Middle Ages Review - Block Days

The Crusades affected the world by

• strengthening the system of serfdom

• increasing trade between Europe and the Middle East

• causing Europeans to isolate themselves from the world

• the fall of European kingdoms

What was the chief goal of the Crusades?

• to reclaim the Holy Land

• to defeat the Hindus

• to conquer England

• to liberate Spain

Which of the following is true of the Black Death?

• It sometimes started with growths that would grow under the armpit and groin.

• It was also known as the Bubonic plague

• The virus was carried by rats and transmitted by fleas.

• All of the above are true.

Europe became a feudal society because

• skilled craftspeople had emerged as farming techniques improved.

• the rarity of cash required land to be used as a payment for services.

• overpopulation required that a more efficient agricultural system be developed.

• Europeans needed to defend themselves against constant raids and invasions.

The Manor System was based upon

• performing services in exchange for protection

• trade among villagers

• farming

• herding and weaving

The Church had great power over people during the Middle Ages because

• It protected them in times of warfare.

• It provided them with education.

• It decided who could achieve salvation/go to heaven.

• It controlled food production.

What are the power levels of the Feudal pyramid? Most powerful first.

• kings, serfs, knights, pope, lords/nobles

• serfs, knights, lords/nobles, kings, pope

• knights, kings, pope, lords/nobles, serfs

• pope, kings, lords/nobles, knights, serfs

The event that began the Middle Ages was the________

• fall of Rome

• death of Julius Caesar

• birth of Christ

• invention of the printing press

group that made up the largest part of the population in feudal society and were legally tied to the manor

• knights

• fief

• peasants/serfs

• tithe

• Magna Carta

land granted by a lord to a noble

• serf

• pilgrimage

• Urban II

• excommunication

• fief