Middle Ages

What event signaled the start of the Middle Ages?

• Fall of Rome

• The attack of the Vikings

• Leaders Death

• Empire fail

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

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
• king, nobles, knights, peasants
• knights, king, peasants, serfs
• merchants, knights, commoners, serfs

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

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

• castle
• manor
• chivalry
• land

Who was responsible for farming the fields on a manor?

• knights
• peasants
• merchants
• nobles

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

How are knights and samurai similar?

• They are from Europe.
• They have metal armor.
• They are Christian.
• They follow codes of honor.

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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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What was the purpose of the Crusades?

• Ceremony acknowledging the achievement of completing 12 years of education
• Expel Martin Luther from the Catholic Church
• Unite all of Europe as one Christian kingdom
• Retake the city of Jerusalem (Holy Lands)

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

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

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

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