End of the Middle Ages in Europe

A major goal of the Catholic Church during the Crusades (1096-1291) was to -

• unite Arab peoples
• establish Christianity in Western Europe
• capture the Holy Land from Islamic rulers
• strengthen the power of European rulers

The ________________________ led to wage increases for peasants due to causing mass shortages of available workforce in feudal society.

• Black Plague
• Magna Carta
• Domesday
• Crusades

The ____________________ helped to influence the British Parliament and the American colonies by limiting the power of monarchs and giving representation to the people.

• Black Plague
• Magna Carta
• Domesday
• Crusades

One effect of the Hundred Years' War that weakened feudal society was -

• military advancements which reduced the dependence of knights
• the increased dependence of knights to fight wars
• the peasants distrust of monarchs
• the peasants distrust of the church

How did the Papal Schism (2nd Great Schism) mark the end of the Middle Ages?

• It weakened the power and influence of the church.
• It increased the power and influence of the church.
• It led to greater unity throughout Western Europe.
• It led to greater trust of the church and weakened the power of kings.

One positive effect of the Crusades was -

• increased trade due to the demand of goods available in the Arabian Peninsula. 
• the lasting peace between Christianity and Muslims.
• the unity created between Christianity and Judaism to fight against Islam.
• the end of the schism between Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy.

What killed a third of the population of Europe in the 1300s?

• bubonic plague

• invasion of the Turks

• religious persecution

• wars among kingdoms

Against what group of people did Pope Urban II declare the Crusades?

• heretics

• Jews

• Muslims

• renegades

What was a series of wars by Christian armies to reclaim the Holy Land?

• Reconquista

• Inquisition

• Hundred Years' War

• Crusades

What dominated the lives of people in the Middle Ages?

• the Roman Catholic Church

• the kings

• the nobles

• the Magna Carta