Middle Ages and Feudalism

The Middle Ages was also known as the...

• Dark Ages

• Medieval Era

• Age of Kings and Queens

• Age of Knights of the Round Table

In medieval Europe, an armored warrior who fought on horseback to protect a nobles land was called?

• king

• lord

• peasant

• knight

A trade route between Asia and Europe

• Silk Road

• Feudalism

• Renaissance

• Black Death

What events ushered in the Middle Ages and gave rise to feudalism?

• multiple invasions of the Roman Empire (Europe)

• Mongol conquest of the Islamic Empire

• The discovery of gold mines in Africa

• The fall of Western Rome

The Dark Ages were called that because they lacked

• Advances in art and literature

• Times of war and invasion

• Government

• Innovations and inventions

The Crusades can best be defined as a series of Holy Wars between the ______________ & ______________.

• Muslims and Jews
• Christians and Mongols
• Christians and Jews
• Muslims and Christians

Is there a clear-cut winner of the Crusades?

• Yes
• No

Which of the following did the Crusades affect in a positive way?

• The Mongols
• Trade
• Feudalism
• Manorialism

A widespread disease, or epidemic, spread by fleas on rats through Europe during the Middle Ages was known as:

• The Black Death/The Plague
• The Voice
• The Spanish Flu
• The Common Cold

What was the only unifying force in Western Europe during the Middle Ages?

• Feudal Lords

• Roman Catholic Church

• Buddhism

• Overseas Trade