Middle Ages Practice Quiz

What years make up the time period known as the Middle Ages?

• 1900 AD-2000 AD

• 500 BC-1500 BC

• 500 AD-1500 AD

• 800 AD-1300 AD

What does the Latin phrase "medieval" stand for?

• King

• Middle Ages

• Devil

• land

Which two types of leaders had the most power in Europe during the middle ages?

• Lords and Vassals

• Kings and Lords

• Popes and Kings

• Popes and Vassals

Peasants who were tied to the land and could not leave it without their lords permission were known as:

• serfs

• slaves

• nobles

• untouchalbes

What does a knight become known as after he receives a fief from a lord?

• vassal

• lord

• king

• bishop

Which word below means to be “Cast out of the Christian Church”?

• execution

• excommunication

• crucifixion

• resurrection

A code of rules that knights followed; included being brave, respecting woman, etc.

• fiefdom

• manorism

• crusading

• chivalry

Person bound to the land, their lord and treated very much like a slave

• knight

• baron

• serf

• vassal

A system based on bonds of loyalty between lords & vassals

• chivalry

• feudalism

• vassal

• crusades

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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