Medieval Europe

The term medieval means...

• Middle Age
• Late Age
• Early Age
• Renaissance

The Middle Ages began ...

• after the fall of the Roman Empire.
• when Muhammad died.
• on the Silk Road.
• in the Arabian Peninsula

Which of these best defines feudalism?

• A political and economic arrangement in which a lord provides protection in exchange for loyalty and service.
• A hierarchy designed to ensure only kings are protected.
• A system of exchange where laborers work for wages in the form of money.
• A social order with kings at the top and knights at the bottom.

Which of the following is the correct hierarchy (ranking) of Feudal society in Medieval Europe? TOP to BOTTOM

• knights, peasants, church officials & nobles, king
• king, knights, church officials and nobles, peasants
• king, church officials and nobles, knights, peasants
• peasants, knights, church officials and nobles, king

What is a highly trained mounted warrior in the service of a noble in Medieval Europe?

• serf
• knight
• Crusades
• Clergy

What is a peasant farmer in feudal society?

• serf
• knight
• Crusades
• Clergy

What is the people with priestly authority in a religion?

• serf
• knight
• Crusades
• Clergy

What is a series of military campaigns (1095 - 1291) from Christian Europe to Palestine (Holy Lands) to control Jerusalem and beyond?

• serf

• knight

• Crusades

• Clergy

Lords gave land to their vassals in exchange for ______________

• Christianity

• protection

• communities

• military service

The conversion of European kings to ____________________ contributed the most to an increase in power of the Roman Catholic Pope

• population

• communities

• Peasants

• Christianity