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7. who was the pope and clergy? how did they claim power and what influence did they have on european society?
8. what was the bubonic plague? what effects did the black death have on medieval society? (hint: think about how the plague changed people’s worldviews)
- effect on population:
- effect on beliefs / ideas:
9. what did people in the middle ages believe was the cause of the black death? why did they not have a scientific explanation for this like we do now?
10. the european middle ages is also known as the he dark ages.\ why might this term not apply to the middle east during the same time? (hint: what were people doing differently in this region?)
11. describe the factors that brought the destruction of feudalism.
12. explain the term \urbanization.\
13. which class of people became powerful in major italian city - states? explain how and why they became powerful.

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name:
7. who was the pope and clergy? how did they claim power and what influence did they have on european society?
8. what was the bubonic plague? what effects did the black death have on medieval society? (hint: think about how the plague changed people’s worldviews)
 - effect on population:
 - effect on beliefs / ideas:
9. what did people in the middle ages believe was the cause of the black death? why did they not have a scientific explanation for this like we do now?
10. the european middle ages is also known as the 	he dark ages.\ why might this term not apply to the middle east during the same time? (hint: what were people doing differently in this region?)
11. describe the factors that brought the destruction of feudalism.
12. explain the term \urbanization.\
13. which class of people became powerful in major italian city - states? explain how and why they became powerful.

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Since there are multiple sub - questions, we'll address them one by one using the appropriate format (Answer - Explanation Format as these are mostly about historical and social concepts, falling under Social Science - History subfield).

### Question 7
# Brief Explanations:
The Pope was the head of the Roman Catholic Church, and the clergy were religious officials (priests, bishops, etc.). They claimed power through religious authority (people's faith, Church's role in salvation), control of education (only clergy often literate), and political alliances (with nobles/monarchs). Influence: shaped culture (art/architecture for Church), controlled morality, had economic power (owned land, tithes), and political power (advised rulers, excommunicated).
# Answer:
The Pope was the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, and the clergy were religious personnel (priests, bishops, etc.). They claimed power via religious authority (people’s faith in salvation through the Church), control of education (most literate were clergy), and political ties (alliances with nobles/monarchs). Their influence: shaped culture (Church - centered art/architecture), controlled morality, held economic power (land ownership, tithes), and had political sway (advised rulers, used excommunication).

### Question 8
# Brief Explanations:
The bubonic plague (Black Death) was a bacterial infection (Yersinia pestis) spread by fleas on rats, causing fever, swelling, death. Effect on population: massive death (1/3 - 2/3 of Europe’s population died), labor shortages. Effect on beliefs/ideas: weakened faith in Church (couldn’t stop plague), rise of secularism, new artistic themes (death, suffering), and questioning of old social orders.
# Answer:
The bubonic plague (Black Death) was a bacterial (Yersinia pestis) disease spread by fleas on rats, causing symptoms like fever, swollen lymph nodes, and high mortality. Effect on population: ~1/3 - 2/3 of Europe’s population died, leading to labor shortages. Effect on beliefs/ideas: weakened Church authority (couldn’t prevent plague), growth of secular thought, new artistic focus on death/suffering, and challenges to traditional social hierarchies.

### Question 9
# Brief Explanations:
People in the Middle Ages believed the Black Death was caused by divine punishment (God’s wrath), bad air (miasma theory), or Jews (scapegoating). They lacked scientific explanation because the scientific method was underdeveloped, knowledge was controlled by Church (focus on religion, not science), and there was limited understanding of germs/microbes.
# Answer:
Middle Ages people believed the Black Death was due to divine punishment (God’s anger), bad air (miasma), or blamed Jews. They had no scientific explanation as the scientific method was undeveloped, knowledge was Church - controlled (religious focus, not science), and germs/microbes were unknown.

### Question 10
# Brief Explanations:
The “Dark Ages” term for Europe implies cultural/intellectual decline. The Middle East (Islamic world) had a “Golden Age”: preserved Greek/Roman knowledge, advanced in science (algebra, medicine), philosophy (Ibn Sina, Ibn Rushd), trade (Silk Road connections), and had cultural flourishing (Baghdad as a learning center), so it wasn’t “dark”.
# Answer:
The “Dark Ages” (cultural/intellectual decline) doesn’t apply to the Middle East. The Islamic world had a “Golden Age”: preserved classical knowledge, advanced in science (algebra, medicine), philosophy (Ibn Sina, Ibn Rushd), thrived in trade (Silk Road), and had cultural/scholarly flourishing (Baghdad as a hub), unlike Europe’s perceived decline.

### Question 11
# Brief Explanations:
Factors destroying feudalism: Black Death (labor shortages, serfs demanded wages/freedom), rise of cities/merchants (new economic power, urbanization), growth of nation - states (monarchs centralized power, reducing noble power), and the Hundred Years’ War (changed military - feudal knights became less effective, paid armies rose).
# Answer:
Factors destroying feudalism: Black Death (labor shortages, serfs sought wages/freedom), urbanization/merchant class (new economic power, weakening feudal manors), nation - state growth (monarchs centralized power, reducing noble authority), and the Hundred Years’ War (feudal knights’ decline, rise of paid armies).

### Question 12
# Brief Explanations:
Urbanization is the process of people moving from rural areas to cities, leading to city growth. It involves economic shifts (from agriculture to trade/manufacturing), social changes (new social classes, urban culture), and physical changes (city infrastructure, housing).
# Answer:
Urbanization is the process of population shift from rural to urban areas, causing city growth. It includes economic (agriculture to trade/manufacturing), social (new classes, urban culture), and physical (city infrastructure, housing) changes.

### Question 13
# Brief Explanations:
In Italian city - states (e.g., Florence, Venice), the merchant class (bourgeoisie) became powerful. They gained wealth through trade (Mediterranean, Silk Road goods), used money to influence politics (banking, loans to nobles/Church), and supported art/culture (Renaissance patrons), weakening feudal nobles’ power as city - states were republics/oligarchies based on wealth.
# Answer:
In major Italian city - states, the merchant class (bourgeoisie) became powerful. They gained wealth via Mediterranean/Silk Road trade, used money to influence politics (banking, loans to elites), and sponsored art/culture (Renaissance patrons). Their wealth - based power weakened feudal nobles in republic/oligarchy - run city - states.

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