Unit 4 Middle Ages, Renaissance, Reformations

Under the feudal system, kings gave out land in exchange for what?

• rent money

• military service

• indulgences

• sacrifices

In the feudal system, peasants did not receive land. What did they receive in exchange for working the fields/lands on a manor?

• monetary payment

• access to the manor house for bathing

• protection from barbarian attacks

• land of their own

Who is directly under the King in the feudal system pyramid?

• serfs

• knights

• popes

• nobles/lords

Which of the following identify names for the time between the fall of Rome and the Renaissance?

• Medieval Ages

• Middle Ages

• Protestant Ages

• Dark Ages

Charlemagne's rule cemented what religion in Western Europe?

• Protestantism

• Islam

• Catholicism

• Polytheism

Identify all of the achievements of Charlemagne.

• Created courts for fairer trials.

• Made paying taxes easier and more fair.

• Promoted education and built schools.

• Was crowned Holy Roman Emperor

• Started the Protestant Reformation.

Identify all of the ways the church had power over people in the medieval society.

• Church leaders could excommunicate people from the church.

• Church leaders could take away someone's afterlife or chance at going to heaven.

• The church offered an opportunity to move up in society and class.

• The church gave out land in exchange for military service and protection.

• The church created schools for the study of science and mathematics.

Which of the following did NOT contribute to the spread of the Bubonic Plague?

• increased trade

• growing town and city populations

• rats and fleas

• increased medical knowledge

What things led to the decline of the feudal system?

• guilds protecting merchants in growing cities

• increase in trade routes and supply demand

• power shifts back to monarchs with centralized control

• the need to exchange land for protection

• the growth of the Catholic church

Which of the following events was responsible for the death of one third of Europe's population leading to greater rights and opportunities for those who remained?

• The Black Death

• The Crusades

• The Protestant Reformation

• The Renaissance