Middle Ages Pre-Test Review

The period in Western Europe between the collapse of Rome and the Renaissance Era

• Feudal

• Manorial

• Middle Ages

• Vassals

The economic system that revolved around self-sufficient farming estates, ruled over by a lord

• Communism

• Feudalism

• Manor System

• Partnership

The political and social system based on the granting of land in return for loyalty or service:

• Communism

• Feudalism

• Manorialism

• Partnership

A grant of land or estate given to a vassal (person of lower status) by their lord:

• Chivalry

• Fief

• Page

• Serf

An armored horseman, important for warfare, promised to uphold a code of conduct known as chivalry:

• Knight

• Page

• Squire

• Vassal

Known as the Black death, spread through flea bites, killed 30 percent of all Europeans

• Bubonic Plague

• Ebola

• COVID-19

• Polio

Religious wars against European Christians and Middle Eastern Muslims, there were 8 total over ~200 years:

• Crusades

• Magna Carta

• Reconquista

• Uprising

Ruled during the Holy Roman Empire, reunited empires, most powerful King of the Franks

• Charlemagne

• John I

• Pope Urban II

Who followed a code of courtesy and bravery known as chivalry?

• Lords

• Warriors

• Knights

• Nobles

The medieval Church was a unifying force for Europeans after the fall of Rome because it offered

• Religious tolerance

• Stability that the kingdoms did not

• Redistribution of wealth