Middle Ages

What event is usually used by modern historians to mark the end of the middle ages?

• The end of the Great Schism

• the introduction of the Bubonic Plague to Europe

• The breaking of the siege of Orleans

• The Hundred Year's War

Why did Feudalism develop?

• The Renaissance Began

• City of Constantinople fell to the Turks

• due to turmoil of repeated invasions

• Mongols invaded

The Magna Carta was originally intended to defend the rights of....

• religious minorities in England

• All English subjects

• The English Nobility

• The English Monarch

What is a manor?

• an obligation to provide protection?

• a Lord's estate

• a right to use land

• a customary way of doing things

What was the role of the Church during the Middle ages?

• The church encouraged individuals to question authority

• Church leaders were limited solely to spiritual activities

• The church provided a sense of stability, unity and order

• the church gained influence as the world became more secular

What is a peasant?

• a monk

• a serf

• noble

• manor

What is the best generalization that can be made about the Crusades?

• They increased trade between Europe and Asia

• They brought European influence to Africa

• They strengthened the power of the serfs in Europe

• They promoted the idea of religious freedom

Why did Constantinople become the center of the Byzantine Empire?

• the Pope had made it the capital of the Christian world

• a Roman Emperor had moved the capital of the Empire eastward

• it was geographically isolated from surrounding capitals

• it was a religious center for Muslims

Which crusade resulted in capturing Jerusalem from the Muslims?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

Which of the following is an example of a sacrament?

• excommunication

• eternal life

• baptism

• christmas