Decline of Feudalism - Folsom Cordova Unified School District

Decline of Feudalism

EQ: How did events in Europe contribute to the decline of

feudalism and the rise of democratic thought.

Read Section 5.1 – Chapter 5
1. What contributed to the breakdown of

feudalism?
2. What were the political changes in England

during the 12th and 13th centuries?
3. What was the bubonic plague?
4. What were the battles between France and

England (between 1337 and 1453) called?
Terms: Magna Carta Model Parliament

Hundred Years’ War habeaus corpus
bubonic plague heretic

Section 2

1. What changes did Henry II make to the English legal system
and how did these changes affect feudalism?

2. What changes did Magna Carta bring about in English
government?

3. What was the Model Parliament, and why was it created?
4. Create the cause-and-effect diagram below in your notebook

(leave space to write about three sentences in each box).
Then, in the Political Events box, describe the political
developments in Europe that contributed to the decline of
feudalism and the rise of democratic thought.

Political Events Bubonic Plague Hundred Years War

Decline of Feudalism and
Rise of Demoratic Thought

Section 3

1. Fill the blanks to explain the spread of the bubonic

plague: “The plague probably originated in ,

traveled along a trade route to , was

carried on a ship to , and then spread north

and west to .

2. Sketch a map of Eurasia, write the numbers from the

blanks above in the correct locations, and draw arrows

to illustrate the spread from one location to the next.

3. Why was the plague called the “Black Death”? What

were some of the common symptoms?

4. How was the plague spread?

5. In the Bubonic Plague box of your cause-and-effect

diagram, list examples of how the outbreak of the

bubonic plague in Europe contributed to the decline of

feudalism and the rise of democratic thought.

Section 4

1. How did the Hundred Years’ War start?
2. Why were the English able to defeat the

French in early battles, such as the one at
Crécy?
3. Who was Joan of Arc? What did she do for
the French during the Hundred Years’ War?
4. In the Hundred Years’ War box of your
cause-and-effect diagram, list examples of
how the outbreak of the war in Europe
contributed to the decline of feudalism
and the rise of democratic thought.