Middle Ages Unit

What were the main role of serfs in the feudal system?

• soldiers
• laborers
• explorers
• missionaries

Because emperors could not maintain power during the middle ages invasions--

• people turned to lords for protection
• lords freed the slaves
• serfs ended agreements with the lords
• people became slaves for work

• provide labor
• provided a fief
• provided military  service
• provided shelter

The purpose of the castle was to-

• religion
• socializing
• farming
• protection

A fief is -

• a church
• land
• a castle
• farming

This was a Frankish King during the middle ages. The Pope crowned him

• Justinian
• Charlamagne
• William the Conqueror
• Ivan the Great

What became the unifying force in western europe during the middle ages?

• The Church
• Emperors
• Trade
• Ivan the Great

What was the most responsible for the preservation of the Greco-Roman cultural achievements during the Middle Ages?

• Church
• Lords
• Serfs
• Vassals

When Rome split near the end of its existence, why did the West fall when the East survived a thousand years longer?

• The Eastern Empire had a powerful army which the West did not.
• The Western Empire had no slaves to use for fighting the barbarians.
• The Eastern Empire had a more sustainable and advanced economy.
• The Western Empire had the political system that the East did not.

Which empire came to an end as a result of the capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks?

• the Seljuk Empire
• the Safavid Empire
• the Byzantine Empire
• the Mongolian Empire