Unit 5: Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Reformation

How did the bubonic plague contribute to the end of feudalism?

• The widespread decrease in population allowed peasants to leave the land in search of higher wages due to a labor shortage. As result, land becomes devalued and feudalism ends.

• The plague destroyed all the lords eliminating one class entirely

• After the plague, traded halted as a result of a population decrease

• After the plague, nations went to war to try to conquer more land to increase their power as a result feudalism ends as well

What was the most powerful organization during the Middle Ages?

• The kings and queens where people lived

• Feudal lords where people lived

• The Catholic Church and the Pope

Muslims and Christians fought over the Holy Land in which series of wars?

• Jihad

• Civil Wars

• The Quest for Jerusalem

• The Crusades

Relationships between Christians and Muslims improved because of the peaceful conquests of the Crusades?

• True

• False

Pope Leo III named which European Ruler Emperor of Rome forming a powerful tie between the Holy Roman Empire and the Catholic Church?

• Charlemagne

• Carloman

• Charles Martel

• Louis the Pious

How did patrons of the arts (like the Medici's) impact the arts during the Renaissance?

• The commissioned (paid) artists to create artwork to decorate their homes and places of worship

• They were the people that opposed artwork that was not religions, saying it went against the teachings of the Bible

• They were the artists that created the artwork

• They are the people that critically reviewed the artwork

Johannes Gutenberg is credited with being responsible for a very large increase in literacy and communication in Europe that resulted in ideas spreading farther and faster than ever before. He is responsible for this due to which invention?

• The written language

• The moveable type printing press

• The typewriter

• The trained carrier pigeon

During the Renaissance, the focus of artwork, literature, and academics largely shifted from being dominated by religion to focusing on the accomplishments and beauty of mankind. This idea is known as which of the following?

• Modernism

• Reformation

• Renaissance

• Humanism

Who was responsible for starting the Protestant Reformation by nailing his 95 Theses on the door of the castle church of Wittenberg?

• Henry VIII

• John Calvin

• Martin Luther

• Pope Leo III

The practice of selling indulgences was something Martin Luther directly opposed. What were they?

• Forgiveness of sins on earth

• Reserved direct passage to heaven

• Helped secure family members passage to heaven

• Helped ensure quicker passage from purgatory to heaven