Power of Kings in the Middle Ages Lessons

Middle Ages: Monarchs, Islam, and Crusades

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes a fief?

• the peasants who worked the farm land
• the oath of loyalty sworn to the monarch
• the income raised by the peasants
• the estate that was granted to the vassal

Multiple Choice

Feudalism began as

• a way for the military to secure its power over the peasants and landowners

• a contract in which land was granted to the peasants in exchange for military service to the nobles

• a demand by peasants for better living conditions and for a share in the economic prosperity of the middle ages

• a means for the church to collect more taxes for its support of the nobility

Multiple Choice

What are the basic practices of Islam called?

• Four Noble Truths

• Five Pillars

• Eightfold path

• Three Wise Sayings

Multiple Choice

What type of religion is Islam?

• Polytheistic

• Agnostic

• Monotheistic

• Spiritualist

Multiple Choice

What religious leader from the Catholic Church helped to organize the First Crusade?

• Stephen Harding

• Pope Urban II

• Saint Benedict

Multiple Choice

Why did people join in fighting in the Crusades?

• They thought it would help them practice their fighting skills.

• They thought it would help them get rich.

• They thought it would help them get into heaven.

• All of these answers

Multiple Choice

The city of Jerusalem is important to what three major religions?

• Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam

• Islam, Christianity, and Hinduism

• Islam, Christianity, and Judaism