Medieval Europe

Germanic group in Europe united by King Clovis I

• Franks

• Romans

• Visgoths

• Jutes

The Middle Ages began with the fall of the

• Greek city states

• Roman empire

• Chinese government

• Roman republic

Which of the following did not decline during the Middle Ages?

• Centralized government

• Higher learning

• Trade

• Religion

Who lived and worked in monasteries?

• Monks, Nuns, Priests

• Lords and Kings

• Vikings and Magyars

• Knights and Serfs

Terrifying invaders from Scandinavia were called the -

• Huns

• Muslims

• Vikings

• Magyars

The government style used in the Middle Ages was a

• republic

• democracy

• monarchy

• feudal system

Landowners gave a piece of land, called a _____, to vassals.

• fief

• queen

• cow

• acre

Who was NOT a vassal

• noble

• church offical

• serf

• knight

Knights followed the strict code of

• bushido

• chivalry

• laws

• Hammurabi

Serfs paid all of the following taxes, EXCEPT

• tithe

• marriage tax

• grain tax

• voting tax