Europe in the Middle Ages

Why did the serfs work on the land for the vassals?

• to have a place to live
• in hopes of owning it
• by force of the lords

Feudalism is an example of

• a monarchy
• an industrial economy
• a local government
• a religious empire

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Feudalism began as

• a way for the military to secure its power over the peasants and landowners
• a contract in which land was granted to the peasants in exchange for military service to the nobles
• a demand by peasants for better living conditions and for a share in the economic prosperity of the middle ages
• a means for the church to collect more taxes for its support of the nobility

What is the name for the system of promises between lords and vassals that governed Europe in the Middle Ages?

• Christianity
• Feudalism
• Shinto
• Chivalry

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Who was the great king of the France, united Europe, and was declared emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Leo III?

• Charlemagne
• William the Conqueror
• King Henry IV
• Pope Gregory VII

In 1215, King John was forced to sign a document. What was the name of the document he had to sign?

• Great Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

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Who had come from eastern Europe seeking fertile lands nearer the Mediterranean?

• Russians

• Gauls

• immigrants

• Huns

• Celts

The Byzantine Empire was the eastern half of what remained of what ancient empire? 

• The Ottoman Empire
• The Roman Empire
• The Holy Roman Empire
• The Mongolian Empire

Charlemagne was also known by the name _____________________.

• Charles the Great
• Clovis of Normandy
• William the Conqueror
• King of the Normans

What title was Charlemagne given by Pope Leo III in the year 800?

• Holy Roman Emperor

• Emperor of Christianity

• Father of Europe

• Lord of the Vatican