Chapter 14

The social system or government system of exchanging land for loyalty and protection was called....

• socialism
• vassalism
• feudalism

The people who owned the land during the Middle Ages were called....

• Lords
• Manors
• Serfs
• Peasants

Which person in the feudal hierarchy had the most power?

• peasants
• serfs
• monarchs
• knights

What were the Crusades?

• A series of wars against the Vikings
• A series of wars to try to take control of the Holy Land
• A series of wars to unite Europe
• None of these

Dramatic decline in population, shortage of workers, disruption of trade, and feudal contracts ignored.
All of these were caused by...?

• Crusades
• Black Death
• Feudalism
• Manorialism

What were Muslims and Christians fighting over during the crusades?

• the Holy Land
• trading routes
• The Byzantine Empire
• The Catholic Curch

Crusaders brought many new and interesting goods back with them from the Middle East. This served to ___________ trade in western Europe.

• increase
• decrease
• maintain
• eliminate 

How did the Bubonic Plague spread?

• Bad water
• Fleas on rats
• Looking at people
• Alignment of the stars

Caused by  rats carrying diseased fleas from infested trading ships and houses.

• Ebola
• Leprosy
• Black Death

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

Which of these was a major effect of the Crusades on Europe?

• Reuniting the Roman Empire
• Everyone in the "East" became Christian
• Increased trade with non-European cultures