Late Middle Ages

What killed a third of the population of Europe in the 1300s?

• bubonic plague

• invasion of the Turks

• religious persecution

• wars among kingdoms

Against what group of people did Pope Urban II declare the Crusades?

• heretics

• Jews

• Muslims

• renegades

Which choice correctly shows the social order under feudalism?

• king, clergy, peasants & serfs, knights

• king, knights, clergy, serfs

• king, nobles, knights, peasants & serfs

• king, knights, nobles, peasants & serfs

What dominated the lives of people in the Middle Ages?

• the Roman Catholic Church

• the kings

• the nobles

• the Magna Carta

What was a series of wars by Christian armies to reclaim the Holy Land?

• Reconquista

• Inquisition

• Hundred Years' War

• Crusades

Which group made up the largest class of people under feudalism?

• clergy and lords

• merchants and artisans

• vassals and knights

• peasants and serfs

Whose selfless actions helped bring about an end to the Hundred Years' War?

• King John

• Robin Hood

• Julius Caesar

• Joan of Arc

A major goal of the Catholic Church during the Crusades (1096-1291) was to -

• unite Arab peoples
• establish Christianity in Western Europe
• capture the Holy Land from Islamic rulers
• strengthen the power of European rulers

The ________________________ led to wage increases for peasants due to causing mass shortages of available workforce in feudal society.

• Black Plague
• Magna Carta
• Domesday
• Crusades

The ____________________ helped to influence the British Parliament and the American colonies by limiting the power of monarchs and giving representation to the people.

• Black Plague
• Magna Carta
• Domesday
• Crusades