3rd Nine Weeks Test

Which of these statements regarding feudalism is MOST correct?

• Feudalism was a complex system of relationships between people of different classes

• Feudalism helped to sustain the growing industrial productivity of Europe.

• Feudalism fueled the European ability to explore the New World and Africa.

• Feudalism was built upon a system of buying and selling serfs obtained from other lands.

In the mid 1300s, the sharp downturn in population can be explained by

• the Napoleonic Wars

• the Mongol invasions

• the colonization of the New World

• the spread of the Bubonic Plague

Which term refers to the 11th century power struggle between Pope Gregory VII and King Henry IV regarding the appointments of church officials?

• Battle of Hastings

• Investiture Controversy

• Divine Right of Kings

• Second Crusade

Knight, Vassal, Serf, Peasant

These terms are most associated with which period in world history?

• Middle Ages

• Renaissance

• Heian Period

• Industrial Revolution

Amajor goal of the Christian Church during Crusades (1096-1291) was to

• Unite warring Arab peoples

• establish Christianity in western Europe

• strengthen English dominance in the Arab world

• capture the Holy Land from Islamic rulers

In the manorial system, peasants

• were protected and allowed to work land in return for their service and payments

• had no rights whatsoevever

• were often sold by kings

• could vote for their vassals providing the peasants owned land in the kingdom

Which of these BEST describes the outcome of the Investiture Controversy?

• Monarchs gained the ability to appoint their own bishops.

• Monarchs lost the ability to appoint their own bishops.

• Popes were to elected by the majority of Catholics in Europe

• Popes could no longer control who would take leadership positions

Which of these was the MOST important aspect of European feudalism?

• the spread of Islam in Europe

• the Christian Church

• the oath of loyalty between knight and lord

• the use of vernacular languages in worship

the INvestiture Controversy, begun between Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV of Germany, ultimately weakened the power of the

• The Pope

• King of England

• Catholic Church

• Holy Roman Emperor

The Magna Carta is MOST important for which reason?

• It created Parliament

• It was the great charter

• It created the first democracy in England

• It put limits on the Monarch's powers