Unit 3 Quiz

What would be the most appropriate title for this pyramid?

• The Crusades
• Daily Life in a Castle
• Feudalism
• Magna Carta

Who were the defenders of the lord's manor?

• Crusaders
• Knights
• Patricians
• Peasants

Castles in the Middle Ages were primarily built to be ________________.

• places of worship and religious ceremonies
• structures to provide defense in times of trouble
• dining halls for everyone who lived on the manor
• symbols of Charlemagne's wealth and power

What is a vassal?

• A person granted land from a lord in exchange for services

• The people who oversaw different parts of Charlemagne's empire

• The special doctors who attended to the sick during the Black Death

• The type of home that most peasants and serfs lived in on the manor

What was the significance of Charlemagne being named Emperor by Pope Leo III?

• It was thought that he would bring back the glory of the Roman Empire and had been put in power by God
• The pope had once been an enemy of Charlemagne's and so this coronation represented peace in Europe
• It suggested that he could finally unite all the Crusaders in a successful battle against the non-Christians
• The pope had been elected by the people, and so his choosing Charlemagne as emperor represented what the people wanted

Who helped Charlemagne govern his empire?

• The Senate and the Assembly
• Counts and inspectors
• Nobles and knights
• Priests and inspectors

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Black Death?

• The collapse of the manorial system
• The fall of Charlemagne's empire
• People demanding higher wages for labor
• Christians blaming the Jewish people

Which of the following is NOT associated with the Silk Road?

• Marco Polo

• Trade routes

• Cultural diffusion

• Pope Leo III

The Black Death, or bubonic plague, rapidly spread throughout Europe beginning in 1347. What was one of the main causes for the spread of this disease?

• The crops grown by peasants had come out of soil that was contaminated with the plague
• Fleas carried and transmitted the blood of diseased rats to humans
• Crusaders who returned from war had wounds infected with the plague
• People were drinking water from the rivers where human waste had been deposited 

What was the Byzantine Empire?

• The enemy for the European Christians during the First Crusade

• The empire that Charlemagne founded

• The eastern part of the Roman Empire that lives on after its fall

• The empire founded by the Crusaders after the Second Crusade