Middle Age/Japanese Feudalism Test

What was the most powerful political institution in feudal Europe?

• King of France

• Catholic Church

Feudalism developed mainly because

• the monarchy was too powerful

• the Catholic Church was failing

• people needed protection

The picture best illustrates

• a fief

• a farm

• a manor

A Catholic worship service is called

• vassal

• clergy

• mass

The study of religion and God is

• theology

• monastery

• convent

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

• guilds

• vassals

• nobles

The everyday language spoken in a region is called the

• dialect

• vernacular

• heresy

What was the purpose of the crusades?

• Holy wars fought between the Muslims and the Buddhists

• Holy wars fought between Christians and Muslims

• Holy wars fought between Christians and the Vikings

The disease that struck Western Europe during the Middle Ages was caused by a bacteria that was spread by…

• Cats and dogs

• Cats and mosquitos

• Fleas and rats

What is a Manor system?

• Where people are organized to farm the food and to work on a manor house

• The church had total power

• Where men and women practice chivalry