Medieval Europe: Crime & Punishment

Medieval Europe:
Crime & Punishment

• How did feudalism establish order in Medieval Europe?

• What was life like in Medieval Europe?

Objective:

Multiple Select

What benefits that existed during the Roman Empire WERE LOST to the Europeans after the fall of the Western Roman Empire during the Dark Ages? [Select ALL that APPLY]

• Education

• Technology

• Trade

• Medicine

Multiple Select

Converting to Christianity helped Clovis, king of the Franks, conquer and gain power in Europe by... [Select ALL that APPLY]

• converting to Christianity helped him cement power

• converting to Christianity helped him as many of his new subjects were Roman Christians

• converting to Christianity weakened Clovis and left him without allies

• converting to Christianity helped him gain allies among church leaders

Multiple Choice

What united the people of Europe during the Dark Ages?

• War

• Trade

• Culture

• Christianity

Multiple Choice

The Franks were successful in ruling Western Europe because they developed a new style of warfare which depended on...

• Trebuchet

• Battering Rams

• Archers

• Knights

Multiple Choice

Who created the system of rewarding knights with land and privileges ultimately preparing the way for Feudalism?

• Clovis

• Charlemagne

• William the Conqueror

• the Vikings

Multiple Choice

As towns grew in the Middle Ages, towns began to resent their lord's power and taxes and sought to become independent. This showed...

• the power that feudal lords had over towns

• a rejection of feudalism and the lord's power by people in towns

• the power of church officials in Europe

• the weakness of people in towns to stand up to lords

Multiple Select

Towns in the High Middle Ages began growing again because of... [Select ALL that APPLY]

• agricultural improvements

• creation of jobs

• revival of trade

• rise of factories

Multiple Choice

A surplus of crops was BIG DEAL, because this meant that...

• EVERYONE had to farm to feed themselves

• SOME people had to farm to feed themselves

• the Catholic Church had to farm to feed themselves

• NOT EVERYONE had to farm to feed themselves

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How did trade CHANGE from the beginning of the Middle Ages to the High Middle Ages? [Select ALL that APPLY]

• trade changed so that only the wealthy could by household items

• trade changed from just luxury goods to everyday household items.

• local people could buy products, instead of just the wealthy

• local people could no longer buy products

Multiple Select

The labor and work of peasants and serfs on the land of lords and knights gave them free time to do what? [Select ALL that APPLY]

• fighting

• relax

• prepare for war

• vacation

Multiple Choice

People accused of crimes were held in dirty, crowded jails. In jail, who did one rely on to bring them food? 

• the jailer

• friends and family

• guild members

• strangers

Multiple Choice

In ______________________ the accused had to pass a dangerous test, such as being thrown into a deep well, to prove his or her innocense.

• trial by ordeal

• trial by combat

• specialization

• common law

Multiple Choice

In ______________________ the accused had to fight to prove his or her innocence. 

• trial by ordeal

• trial by combat

• specialization

• common law

Multiple Choice

In the Middle Ages, the reason people used both trial by combat and trial by ordeal was because....

• Medieval towns didn't have courts

• Medieval towns didn't trust people to judge

• people believed God would protect the person if they were innocent