Chapter 2 Lesson 3: Kingdoms and Crusades

In the late 800s C.E., British King _____________ of Wessex united the Anglo-Saxons against the vikings and formed the kingdom of England.

(Pg. 79, paragraph 1)

• Alfred

• Harold

• William

• Norman

Under Henry II, the courts created a body of _________ law, or law that was the same throughout England

(Pg. 81, Paragraph 1)

• same

• fair

• common

• new

Identify the regions conquered by the crusaders in the first crusade

(Pg. 87, paragraph 5)

• Edessa and Antioch

• Cairo

• Tripoli

• Kingdom of Jerusalem

• Mecca and Medina

In the 1100s C.E., Sicily became a major trading center because it was along trade routes linking regions of eastern and western ___________

(Pg. 89, paragraph 2)

• Europe

• Asia Minor

• Middle East

• Mediterranean

The Magna Carta was important because it

(Pg. 81, Paragraph 4-6)

• prohibited the monarch from leading the military

• asserted that the monarch must obey the law

• allowed the monarch to abolish Parliament

• limited the power and influence of the pope.

The Crusades contributed to the breakdown of feudalism because

(Pg. 88, Paragraph 3-4)

• many nobles who joined the Crusades sold their lands and freed their serfs.

• most peasants and knights converted to Islam.

• large numbers of merchants and traders became noblemen.

• Muslim captured the property of feudal landowners.

During the Second Crusade, a Muslim general named _______ recaptured Jerusalem from Christian forces.

(Pg. 88, paragraph 1)

• Aeschalon

• Muhammad

• Gregory

• Saladin

True or False: A new English culture that included both Norman and Anglo-Saxon customs eventually emerged after William the Conqueror gained control of England.

(Pg. 80, Paragraph 2)

• True

• False

The first estate of French Society was

(Pg. 83, paragraph 2)

• the clergy

• townspeople and peasants

• the nobility

The second estate of French Society was

(Pg. 83, paragraph 2)

• the clergy

• townspeople and peasants

• the nobility