MEdieval Europe

What is one declaration of the Magna Carta?

• free legal counsel to anyone

• trial by a jury of one’s peers

• requirement of evidence in a trial

• impartiality of the judge

In what two ways were the Crusades considered successful?

• They permanently reclaimed the Holy Land for the Catholic Church.

• They united all of Europe as the Holy Roman Empire.

• They allowed the exchange of ideas and learning with the Arabs.

• They reopened trade with the Middle East during the fourteenth century.

What was true about feudalism?

• People often moved into higher social classes.

• People were born into a social class.

• Church officials had little power and no land.

• Serfs were at the top of the social hierarchy.

How did the Catholic Church preserve knowledge during the Middle Ages?

• Parishes had many libraries filled with books.

• Church leaders founded schools for all of the people.

• Monks copied books, especially the Bible, by hand.

• Church services required people to read from the Bible.

In exchange for land, what were lords responsible in supplying to monarchs?

• Advice on how to handle peasant revolts

• Support with grain mills

• Knights in times of war

• Performed back breaking tasks

What was one role of the King or Queen in Medieval Europe?

• To give fiefs, or land, to lords

• Vote on lords of land

• To govern peasants work

• Provide money to knights

What system used to define roles, rights and responsibilities in Medieval Europe?

• Democracy

• Imperialism

• Feudalism

• Democracy

The Church and the Monarchy impacted people's lives by requiring them to pay______ to the Church and _______ to the Monarchy.

• Horses, Knights

• Grain, Wheat

• Tithe, Taxes

• Swords, other weapons

How did Medieval Europe establish justice?

• Knights were used to defend/protect lands from neighboring invaders

• Invaders from other lands were invited into the castle

• Knights were used to defend/protect lands from the Catholic Church

• Jail time was a punishment for invading other lords lands

After the Black Death, why did cities start to grow?

• The House of Medici rose to power in Florence.

• People sought job opportunities.

• Brunelleschi designed the dome of the Florence Cathedral.

• Humanism became an important idea throughout Europe.