Middle Ages- Later Period 2021

Why was the Magna Carta important?

• It approved money for war in France and all Charlemagne to conquer much of Europe

• Limited the monarch (king) power and set the foundation for democracy

• It allowed the monarch to abolish Parliament and gain supreme power during the middle ages

• It increased the power of the Pope and started the war for the Holy Land.

What was the purpose of the Crusades?

• Ceremony acknowledging the achievement of Roman Empire

• Expel Martin Luther from the Catholic Church

• Unite all of Europe as one Christian kingdom

• Retake the city of Jerusalem (Holy Lands)

A widespread disease, or epidemic, spread by fleas on rats through Europe during the Middle Ages was known as:

• The Black Death/The Plague
• The Voice
• The Spanish Flu
• The Common Cold

A major goal of the Catholic Church during the Crusades (1096-1291) was to –

• Unite Arab peoples
• Establish Christianity in Western Europe
• Capture the Holy Land from Islamic rulers
• Strengthen the power of European rulers

The plague

• helped increase trade between Europe and Asia

• allowed surviving peasants to demand higher wages and caused an end to feudalism

• cause Christians to wage a long series of wars against Muslims

• helped Christianity to flourish and allowed Popes to have ultimate power over kings

One positive effect of the Crusades was -

• increased trade due to the demand of goods available in the Arabian Peninsula. 
• the lasting peace between Christianity and Muslims.
• the unity created between Christianity and Judaism to fight against Islam.
• the end of the schism between Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy.

What dominated the lives of people in the Middle Ages?

• the Roman Catholic Church

• the kings

• the nobles

• the Magna Carta

Why did Christians in the Middle Ages fear excommunication?

• They feared they would be banished from the church and that they wouldn't go to heaven if they died.

• They feared they would be killed and tortured by the Inquisition.

• They feared the King would charge them taxes and force them off of their manors.

Which of the following helped end feudalism at the end of the Middle Ages?

• growth of towns

• the Black Death, which decreased the population

• the church, which encouraged rebellions

Which is not a reason people fought in the Crusades

• they hoped to achieve salvation

• adventure

• the promise of a fiefdom from their lord

• a chance to get off the manor