Medieval Europe Review

What is an agreement between the Pope and the ruler of a country known as?

• Concordat
• fjord
• treaty
• fief

Europe's seas and rivers played an important part in Europe's growth because they provided both protection and opportunities for

• invading other lands
• combining kingdoms
• trading with nearby economies
• converting distant groups to Catholicism

Which was a Germanic group who settled the area known today as France?

• Angles
• Celts
• Franks
• Saxons

Between AD 800-900, parts of Europe were invaded by Muslims, Magyars, and 

• Vikings
• Vandals
• Finns
• Gauls

Charlemagne was the first Frankish ruler to believe in what for all people?

• Education
• equality
• Freedom
• Religion

Land granted to a vassal, or knight in exchange for military service is known as a 

• serf
• fief
• vernacular
• heresy

Under which system did landowning nobles govern and protect the people in exchange for military service?

• mercantalism
• protectionalism
• feudalism
• vassalism

Two important farming invention of the Middle Ages that made turning over soil faster were the horse collar and

• the windmill
• crop roation
• the wheeled plow
• the village mill

Who were medieval warriors in armor who fought on horseback

• knights
• serfs
• nobles
• squires

Decides whether an accused person is guilty or innocent of a crime

• Trial jury
• Grand jury
• Magna Carta
• Judge