Middle Ages Review

Why was the Magna Carta so important?

• Because it limited the power of the Catholic Church
• It limited the power of the King
• It helped raise the money needed to fund the Crusades
• It allowed the King to tax people without their approval

How did the plague affect the Feudal economy of Europe?

• Feudalism remained unchanged
• Feudalism was made stronger
• Labor shortages ended feudalism, serfs and peasants demand higher pay
• Feudalism ended because all peasants died

The Roman Catholic Church is known for 

• creating universities and schools
• preserving Greek and Roman knowledge
• hand-copying the Bible
• all of the above

What was a major effect of the Black Death?

• trade decreased
• it strengthened feudalism 
• food prices inflated
• manors became overcrowded

The Bubonic Plague originated in _______ around the year ______.

• Italy, 1400s
• India, 1300s
• Russia, 1500s
• China, 1300s

Juries, common law, and central courts describe the legal practices created in 

• Italy
• England
• Egypt
• Mongols

Religious officials who lead a church service are called

• mass
• clergy
• noble
• vassal

The land that is granted to a vassal in exchange for his loyalty and service is a 

• manor
• farm
• fief
• guld

Medieval business groups of craftsmen and merchants who set prices and quality are called

• guilds
• vassals
• nobles
• monarchs

The everyday language spoken in a region is called the

• dialect
• vernacular
• heresy
• mass