Topic 1.6: Developments in Europe 1200-1450

After the Fall of Rome, what events led to the rise of feudalism?

• Development of farming
• Expansion of freedoms
• Rise in prosperity
• Increase in attacks

Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne in return for

• a gift of land
• a noble title
• a large supply of food
• military support; an army

The Franks grew powerful because of their new style of war that used

• heavy wagons.
• knights on horseback
• cannons and gunpowder.
• peasants who threw rocks.

Which of the following best describes the Vikings?

• Northern people who made quick, fierce raids on European villages.
• Muslim nomads who traded in goods from the Middle East.
• Germanic people who swept south to topple the Roman Empire.
• Central European people who originally migrated from Asia.

A king gave his most important lords fiefs, which were

• grants of land
• large celebrations
• war horses
• market licenses

Social class in the Middle Ages was determined mainly by

• birth
• religion
• wealth
• education

What do these medieval items have in common?:
• stone wall
• castle moat
• knight’s armor

• They describe parts of a church's architecture.
• They describe features of a manor house.
• They describe forms of military technology.
• They describe structures of medieval towns.

Which of the following was a main job of medieval ladies?

• managing the household
• selling the manor's goods
• negotiating with feudal lords
• teaching boys to be knights

Pages and squires were boys in training to become

• kings
• knights
• teachers
• landowners

Serfs were required to

• grind their own grain at home.
• fight against the king's enemies.
• move to nearby cities and towns.
• stay on the land that they worked.