Middle Ages

A major goal of the Catholic Church during the Crusades (1096-1291) was to –

• Unite Arab peoples
• Establish Christianity in Western Europe
• Capture the Holy Land from Islamic rulers
• Strengthen the power of European rulers

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Which is the most valid generalization about the impact of the Crusades?

• They strengthened the power of the serfs in Europe
• They increased trade between Europe and Asia
• They brought European influence to Asia
• They promoted the idea of religious freedom

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Which of the following best completes the graphic?  CAUSE----->EFFECT

• Feudalism develops in medieval Europe - Invaders overrun the Roman Empire
• Invaders overrun Roman Empire - Council of Nicaea  sets tenets for church
• Roman army cannot defend the empire - Rome falls  and feudalism develops
• Council of Nicaea sets Christian tenets - Catholic  Church becomes powerful

Which of the following groups had the MOST political power?

• vassals
• serfs
• lords
• knights

What was one effect that the Black Death had on peasant and artists living in Europe during the late Middle Ages?

• Workers were forced to relocate to cities to find work.
• Workers’ wages rose due to an increased demand for labor.
• Workers had their homes taken away to pay off land owners’ debts.
• Workers’ rights decreased because land owners gained more power.

Manorialism can best be described as

• the retaking of land from Germanic tribes
• the land given to monasteries by different governments as a show of loyalty to the Church
• the economic ties between the nobles and the serfs who worked on their lands
• the process of how a nobleman's son in the Middle Ages could become a knight

The Catholic Church in Europe was responsible for building some of the earliest

• castles
• town halls
• nurseries
• universities

Which of these was NOT true about Catholic monks during the Middle Ages?

• Monks would sometimes spend over a year to hand write a Bible
• Monks helped the poor
• Monks spent most of their time in silence and prayer
• Monks trained in martial arts

The most educated group of people in Europe during the Middle Ages were

• monks
• merchants
• lords
• crusaders

Which of the following was NOT a change provided by the Magna Carta?

• Freedom of Speech
• Trial by Jury
• Right to approve new taxes
• Representative Assemblies