Unit 4: Feudalism

Why did rural peasants move to the cities during the plague year?

• There was less land to raise crops.

• Labor guilds encouraged villages to relocate.

• Villagers sought medical treatments only available in cities.

• There was less work available in the country due to rising labor costs.

Which of the following was an effect of the Black Plague?

• People developed greater religious tolerance through prayer.

• Doctors cured the epidemic by medical advances.

• Peasants moved to cities seeking medical care.

• There were large increases in wages and prices throughout Europe.

What is papal supremacy?

• Pope is head over the Western Christian Church.

• Pope is head over all religions.

• Pope is head over the Papal States.

• Pope has authority over kings and emperors.

What did medieval Christians believe they needed to earn salvation?

• Make a pilgrimage to Rome.

• Receive the sacraments.

• Read the entire Bible.

• Do volunteer work for the church.

What important step did King Clovis take in ruling his conquered lands?

• He preserved the Roman legacy in Spain.

• He rejected the Roman legacy in Gaul.

• He converted to Christianity.

• He converted to Islam.

What raiders attacked Western Europe from the sea under Charlemagne's rule?

• Magyars

• Vikings

• Franks

• Goths

Why did Poe Leo proclaim Charlemagne as the Holy Roman Emperor?

• He crushed a rebellion in Rome.

• He converted to Christianity.

• He defeated the Byzantine emperor.

• He drove the Muslims out of Spain.

What happened when ancient Greek works reached Christian scholars after being preserved by Muslim scholars?

• The Church rejected them as heresy.

• They began to undermine the European scholastic method.

• They began a revolution in learning.

• Faith was rejected in favor of reason.

The new middle class of medieval society included whom?

• Peasants

• Merchants

• Vassals

• Nobles

How did monarchs gain more power in the Middle Ages?

• Allowed nobles to raise armies.

• Broadened the power of the Church.

• Strengthened ties with the new middle class.

• Waged warfare by appealing to national pride.