Unit 3: Middle Ages

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

• Christianity
• Feudalism
• Shinto
• Chivalry

Which answer choice shows the order of Feudal Society from highest to lowest?

• peasants, knights, nobles/king, Pope

• Pope, king/nobles, knights, peasants

• knights, king, peasants, serfs, Pope

• Pope, merchants, knights, commoners, serfs

What is the name for the large estate of land a knight lived on?

• castle
• manor
• chivalry
• land

Rome had enemies attacking their borders in too many places because the empire was too large?

• True
• False

The Huns were a?

• A civilization
• A tribe that would settle down and farm the land. 
• A tribe that would fight on horseback. They preferred a roaming warlike lifestyle.

What was the name of Charlemagne's Empire?

• Roman Empire
• Holy Roman Empire
• Christian Roman Empire
• Christian Empire

These guys had the responsibility of fighting under feudalism

• serfs
• lords
• knights 
• peasants

Feudal societies are generally characterized by

• an emphasis on social order 
• a representative government
• many economic opportunities
• the protection of political rights

Which statement best describes the result of the Crusades?

• Europeans maintained a lasting control over much of the Middle East 
• Islamic influence dominated Europe 
• Europeans developed tolerance of Non-Christian religions 
• trade between Europe and the Middle East was expanded 

Who are the clergy? 

• religious leaders 
• peasants who were poor and considered the nobles property 
• official who made sure the peasants were working hard in the fields 
• the offical who looked after the novels's fief and visited regularly