Medieval Europe Review

After the fall of the Roman Empire, Europe looked like...

• Many smaller kingdoms

• One large united empire

• An abandoned land, everyone moved out

• Exactly the same as it had previously

What did Charlemagne accomplish?

• He forged an alliance with the Eastern Roman Empire

• He launched a long period of peace in Europe

• He overthrew the power of the pope

• He united the Germanic kingdoms under one ruler

Which order choice shows the correct social order under feudalism?

• King, clergy, serfs, knights

• King, knights, clergy, serfs

• King, clergy, knights, serfs

• King, serfs, knights, clergy

Japanese samurai had the bushido, but European knights had...

The Crusades were holy wars against....

• Christians and Muslims

• Christians and Buddhists

• Muslims and Buddhists

• Christians and Hindus

These leaders in the church often had power struggles with local lords...

How was the manor system different from feudalism in Medieval Europe?

• The manor was a social structure while feudalism was the housing area where they all lived

• Feudalism included the lord's castle, villagers' homes, a church, and the land where the serfs labored

• Feudalsim was a social structure while the manor was the housing area where they all lived

• The manor was exclusively the land where the lord lived

What did Magna Carta guarantee?

• Rights for regular people

• Free land to all European men

• Right to a trial

• Limited the powers of the king

On what did King Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII disagree over?

• The importance of trade and guilds

• The power of the Church and king

• The rights of barons and lords

• The spread of Islam to the Holy Lands

This event caused the death of an estimated 25 million people in Europe.