Middle Ages Review

What building was the center of community life in Medieval Europe?

• The Castle 
• The Keep 
• The Fields 
• The Church 

What were serfs required to do?

• Protect the lord 
• Spread Christianity 
• Stay on the land that they worked
• Copy books by hand 

What did a king give his most important lords? 

• Gold coins
• Slaves
• Fiefs (Land grants) 

After the Fall of Rome, who offered stability and security to Europe?

• The Frankish Kings

• Emperor Justinian

• The Ottoman Empire

• The Catholic Church

What was the purpose of the Magna Carta?

• To grant greater powers to the King John

• To limit the power of monarchs (kings)

• To establish Greek customs

• To promote trade in gold and silver

What system is pictured here?

• The Manorial System

• The Feudal System

• The Peasant System

• The Metric System

How was Feudalism affected by the Black Death?

• The loss of laborers allowed kings to increase their power

• Europeans were able to use the destructiveness of the disease as a weapon against Muslim invaders

• Labor shortages meant towns could attract workers with the promise of freedom

• The Church was able to use the disease to strengthen their authority

The Crusades were important because they...

• exposed Europeans to new ideas and goods

• helped Christians and Muslims work together for the first time

• allowed Crusaders to establish permanent settlements in the Middle East

• allowed European knights to finally capture the Muslim capitol of Mecca

The First Crusade had the intended goal of capturing which city?

• Jerusalem

• Cairo

• Mecca

• Rome

Who was forced to sign the Magna Carta?

• King John

• Pope Leo III

• Charlemagne

• Julius Caesar