Final graded quizziz on the Middle Ages

Check social classes of Medieval feudalism:

• Nobility

• Royalty

• serfs

• knights

• free peasants

Which ability allowed the Vikings to easily attack and pillage much of Europe during the Middle Ages?

• They were skilled at making gold jewelry

• They were master sailors who built speedy ships

• They had canons and battering rams

• They had numerous books on military strategy

The Medieval Period of European history began after the fall of ____

For much of the Medieval Period of Europe, the economy was based largely on...

• bartering goods

• the use of paper money

• the use of coins usually made of silver or gold

• the use of the credit system

Answer explanation

Remember, after the fall of Rome, the use of a money-based economy collapsed, and people reverted back bartering goods instead of paying for them.

This pyramid visually depicts the Medieval _________ of social classes.

Hint: word begins with the letter ¨h¨

Which institution wielded the most political power during the Middle Ages?

• The Catholic Church

• Banking institutions

• The Guilds

• Political parties

Answer explanation

If you picked ¨political parties¨ you are thinking of the wrong time period! Political parties are in modern democracies.

Check all the wars that occured during the Middle Ages:

• The Hundred Years War

• The Crusades

• The French-Indian Wars

• The War of 1812

Which Medieval conflict had the greatest impact on changing the English language?

• The Hundred Years War

• The Crusades

• The Thirty Years War

• The Norman Invasion

Which King was famous for uniting much of Europe for the first time after the Fall of Rome?

• Ethelred

• Charles III

• Henry the 8th

• Charlemagne

Check all the statements that are accurate about Medieval Castles:

• They were often (though not always) built on higher elevations

• During an attack, all of the lordś vassals, including serfs, were protected inside the castle walls

• Moats with alligators often surrounded castles.

• Castles were almost always close to farmland