7th grade: #9a, 9b, 9c notes

The Middle Ages are also known as:

• the Renaissance

• the Dark Ages

• the Medieval Period

• the Light Ages

The Middle Ages are between the ___________ times & the modern times.

• ancient

• dark

• technology

• future

A man who receives honor & land in exchange for serving a lord as a soldier is a...

• serf

• peasant

• knight

• Viking

The Middle Ages beginning & ending dates were

• 700-1700

• 500-1500

• 300-1300

• 400-1400

Who ruled for nearly 50 years during the Middle Ages & united much of Western Europe?

• Commodus

• Constantine

• Charlemagne

• Licinius

Who came from Northern Europe & burned and looted European towns?

• Knights

• Gladiators

• Servants

• Vikings

Which happened first?

• Charlemagne died

• Charlemagne's sons fought over land, weakening the empire.

What system was invented to keep Western Europe organized & safe?

• Feudalism

• Federalism

• Nepotism

• Socialism

In the system of feudalism, who gives land to the lords because he can't control all of the land himself?

• King

• Knight

• Lord

• Serf

In the system of feudalism, who provides food for the manor?

• King

• Knights

• Lords

• Serfs