Middle Ages Test Review

Why do serfs choose to enter into Feudal agreements?

• taxes from fiefs

• loyalty from their vassals

• protection from invasion

• voting rights in government

What is the name for peasants who work a noble's land?

• fiefs

• vassals

• serfs

• lords

What became the unifying force in Western Europe after the decline of the Roman Empire?

• Caste System

• Greek Orthodox Church

• Roman Catholic Church

• Ethnic Groups

In Medieval Europe, a lord who was granted land in exchange for service or loyalty to a greater lord was called a-

• fief

• vassal

• serf

• baron

________ raised crops and tended livestock. Some worked as carpenters, shoemakers and smiths. They also paid taxes to lords.

• knights
  knights
• peasants
• nobles
• monks

Charlemagne was the great King of the Franks and emperor of  _________________. 

• England
• France
• the Holy Roman Empire
• Rome

True or False:
One way the plague impacted Europe was when people started to question the church.

• TRUE
• FALSE

___________ contributed to the decline of feudalism as workers demanded better pay and more rights.

• The plague
• Religion
• Nobles
• Feudalism

True or False:  The Christian church had very little influence on the daily life of people in the middle ages.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Using the picture above, which religion in the Middle East requires its followers to have a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in their lifetime?

• Christian religion

• Judaism religion

• Muslim religion

• Buddhism religion