Middle Ages

Which of the following groups DID NOT make up the social structure of feudalism?

• Knights
• King/Queen
• Middle class
• Serfs

Which of the following statements accurately describes feudalism?

• Under feudalism, kings gave land to nobles/lords in exchange for their military service.

• Feudalism served to spread Christianity throughout Western Europe.

• Feudalism began as a way to protect those on pilgrimages to Jerusalem.

• The rise of feudalism marked the end of the Medieval Age.

In the system of feudalism, who farmed the land?

• monarchs
• serfs
• lords
• knights

What process was developed by those who worked the land on manors?

• Mercantilism
• Triangular Trade
• Three-Field system
• Subsistence Farming

What process was developed by those who worked the land on manors?

• Mercantilism
• Triangular Trade
• Three-Field system
• Subsistence Farming

A widespread disease, or epidemic, spread by fleas on rats through Europe during the Middle Ages was known as:

• The Black Death/The Plague
• The Voice
• The Spanish Flu
• The Common Cold

The Black Death was spread by which of the following methods?

• Kissing!
• By sharing a cup
• It was air born
• Fleas on rats

Which best describes the influence of the Church during the Middle Ages?

• A child from almost every family became a monk or nun in the Church
• The Church encouraged people of other religions to settle in Europe
• Church officials and kings worked separately to govern countries
• Daily life in villages and towns revolved around the Church

Which of the following groups had the MOST political power?

• vassals
• serfs
• lords
• knights

What event cause 1/3 to 2/3 of the European population to die during the Middle Ages?

• The Crusades
• The Bubonic Plague
• The Feudal System
• The Magna Carta