Medieval Quiz #2

Describe the three-field system used on a manor.

• Three fields will three different crops with food to grow.
• One fallow field, one pasture and one field for crops.
• Two fields for pasture and one for crops.
• Two fields for crops and one waste field. 

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

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

Pope Urban help start the crusades by telling Christians he would ___________ if they helped recapture the recently seized Holy Land from the Seljuk Turks.

• Pay them in gold
• Forgive them of their sins
• Give them land
• Make them knights

What was the outcome of the crusades?

• The Holy Land came under Christian control
• The Holy Land returned to Muslim control
• The Holy Land was destroyed  and abandoned
• The Holy Land was divided by two sides

How did the Crusades lead to a decline in feudalism?

• A need for protection against Muslims.
• A large amount of lords who returned from the crusades. 
• A growth in cities, and lack of people who returned to the manors. 
• A surplus in crops. 

The Crusades had an important role in spreading Christianity and what else?

• Introducing Asian and African ideas and products to Europe
• Introducing various diseases to Europe
• Introducing Japanese and Chinese ideas and products to Europe
• Introducing the slave trade to Europe

How did the crusades affect Europe?

• Increased disease between Europe and Middle East and helped build up feudalism
• Increased trade between Europe and Middle East and helped break down feudalism
• Stopped trade between Europe and Middle East and helped build up feudalism
• Stopped trade between Europe and Middle East and helped break down feudalism

Monasteries educated boys  for priesthood  and from these learning centers, what institutions were formed?

• Churches
• Cathedrals
• Universities
• Castles