Middle Ages Review

The result of the Norman Invasion was which new social system?

• city class system

• feudalism

• Magna Carta

• chivalry

Which group was at the bottom of the feudalism caste system?

• knights

• vassals

• lords

• serfs

A person who receives land from a lord in exchange for military service or other loyalty is called a...

• serf

• baron

• vassal

• king

The code of conduct for a knight was called...

• chivalry

• courtly love

• feudalism

• romance

Which is the following is true of women in the Middle Ages?

• had all of the political rights of a man

• received the same degree of respect as her 'man' (brother, father, husband)

• could manage estates even when the husband was present

• were mostly nuns

A series of holy wars waged by Christians against Muslims...

• crusades

• black death

• magna carta

• martyrdom

Which of the following was NOT a result of the Crusades?

• thousands of Jews and Muslims slaughtered

• exposure to Eastern mathematics, astronomy, medicine

• limited the power of the Pope

Saint Thomas Becket was murdered for all of the following reasons EXCEPT...

• he wouldn't take the side of King Henry II and instead favored the Pope

• he was trying to overthrow King Henry

• King Henry's knights took his words of 'I wish I could be rid of this man' seriously.

What was NOT a result of the murder of Thomas Becket?

• King Henry lost power and favor of the people.

• Corruption in the church could now go unchecked.

• King Henry gained power over the Pope.

The Magna Carta did NOT...

• help serfs to gain more power

• limit the power of the Pope

• appeal mostly to the rich aristocrats (and not to the common man)

• became the basis for English constitutional law (such as trial by jury or tax system)