Unit 4 Review - Byzantine/Middle Ages

Describe the relationship between church(Catholic) and state in Medieval Europe.

• The church controlled the state including leaders, subjects, and laws.

• The church was controlled by the state including kings and nobles.

The medieval Church was a unifying force in Europe after the fall of Rome because it offered

• indulgences for sinners

• stability and security

How did the Hundred Years’ War contribute to the end of medieval Europe?

• Serfs were needed as part of the army, so the manorial-style farm was gone.

• Nobles were killed in war, and so military power became the government

In what way did the spread of the Black Death change the manorial system in Europe?

• Monarchs were blamed for spreading the disease and attacked

• Population loss allowed peasants to leave the manor to seek jobs.

Which practice contributed to the spread of the Black Death in Europe?

• religion, as pilgrims contracted the disease in Liege

• industry, as laborers spread the disease by the North Sea

• trade, as merchants brought the disease to the Mediterranean Sea

How did the leadership of kings during the Hundred Years’ War influence the people of France and England?

• It created an era of technological creativity.

• It created a sense of national identity.

• It created a tradition for cultural diversity.

Which is one factor that contributed to the development of manorialism during the European Middle Ages?

• the colonial interests of the British Empire

• the social disorder after the Roman Empire

• the economic trade from the Mongol Empire

Why MIGHT the plague have been slower to reach Eastern Europe than it was to reach western and northern Europe

• Western and Northern Europe had a larger population than Eastern Europe

• The shipping routes in the East were directed towards the Asian spice trade.

Byzantine Empire =

• Judaism

• Eastern Orthodox

• Roman Catholic

Using the illustration, which figure has more power?

• Pope Leo

• Charlemagne