Middle Ages & Feudalism

Serfs were different from peasants because

• serfs were free & could leave at any time

• serfs were legally bound to the land where they lived & worked

• serfs were sharecroppers

• serfs were owned by nobility

Benefits of writing in the vernacular of the area during the middle ages:

• developed writing as a profession

• promoting literacy

• more written works in the common language of the people

• all of these answers are benefits of writing in the vernacular

The Bubonic Plague, also known as the Black Death, killed nearly 38 people and was the cause of

• collapse of the caste system and communism

• exploration of the Americas

• severe economic consequences and the end of serfdom

• resurgence of the manor system and collapse of the guilds

Heroic epic poems, such as Beowulf and Song of Roland are examples of writings in the vanacular during the middle ages about

• mythical creatures

• love stories

• battles and political contests

• life during the Bubonic Plague

The __________________ was the first document to limit the power of the monarchy by defining the King's Power as not absolute.

• Magna Carta

• The Ten Commandments

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Articles of Parliament

The early English Parliament did not include which of the following groups?

• clergy

• nobles

• knights

• serfs

The __________ system links lords and vassals.

• Imperialism

• Feudalism

• Nationalism

• Expansionsism

Feudalism linked _____________ to ________________.

• land ownership; military service

• slave ownership; the guilds

• the guilds; land ownership

• military service; the guilds

The ______ is the head of the Catholic Church.

• Bishop

• Patriarch

• King

• Pope

The guild system consisted of ___ levels: __________, ___________, and ___________.

• 3: page, apprentice, squire

• 4: squire, journeyman, knight, master

• 2: apprentice, master

• 3: apprentice, journeyman, master