Bella Global 9: MIDDLE AGES

The Middle Ages in Western Europe was characterized by...

• The manor system and the importance of land ownership
• Absolute monarchies and strong central government
• Decreased emphasis on religion in daily life
•  Extensive trade with Asia and the Middle East

The person who first unified most of the Christian lands in western Europe after the fall of Rome was...

•  Henry VIII
•  Charlemagne
•  William the Conqueror
• Saladin

What were the European motives for fighting the crusades?

•    Desire to be released from feudal obligations
•    Defense of the holy land
•  Forgiveness of sins
• All of the above

Which is a characteristic of feudal society?

•  Rapid social change
•    High literacy rates
•    Factory system and the industrial based economy
•    Rigid social class structure, social hierarchy

One important effect of the Crusades on Western Europe was that it...

•    Led to a decline in religious tension
•      Furthered cultural diffusion throughout Western Europe
•        Ended the western quest for an overseas empire
•    Introduced the Industrial Revolution to Western Europe

In European feudal society, an individual's social status was generally determined by...

•  Birth
•      Education and training
•      Marriage
•      Individual abilities

Which economic system existed in Europe during the early Middle Ages?

•      Free market
•    Socialism
•      Manorialism
•      Command economy

What conclusion about the effects of the plague can be drawn from the list below?
 ●  Europe and China lost about one third of its population
●  Labor shortages brought higher wages for many workers
●  People blamed God for the plague
●  The manor system collapsed as peasants left their manors to work for set wages in urban areas.
●  Feudalism was weakened

•      Major, catastrophic events can trigger huge changes in society
•      People seek comfort in traditions in the wake of tragic events
•    Societies always grow/flourish during types of disasters and epidemics
•      Tragic events always bring people closer to God

Europe became a feudal society because...

• the rarity of cash required land to be used as a payment for services.
• Europeans needed to defend themselves against constant raids and invasions.
• overpopulation required that a more efficient agricultural system be developed.
• skilled craftspeople had emerged as farming techniques improved.

“All things were under its domain...its power was such that no one could hope to escape its scrutiny.”  

Which European institution during the Middle Ages in best described by this statement?

•      The guild
•      The knighthood
•      The Church
•  The nation-state