Middle Ages Review

What is the name of the agreement that limited the power of the King in England?

• Magna Carta
• Domesday Book
• the Bill of Rights
• The English Constitution

The Magna Carta is most important for which reason?

• it created Parliament
• it was called the "great charter"
• it created the first democracy in England
• it put limits on the monarch's (or kings) power

The period in history known as "The Crusades" represents a struggle mostly based on 

• race
• religion
• politics
• the military

The Crusades were a series of battles that took place over more than two centuries to achieve what end for both Muslims and Christians?

• remove the Pope from power
• capture Jerusalem and the Holy Land
• reopen the Silk Road to access new products
• forced people to adopt either Eastern Orthodox or Islam as a religion

What effect did the Crusades have on trade in Western Europe?

• They reduced trade from France and Italy
• They decreased the population in Western Europe
• They increased trade and exposure to new items from the Middle East
• They brought Islamic merchants into Western Europe and led to mass conversions

Life in medieval Europe revolved around _____________.

• the military
• religion
• working
• going to school

A guild is a group of merchants/craftworkers who 

• make the same products
• make different products
• make whatever products they want
• make products that go together

This group was the largest group under the Feudal system.

• Knights
• Nobility
• Peasants
• King

This king was forced to sign the Magna Carta because he was so  unpopular and was about to lose his power to the nobles.

• King Phillip III
• Charles the Great
• King John I
• King James II

True/False:  The Feudal system developed as a way for people to protect themselves. 

• True
• False