L14 The Development of Feudalism in Western Europe

Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne in return for

• military support.

• a large supply of food.

• a noble title.

• a gift of land.

Why did being crowned Holy Roman emperor make Charlemagne more powerful?

• It made people believe that God was on Charlemagne's side.

• It meant that Charlemagne now controlled the Roman Catholic Church.

• It gave Charlemagne power over the city of Rome.

• It sent the message that Charlemagne was a god.

For which achievement is Charlemagne most remembered?

• He was the first Frankish king to become Christian.

• He permanently ended the threat from invading Vikings.

• He built an empire that endured for centuries after his death.

• He unified nearly all the Christian lands of Europe into a single empire.

How did Charlemagne keep the loyalty of his knights?

• Giving them land so they could pay for their war equipment

• Making them all religious

• Splitting goods with them equally

• Keeping their children as hostages

The Franks grew powerful because of their new style of war that used

• knights on horseback.

• heavy wagons.

• cannons and gunpowder.

• peasants who threw rocks.

How did the Franks become Christians?

• They followed their leader Clovis into Christianity after he married a Christian woman.

• They learned about Christianity from the conquering Vikings, who set up colonies in their land.

• Priests and missionaries from the Middle East baptized them into the Roman Catholic Church.

• Their neighbors, the Magyars, introduced them to Christianity and influenced them to convert.

How did the Franks become Christians?

• They followed their leader Clovis into Christianity after he married a Christian woman.

• They learned about Christianity from the conquering Vikings, who set up colonies in their land.

• Priests and missionaries from the Middle East baptized them into the Roman Catholic Church.

• Their neighbors, the Magyars, introduced them to Christianity and influenced them to convert.

Why is William the Conqueror considered an important monarch?

• He brought feudalism to England

• He was a conqueror

• He united European lands

• He was the first crowned Holy Roman Emperor

What was the purpose of feudalism?

• it provided people with protection and safety by establishing a stable social order

• it spread democracy by giving the people a voice in their own government

• it created a fair society by balancing the powers of the monarch and the people

• it looked after the welfare of all the people by making sure they had all the necessities of life

Social class in the Middle Ages was determined mainly by

• birth.

• wealth.

• religion.

• education.