Middle Ages

Which event marks the beginning of the "Middle Ages" in Europe?

• Bubonic Plague

• Crusades

• Collapse of the Western Roman Empire

• Development of towns

To be cut off from the Church and denied salvation is

• Heresy

• Excommunication

• Investiture

• Inquistion

Serfs were

• servants who provided military service

• agricultural slaves

• peasants who were bound to the land

• free peasants who could sell their land

How did the Crusades affect the economy?

• gold and silver brought back caused inflation

• Crusades led to a decline in the production of food

• cloth and spices brought back led to a interest in trade

• Crusades limited access to luxury goods from China

Which of the following best describes the Middle Ages?

• manor economy and the need for protection

• dictators and a strong central government

• decrease interest in religion

• extensive trade with Asia and the Middle East

Feudal society is characterized by

• a representative government

• many economic opportunities

• the protection of citizens' rights

• importance of an ordered society and mutual obligations

In Europe, a long-term effect of the Crusades was

• the strengthening of the feudal system

• the adoption of Islam by Europeans

• an increased demand for goods from the Middle East

• increased European isolation

Feudalism became a complex system because

• feudal kings had absolute power

• vassals could owe loyalty to more than one lord

• knights did not contribute to their lord's ransom

• the Church supported the serfs

Chivalry is

• the code of conduct by which young men lived by

• code of conduct by which a Christian family lived by

• the code of conduct Charlemagne began

• the code of conduct by which knights lived by

The Church had great power over people during the Middle Ages because

• it provided protection

• it education nobles and peasants

• it decided who could achieve salvation

• controlled food production