Middle Ages Review

A contract between the lords and vassals is a key part of

• the structure of the Crusades

• the structure of feudalism

• the structure of the Magna Carta

• the structure of the church

How did the wealth of the church influence European politics?

• it was used to help the poor, but had no political power

• it made the church more powerful than kings

• it made the church dependent on kings

• it made the clergy into ruling bodies

What did knights offer in feudal society?

• protection over land, peasants, and nobles

• loyalty

• authority

What is feudalism?

• A system where peasants ruled the kingdoms of Europe

• A system based on loyalty and obligation that brought social order to Europe

• A kingdom where kings gained too much power

What document created a Parliament, and will  allow more rights to lower classes in England?

• Edict of Milan
• Great Schism 1054
• Magna Carta
• Justinians Code

What drastic world changing event led to the fall of the Feudal System?

• Crusades
• 100 Years War
• Holocaust
• Black Death

What was at the center of the medieval world?

• Religion and Church

• Plague

• Jerusalem

• Serfdom

The power of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church suffered when this splitting event happened.

• The Great Schism

• 100 Years War

• Rise of Feudalism

• The Renaissance

There is a village with a manor, a church, some houses, and a blacksmith. It is self-sustaining. Serfs work the land. There is a lord that rules over it. What is this describing?

• Manorialism

• Iconoclasm

• Feudalism

• Serfdom

What is feudalism?

• A political, economic, and social system that tied together Kings, Lords, and Peasants in a relationship based on loyalty and land.
• An organized system of knights jousting in an arena.
• A way of organizing Greek and Roman society after the fall of the Byzantine Empire.
• A pyramid.