Middle Ages/Crusades

What are the Crusades?

• Holy Wars started by monks and nuns

• A collection of poems

• Special prayer service given by priests

• Holy Wars to reclaim the Holy Land

Did the Crusades reach their goal?

• Yes

• No

Which is NOT an effect of the Crusades?

• exposed Europe to other lands and cultures

• Revival of trade routes & cultural exchange

• weakened the Byzantine Empire

• Jerusalem was now in the hands of Christians

What happened to Jewish communities during the Crusades?

• They were attacked and some were destroyed.

• They were not harmed.

• They became living quarters for soldiers.

• None are correct.

Under the feudalism, most of the kingdom’s land was controlled by whom?

• The king or the pope

• Merchants and farmers

• A few wealthy noblemen

• The people who worked the land

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

• fiefdom

• manorism

• crusading

• chivalry

A system based on bonds of loyalty between lords & vassals

• chivalry

• feudalism

• vassal

• crusades

Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire who wanted to united all kingdoms under the Christian religion.

• Charlemagne

• Charles Martel

• King John

• Saladin

Where did the plague start?

• Asia

• Africa

• Europe

• Australia 

Which of the following statements accurately describes feudalism?

• Under feudalism, kings gave land to nobles in exchange for their military service.

• Feudalism served to spread Christianity throughout Western Europe.

• Feudalism began as a way to protect those on pilgrimages to Jerusalem.

• The rise of feudalism marked the end of the Medieval Age.