2. the belivers of islam do a prayer that they say while sitting on there knees and bobing up and down.

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  21. The blach death was only the nick name. The true name was the bubonic plague. It was caried in the blood of rats. And Europe at the time was very dirty so it was a great enviornment for rats to live in. The way that the plague got to people was if a flea bit a rat that was infected and then went and bit a human. The black death spread very fast and it killed within hours of being infected. The people started to die so it reduced the amout of people they had for labor and then and that lead to people starving. After a five year periond of the black death going around it had killed 33% of Europe's population

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  22. jessie 6 randolphMay 1, 2009 at 12:22 PM

    The Black Death affected alot over Europe. There was a shortage of labor , people starved , towns disappear and also people questioned God. The Black Death spread through fleas and rats. The humans soon beacame affected

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  23. 1: it efected the society by sortage in labor, it spread by fleas biting rats then the fleas bit the humons. Europe was a good place for it becouse they throw there crap out in to the streets so it was raly dirty.

    2: the religion in islam is that you worship muhammid. you must go to Jerulam at least one in your life time.


    have to go more to come

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  24. The black death plauge effected not only people but animals too. But it affected society by killing millions and with no one to work no one could make the food.

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  25. 1. The balack death offected socaity because people questioned the church. It spread by rats coming frome trade ships from china then the fleas drank the rats blood and bit the humans. Europe was a good place for it becasue it was very dirty.

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  26. 1. The Black Death affected society because it killed 1/3 of Europes population. It spread because fleas bit the infected rats and then bit humans. Europe was a good place for this because it was very unclean.


    2. People who believe in Islam are called Muslims. They praised Muhammad and his birth place of Mecca. Any time that a Muslim wants to pray, they have to pray in the direction of Mecca. Muslims have to pray five times a day

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  27. Cole Ripperda P.8May 1, 2009 at 1:57 PM

    1. The Black Death affected society by knocking out 1/3 of Europes population. It spread because rats carried it in their blood and then fleas bit them, got the disease bit humans........

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  28. ALSO, the religion of Islam is not very complicated. Um, you can not believe in any other god besides allah. more l8tr

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  29. 1.the black death effected it because it wiped out 25% of eroupes people

    continued

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  30. kings lords knights serfs
    kings rule, lords are in charge of the army, knights are chragned men to fight on horse back, serfs farm
    becouse it there is less and less people as you go up

    the 5 Ws of the crusades are
    where: jerulim
    when:
    Why: christions wanted jersilam becouse jesus was born close by.
    how: fighting

    forget about the other on i like this one better

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  31. First off I have an idea of which essay questions we have to do.(My lunch table cannt keep their mouths shet!)

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  32. thanks that will help me for the test. now i know a lot more.thanks again

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  33. nicole 9GuthmillerMay 1, 2009 at 2:43 PM

    The black

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  34. The Black Death effected society in 4 ways.

    *SHORTAGE OF LABOR
    *PEOPLE STARVE
    *PEOPLE QUESTION THE CHURCH
    *TOWNS DISAPPEAR

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  35. Black death had many effects on society one bieng shortage of labor because so many people were dying. Then alot of people started to question the church.

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  36. 1. The Black Death affected society by creating a shortage of labor. That resulted to lower food amounts. It spread by rats who carried a diesease in their blood, fleas drank the blood, then the fleas bit humans, therefore transferring the diesease. Europe was a good place for the Black Death because everything was close together, and it was very dirty.


    2. I could tell you a ton about this topic, but I am only going to cover some of the basic things. Islam is a religion. It is the Arabic word for submission(many Muslims know how to speak different types of Arabic). Muslims are people who are believers of Islam. They follow the five pillars of Islam which are shahada, salat, zakat, sawm, and hajh.

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  37. 1. There was a shortage of labor. That caused people to starve. It was brought by trading ships from China. Rats on these ships carried the plague in their bloodstream. Fleas bit the rats. Then they bit the humans. The humans died. Europe was the perfect place for the plague because it was very dirty and crowded.

    2. Believers of Islam are called Muslims. They are required to go to Mecca at least once in their life. Islam was founded by Muhammad. There were five pillars of Islam.

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  38. 1the black death affected society by shorting labor force starving people and so on.

    2Islam is a religon in europe that it's believers are called muslims and it as one god Allah and five pilars of life. every muslim has to go to mecca once in there life time.

    4willaim the conquare founed feudalism. the four levels are monarch,lords,knights,serfs later.

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  39. 1 The black death affected society in the fallowing ways:
    -Shortage of labor
    -people starved (because of the shortage of labor)
    -towns disapeared
    -people began to question the chruch
    -a HUGE population decrease
    It spread because rats come to europe on Italian Trading Ships from china. The rats carried the black death in their blood. Fleas would bite the rats and drink their blood. Next the Fleas would bite te people and the people would get the black death, and die.Europe was a good place for the black death due to it's poor sanitatation at the time.

    -Hope this Helps. (:

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  40. the black death affected society by:
    a.people starve
    b.towns dissappear
    c.shortage of labor
    d.people question church
    the riligion of Islam was started by a man named Muhammand, and centers around the 5 w's
    who:christians and muslims
    what:battle for Jeruselum
    when:1076
    were:Jeruselum
    why:to win back Jeruselum

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  41. Hi you were right Mr. Klumper, the best unit is Medieval Times

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