Middle Ages

Which of these statements best describes the development of feudalism?

• Weatlhy nobles had been attacking one another for more land. Kings then promised to protect thier lands if the noble paid taxes to the king. NObles hired people to work the land.

• As people grew tired of slavery, they wanted to create a new economic system. They settled on a system where the common people would get to keep the land they worked and give some to the landowner of noble

• the king was greedy and wanted a way to make money, so he forced all the Nobles to give him half of everything they grew in their fields

• we do not actually know how feudalism began because of the reliance on oral histories in Europe during the Middle Ages

Which of these statements best describes the condition of the serfs?

• serfs are people who owned the land

• serfs are another name for people who worked for the kings

• serfs are the nobles

• serfs are people who worked on the land and paid taxes to the nobles

On October 14, 1066, the Battle of Hastings took place in England and resulted in:

• Charlemagne becoming teh Norman king of England

• Henry IV to destroy the Angles and the Saxons, unitiing England under Frank rule

• William II becoming the Norman king of England

• Gregory VII conquering teh Angles and Saxons, uniting England under Norman rule

In 1095, the _________ called on _______ to take over Muslim controlled Jerusalem.

• Noble, missionaries

• pope, missionaries

• noble, knight's

• pope, knights

What was the result of the first crusade?

• Jews conquered Jerusalem

• Christians cnquered Jerusalem

• Mulsims conquered Jerusalem

• Christians defended Jerusalem from Muslims

Who controlled the Holy Land when the crusades were over?

• Muslims

• Missionaries

• Jews

• Christians

Which group fought with Muslims to defend Jerusalem?

• Clergy

• Missionaries

• Jews

• Christians

What was the impact of the crusades on cultural diffusion?

• because Muslims and Christians hated each other, no cultural diffusion happened

• cultural diffusion happened because elements of Muslim culture went to Europe, but not to Arabia

• cultural diffusion happened because elements of Christian culture went to Arabia, but not to Europe

• cultural diffusion happened because christian culture went to Arabia and Muslim culture wnet to Europe

A group of religious leaders, such as the pope, priests, bishops, or nuns are known as the ____.

• missionaries

• clergy

• monasteries

• papacy

The study of religion is _____.

• natural law

• free will

• theology

• philosophy