Medieval Europe Test

What is feudalism?

• Political and social system based on the vassal paying money to the lord for land
• Political and social system based on bonds of loyalty between a lord and his vassal
• Political and social system based on vassal  becoming a slave  to the lord for land
• Political and social system  based on bonds of loyalty between a serf and his vassal

Why did feudalism develop in Europe?

• Constant tribal warfare and invasion forced nobles to seek protection to keep land
• Peasants became powerful and demanded better wages and better homes
• Knights became the most powerful because they were well-trained soldiers
• Kings were stronger than nobles and gave peasants more rights

Who was crowned emperor by the pope , ruled most of Europe, and created a strong central government?

• William the Conqueror
• King John 
• Charlemagne
• Joan of Arc

What began the new period in Europe called the Middle Ages or Medieval Times?

• Germanic leaders ended the Western Roman Empire by dividing it into kingdoms
• Germanic leaders ended the Eastern Byzantine Empire
• Germanic leaders started the European Empire
• Germanic leaders started the Roman Empire

What was the correct hierarchical order (top to bottom) of the feudal system?

• Knights/ Vassals,Peasants/ Serfs, Artisans, Kings/ Lords
• Peasants/ Serfs, Knights/ Vassals, Kings/ Lords,Artisans, Merchants
• King/Lords, Artisans, Peasants/ Serfs,Knights/ Vassals
• King/ Lords, Knights/Vassals, Peasants/Serfs

What did people offer their king/lord in exchange for land (fiefs) and protection?

• Service
• Advice
• Gold
• Horses

What workers could not leave, own land, or marry without their lord's permission?

• Kings
• Vassals
• Knights
• Peasants

What was the document that nobles forced King John of England to put his seal on which stated all people , regardless of rank, have rights, and the power of government should be limited?

• Constitution
• Bill of Rights
• Magna Carta
• Rule of Law

Kings held  the most power during feudal times until who rebelled  and power shifted to them?

• Peasants
• Serfs
• Knights
• Nobles

What french relative of Anglo-Saxon kings called the Duke of Normandy won the Battle of Hastings and became the crowned king of England?

• William the Conqueror
• King John
• Charlemagne
• Joan of Arc