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 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.

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In the system of feudalism, who farmed the land?

• monarchs
• serfs
• lords
• knights

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

• rats

• By sharing a cup

• It was air born

• Fleas on rats

Who conquered most of Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire?

• William the Conqueror
• the Pope
• Charlemagne
• King Henry VIII

What is the name for the system of promises between lords and vassals that governed Europe in the Middle Ages?

• Christianity
• Feudalism
• Shinto
• Chivalry

How did the emergence of medieval feudalism in Europe influence the Christian Church?

• The Church encouraged voyages of exploration.
• The Church published the Bible in the vernacular.
• The Church adopted Latin as the official language.
• The Church served as the unifying power in society.

Manorialism can best be described as

• the process of how a nobleman's son in the middle ages could become a knight
• the political relationships between the king or queen, the nobility, and the peasants
• the economic ties between the nobles and the peasants who worked on their lands
• the land given to monasteries by different governments as a show of loyalty to the Church

Which of the following best describes a fief?

• the peasants who worked the farm land
• the oath of loyalty sworn to the monarch
• the income raised by the peasants
• the estate that was granted to the vassal

The First Crusade had the intended goal of capturing which city?

• Jerusalem
• Cairo
• Mecca
• Rome