Middle Ages Chapter 11

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

• clergy and lords

• vassals and knights

• merchants and artisans

• serfs and peasants

Where did the Anglo-Saxons settle and rule in the 400s?

• England

• France

• Italy

• Germany

How did Western Europe change after the fall of Rome?

• Strong independent nations formed throughout the region.

• Christianity was not allowed in the kingdoms of the region.

• The region became divided into small kingdoms that were almost always at war.

• The region experienced long-lasting peace.

Who became the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire?

• King John

• Clovis

• Henry IV

• Charlemagne

Feudalism is a political and social system in which vassal receives protection from a lord in exchange for obedience and service.

• True

• False

Knights a commoner in medieval Europe.

• True

• False

Chivalry is the code of conduct demanded that a knight be brave and courteous and never shrink from a challenge.

• True

• False

Knights are warriors who received land from a lord in medieval feudal society.

• True

• False

Why is Joan of Arc remembered?

• She drove the English from Paris.

• She led English troops in the Hundred Years' War.

• She led the French to victories against the English in the Hundred Years' War.

• She led a peasant uprising that ended feudalism.

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