Feudalism in Medieval Europe

Which of these eventually replaced trial by ordeal or combat?

• Royal Rulings

• Court Trials

• Church Rulings

• Economic studies

How did the Hundred Years' War contribute to the decline of feudalism?

• Hiring soldiers made monarchs less dependent on vassals

• Serfs ran away from the manors to fight in the battles

• Nobles insisted that monarchs consult them about new taxes

• England refused to let go of its claims to land in France

Community life in western Europe during the Middle Ages centered on

• The school

• The theater

• The church

• The town hall

Which question would best help you predict the job a medieval boy would do when he grew up?

• Where does he live?

• What does his father do?

• How well does he do in school?

• How strong are his arm muscles?

A king gave his most important lords fiefs, which were

• grants of land

• large celebrations

• war horses

• market liscenses

what do these medieval items have in common?

- Stone wall

- Castle moat

- Knights armor

• They describe parts of a church's architecture

• They describe features of a manor house

• They describe forms of military technology

• They describe structures of medieval towns

What technological advantage helped the English win many early battles of the Hundred Years' War?

• gunpowder

• heavy armor

• the longbow

• larger horses

What action by an English king gave ordinary people a voice in government?

• calling the Model Parliament

• putting a seal on Magna Carta

• issuing the Constitutions of Clarendon

• closing Canterbury Cathedral

What is the position between an apprentice and a master?

• customer

• journeyman

• money lender

• merchant seaman

Which development in the Hundred Years' War was partly a response to Joan of Arc?

• loss of royal authority

• increase in foot soldiers

• more powerful weapons

• stronger national identity