| A | B |
|---|
| Steel-tipped plow | Invention allowed for a greater amount of lands to be cultivated. Increased food production! |
| Venice | Italian merchant city. Silks and spices from Cathay. |
| Monopoly | One company has exclusive control over a product. No competition. |
| Caravans | Company of travelers banding together for protection. |
| Fairs | Special gatherings for trade sponsored by the lords. Lord's can tax them. |
| Towns | Inhabitants engage in trade and manufacturing. Lords and Church hate them. |
| Craft guild | Eliminates competition to ensure equal treatment and profits for all. Bad for consumers. |
| Apprentice | Trainee. Live and work under a master for 10 years. |
| Journeyman | Paid under a master. Here until you produce a masterpiece. |
| Master | Make and sell your own goods in you own shop. |
| Interest | Charging a fee for borrowing money. Medieval Church considers this a sin. |
| Usuary | Sin of charging interest for which you shall burn. Doesn't apply to Jews. |
| King John | Loses all French lands. Raises taxes. Nobles force him to sign the Magna Carta. |
| Magna Carta | 1215 A.D. "Great Charter" - No taxation without representation. No one is above the law. |
| Hundred Years War | Wars fought between England and France for the French crown. (1337-1453 A.D.) |
| Battles of Crecy and Agincourt | Heavily outnumbered English archers destroy armies of French knights. |
| Welsh longbow | Six foot bow that made armor useless. End of the medieval knight. |
| Black Death | Bubonic plague hits in 1347 A.D. Kills 25 million in five years. |
| Rats | Fall from 50 feet unhurt. Live on manure and urine. |
| Fleas | Jump 150x their lengh. Live on blood. Throw up into you when they bite you. |
| Order of the Flagellates | People walk the countryside whipping each other to show God they're sorry. |
| Beak doctors | Doctors dress up like birds to protect themselves from plague. |
| Penicillan | Found on moldy bread and cheese. Kills black plague bacteria. |
| Joan of Arc | Little girl who saves France. |
| Dauphin | French crown prince. Needs to be crowned at Rheims. |
| silks and spices | What you got from China. European lords and ladies couldn't get enough of them. |
| chamber pot | This is what you went to the bathroom in when you lived in a town. |
| competition | Opposite of monopoly. Different business compete to get you to shop at their stores. |
