Chapter 10 section 4 Political & Social Change

What does the right of habeas corpus mean?

• One cannot be jailed without reason

• One cannot be questioned without a lawyer

• Nobles cannot have their property taken without payment

• Kings cannot declare war without the support of Parliament

The deadly plague that swept through Europe in the 1300s was called the

• Yellow Fever

• Red Sickness

• Black Death

• Great Flu Epidemic

Why did nobles make King John sign the Magna Carta in 1215?

• They wanted to assert the authority of the pope

• They wanted to separate church and state

• They wanted to replace him with a different ruler

• They wanted to limit the King's power

The English did all of the following to protect their rights except

• create a council called Parliament

• abolish the monarchy

• free the court system of the king's control

• require everyone to obey the law

What started the Hundred Years' War?

• Muslims invaded Europe

• The Holy Roman Empire split

• The king of England invaded France

• The pope had a fight with the king of France

France won the Hundred Years' War because of the efforts of

• Pope Leo IX

• King John

• Queen Isabella

• Joan of Arc

From 1347 to 1351, the Black Death

• spread from Europe to Asia

• strengthened the manor system

• stayed confined to western Europe

• reduced Europe's population by a third

Which activity helped spread the plague?

• farming

• fishing

• trading

• praying

In what way was England different from France after the Hundred Years' war?

• English King lost power while the French king gained power

• England's population was smaller than that of France

• English peasants went to cities; French peasants the country

• English: converted to Protestantism; French: stayed Catholic

How did life change for surviving peasants and serfs after the plague?

• They began to demand wages for their labor

• They moved from towns to cities

• They had to work much longer days

• They took over the manors