Middle Ages Review

What is the correct order of the Feudal System?

• Lord, King, Knights, Peasants & Serfs

• King, Peasants & Serfs, Knights, Lords

• King, Lord, Knights, Peasants & Serfs

• Knights, Peasants & Serfs, Lords, King

Why were peasants and serfs so important to the economy within the kingdom?

• They supplied labor and goods to the entire kingdom

• They took taxes from the Lord

• They gave the King ideas for new laws

• They had the most say on what should be traded

What did the lord give the king in exchange for land?

• A promise to spread Christianity

• loyalty and military service [knights]

• taxes to the peasants

• Gave only food to the king

Why was there a need to create Feudalism in the Middle Ages?

• There was a need for order and protection against invaders

• There was a centralized gov't after Rome fell that kept order

• The king invaded large pieces of land and ruled all the land by himself.

• Small kingdoms were NOT safer to have during this time

Why was there a need for the Magna Carta?

• To create a republic style government

• to limit the power of the king

• to create a dictatorship

• to give the king more power

Why did the Bubonic plague infect so many Europeans?

• The disease caused boils

• The disease could spread with or without physical contact

• The disease had a cure and stopped spreading quickly

• The disease attached only people in the upper class

What was the result of the bubonic plague on Europe?

• Farming wasn't important anymore

• Peasants had a stronger loyalty to their lord

• The population decreased & feudalism fell

• Population increased

What word best describes a manor in the Middle Ages?

• A large house

• Land owned by a knight

• Land that wasn't good for living on

• land that was self-sufficient

Why were peasants able to demand more money at the end of the plague?

• There was a shortage of people who could work

• Survivors of the plague were like celebrities

• Peasants were more educated

• They wasn't as much land to tend to

What document is similar to the Magna Carta that we use today in the United States?

• Checks and Balances

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• National Anthem