Chapter 7(5) Decline of Feudalism

What was a major effect of political changes in England in the 1200s?

• A. They limited individual rights.

• B. They strengthened monarchy.

• C. They weakened feudalism.

• D. The expanded lords' authority.

Both the plague and the Hundred Years' War had what effect?

• A. They weakened the central governments of European nations.

• B. They led to a shift in power from feudal lords to common people and monarchs.

• C. They led to an increase in trade with countries in Asia.

• D. They encouraged the development of capitalism in European nations.

King Henry II's reforms weakened the power of

• A. feudal lords and clergymen.

• B. royal judges and kings.

• C. clergymen and monarchs.

• D. feudal lords and kings.

What political event in England gave commoners a voice in their government?

• A. King Henry II's legal reforms

• B. King Edward I's Model Parliament

• C. King John's Magna Carta

• D. King Henry II's Constitutions of Clarendon

A historian found a document that included the passage below, knowing only that it was from the 1200s.

In the first place we have granted to God, and by this our present charter confirmed for us and our heirs forever, that the English church shall be free.... No sheriff or bailiff of ours, or other person, shall take the horses or carts of any freeman for transport duty, against the will of the said freeman.

What conclusion could the historian draw based on this passage?

• A. At the time the document was written, the church was the most powerful institution.

• B. At the time the document was written, freemen had very few rights.

• C. At the time the document was written, the government was a democracy.

• D. At the time the document was written, craft makers' guilds maintained law and order.

What was one key result of the signing of the Magna Carta?

• A. Monarchs could not take away anyone's rights and liberties.

• B. Monarchs could not rule over anyone except commoners.

• C. The king could make decisions without anyone else's advice.

• D. The king could live by different laws from commoners.

What was one human activity that contributed to the spread of the bubonic plague?

• A. keeping mice as pets

• B. eating rotten food

• C. bathing too often

• D. trading with Asia

Many workers died during the plague. How did their deaths affect those who remained?

• A. They were able to demand better pay and more rights.

• B. They were forced to return to a feudal economy.

• C. They could no longer live in cities, so they moved to farms.

• D. They were able to buy their own businesses and get rich.

How did Europe's economy change after the bubonic plague wiped out so many people?

• A. Serfs had to work for feudal lords.

• B. Workers gained money and power.

• C. Feudal lords seized control of guilds.

• D. Merchants moved to Asian ports.

Who put down the Peasant Revolt of 1381?

• A. Henry IV

• B. Richard III

• C. Henry VI

• D. Richard II