The middle ages: The Christian Kingdoms

Do you remember the characteristics of the Romanesque Architecture?

What do you know about Gothic Architecture?

Associate these characteristics with the Al-Andalus, Romanesque or Gothic architecture COURTYARDS WITH FOUNTAINS AND POOLS > [blank_start]Al-Andalus[blank_end] RIBBED CEILINGS > [blank_start]Gothic[blank_end] SMALL & NARROW WINDOWS > [blank_start]Romanesque[blank_end] DARK INTERIOR > [blank_start]Romanesque[blank_end] WALLS AND COLUMNS WITH DETAILED CARVINGS> [blank_start]Al-Andalus[blank_end]

Associate these characteristics with the Al-Andalus, Romanesque or Gothic architecture POINTED TOWERS > [blank_start]Gothic[blank_end] WALLS WERE DECORATED WITH FRESCOES > [blank_start]Romanesque[blank_end] DOORWAYS DECORATED WITH RELIGIOUS SCULPTURES > [blank_start]Romanesque[blank_end] BRIGHT AND COLOURFULL INTERIOR > [blank_start]Gothic[blank_end] USE OF MATERIALS SUCH AS CLAY OR PLASTER > [blank_start]Al-Andalus[blank_end]

Associate these characteristics with the Al-Andalus, Romanesque or Gothic architecture TILES > [blank_start]Al-Andalus[blank_end] ROUNDED ARCHES > [blank_start]Romanesque[blank_end] THICK AND SOLID WALLS > [blank_start]Romanesque[blank_end] STAINED GLASS WINDOWS > [blank_start]Gothic[blank_end] USE OF DOMES > [blank_start]Al-Andalus[blank_end]

Let's check where people lived in the Middle Ages: Traders lived in [blank_start]cities[blank_end] Peasants mostly lived in [blank_start]small villages[blank_end] Craftsmen mostly lived in [blank_start]cities[blank_end]

Select (between the following choices) all that medieval cities had inside their walls:

Cities were organized into [blank_start]neighbourhoods[blank_end] or districts.

What did it make the city growth possible?

The cities were usually surrounded by [blank_start]walls[blank_end] and the gates were [blank_start]closed[blank_end] at [blank_start]night[blank_end].

The merchants trade products in [blank_start]marketplaces[blank_end] and [blank_start]trading[blank_end] [blank_start]fairs[blank_end]. (use plural)

Carpenters, weavers or goldsmiths are [blank_start]craftsmen[blank_end]

How many Christian Kingdoms were left before the marriage of the Catholic Monarchs?

Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon got married in [blank_start]1469[blank_end]

The Muslim Kingdom of Granada was finally conquered in [blank_start]1492[blank_end]

Society in the Christian Kingdoms waas organized as...

How many social groups did the feudal system consist of?

Name the social groups

Who were serfs?

The peasants worked the land but did they own it?

Who were bishops and monks?

Set the right centuries for the Romanesque and Gothic periods. Romanesque > [blank_start]10[blank_end]th to [blank_start]12[blank_end]th Century Gothic > [blank_start]13[blank_end]th to [blank_start]14[blank_end]th Century

The [blank_start]king[blank_end] was the [blank_start]highest[blank_end] political authority, and gave land to the [blank_start]noblemen[blank_end] that protected him. They were served by [blank_start]peasants[blank_end] who cultivated their [blank_start]lands[blank_end] and giving some of the [blank_start]crops[blank_end] to them.