Middle Ages Review 23-24

What are the approximate dates for the Middle Age time period?

• 400 BCE - 1200 BCE
• 1500 BCE - 500 BCE
• 500 BCE - 1000 CE
• 500 CE - 1500 CE

Which events mark the beginning and end of the Medieval time period?

• The Great Schism to the Black Death
• The Fall of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance 
• The death of Augustus to the voyage of Columbus
• From the Viking Raids to the 100 Years War

The people who owned the land during the Middle Ages were called....

• Lords
• Manors
• Serfs
• Peasants

The social system or government system of exchanging land for loyalty and protection was called....

• socialism
• vassalism
• feudalism

Knights provided _________ to the feudal hierarchy and lived by a set of rules called ____________ .

• food, chivalry
• protection, chivalry
• protection, the way
• technology, chivalry

What were the Crusades?

• A series of wars against the Vikings
• A series of wars to try to take control of the Holy Land
• A series of wars to unite Europe
• None of these

What were Muslims and Christians fighting over during the crusades?

• the Holy Land
• trading routes
• The Byzantine Empire
• The Catholic Curch

Crusaders brought many new and interesting goods back with them from the Middle East. This served to ___________ trade in western Europe.

• increase
• decrease
• maintain
• eliminate 

After the Black Death, peasants had bargaining power and began asking for: 

• pay for their work
• better living conditions
• rights
• They wanted it all!

The Magna Carta was:

• A document signed in 1867 by King John limiting his power
• A document signed in 1215 by the barons so they gained contr
• a war
• a document signed in 1215 by King John limiting his power