Review Early Medieval EUROPE

Early Medieval EUROPE Review

7th Grade Social Studies

Multiple Choice

The Middle Ages began ...

• after the fall of the Roman Empire.
• when Muhammad died.
• on the Silk Road.
• in the Arabian Peninsula

Multiple Choice

The Fall of the Roman Empire caused which of the following:

• Chaos in Europe.
• Instability in Europe.
• Loss of protection from invaders.
• All of the Above.

Multiple Choice

What is Feudalism?

• A sustaining feud with a friend

• A social and political system of in which land was granted to vassals in exchange for military service

• A system of government that allowed a King to have ultimate say over the land

• A system of government where the Pope and King had equal rule over the land

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a charateristic of feudalism?

• Loyalty from vassals and knights
• Power comes from land ownership.
• Hierarchy of social classes. 
• Strong governments.

Roles in Society ( Monarchs)

• At the very top of feudal society were the monarchs, or kings and queens. As you have learned, medieval monarchs were also feudal lords. They were expected to keep order and to provide protection for their vassals.

  
  

• Most medieval monarchs believed in the divine right of kings, the idea that God had given them the right to rule.

Roles in Society (Nobles )

•  It was the lord's responsibility to manage and defend his land and its laborers. The lord appointed officials to make sure villagers fulfilled their duties, which included farming the lord's land and paying rent in the form of crops, meat, and other foods.

• Higher Ranking social class

Roles in Society (Knights )

• Knights were the mounted soldiers of the medieval world. In general, knights needed to have a good deal of wealth, since a full suit of armor and a horse cost a small fortune. Knights were usually vassals of more powerful lords.

Roles in Society (Serfs )

• Most people during the Middle Ages were peasants. They were not included in the feudal relationship of vassal and lord, but they supported the entire feudal structure by working the land. Their labor freed lords and knights to spend their time preparing for war or fighting.

  
  

• During medieval times, peasants were legally classified as free or unfree. These categories had to do with the amount of service owed to the lord. Free peasants rented land to farm and owed only their rent to the lord. Unfree peasants, or serfs, farmed the lord's fields and could not leave the lord's manor. In return for their labor, they received their own small plot of land to farm.

Multiple Choice

Usually vassals of more powerful lords and they were mounted soldiers of the medieval world

• Nobles

• Serfs

• Knights

• Monarchs

Multiple Choice

Daily life revolve around work, could be free or unfree

• Nobles

• Serfs

• Knights

• Monarchs

Multiple Choice

Believed that God gave them the right to rule.

• Nobles

• Serfs

• Knights

• Monarchs

Multiple Choice

Had a responsibility to manage and defend his land and its laborers. Higher-ranking class in medieval society

• Nobles

• Serfs

• Knights

• Monarchs

Open Ended

According to the previous slides please put the following in order according to the Feudalism Pyramid.

Knights

Nobles

Sers/Peasants

Kings and Queens

Multiple Choice

What was the main religion of Western Europe during the Medieval Period?

• Eastern Orthodoxy

• Catholicism

• Islam

• Judaism

Multiple Choice

Often considered by many to be the greatest king of the Middle Ages. He built the largest empire in Europe since Rome, built schools all over his empire, restored stability to many regions, spread Catholicism, and even rescued the pope from invasion. He was the first individual to be crowned Holy Roman Emperor.

• Charlemagne

• Clovis

• Charles Martell

• Otto I

Multiple Choice

The medieval code of the knights, which stressed the knight's ability to protect the weak, the clergy, his lord, and king was called

• manor

• chivalry

• feudalism

• knight

Multiple Choice

A large fully self-sufficient estate, where most people lived in medieval Europe were called

• fief

• duke

• manor

• moat

Multiple Choice

This illustration of a medieval manor shows that-

• main crop was barley

• manor was economically self-sufficiet

• serfs owned the fallow land

• church was unimportant to daily life

Multiple Choice

Manorialism is the economic system used during the middle ages in which peasants exchanged crops/money for protection.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What is a manor?

• Another name for a servant under feudalism

• A piece of land loaned to a vassal under feudalism

• All land controlled/owned by the king under feudalism

• The belief that God chooses the king

Multiple Choice

Self-Sufficient means:

• You have to rely on other people to get the things you need
• You do not have to rely on other people to get the things you need
• You feel really good about yourself
• You live completely on your own

Early Medieval Europe Invaders 

Multiple Select

Who were the 3 Main invaders in Early Medieval Europe?

• Mongols

• Vikings

• Turks

• Germanic Tribes

• Islamic IInavders

Multiple Select

Click the following that best describes the Vikings. Choose 3

• They were Polytheistic, believing in four different Gods

• Used fortresses to attack Western Europe

• Sailed from Scandinavia

• Began invasions around 800 AD Terrorizing Northern Europe

• Tiny Kingdoms throughout Western Europe

Multiple Select

Click the following that best describes the Germanic Tribes Choose 2

• They were Polytheistic, believing in four different Gods

• They were called the Franks and inhabited the land we now call France.

• Sailed from Scandinavia

• Began invasions around 800 AD Terrorizing Northern Europe

• Tiny Kingdoms throughout Western Europe

Multiple Select

Click the following that best describes the Islamic Invaders Choose 2

• Used fortresses to attack Western Europe

• They were called the Franks and inhabited the land we now call France.

• Invaded Europe from the South

• Began invasions around 800 AD Terrorizing Northern Europe

• Tiny Kingdoms throughout Western Europe

Multiple Choice

The individual who formally united the Frankish speaking tribes in France and was the first Frankish king to be baptized a Catholic was

• Charles Martell

• Clovis

• Charlemagne

• St. Patrick

Multiple Choice

The Frankish general who defeated the Islamic Moors at the Battle of Tours in Southern France, this preserving Christianity in Europe was

• Clovis

• Charles Martell

• Charlemagne

• Alfred the Great

Multiple Choice

The Church gained economic power by

• collecting taxes

• taking some land by force

• receiving gifts of land from the wealthy

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

The center of life in a medieval community was the

• town hall

• temple

• market

• church