Middle Ages review

What is the name for the system of promises between lords and vassals that governed Europe in the Middle Ages?

• Christianity
• Feudalism
• Shinto
• Chivalry

Who was responsible for farming the fields on a manor?

• knights
• peasants
• merchants
• nobles

What was the primary purpose of the castle?

• protection

• beauty

• living space

• display of wealth

Europe became a feudal society because...

• the rarity of cash required land to be used as a payment for services.
• Europeans needed to defend themselves against constant raids and invasions.
• overpopulation required that a more efficient agricultural system be developed.
• skilled craftspeople had emerged as farming techniques improved.

The Middle Ages began after what event?

• Fall of Rome

• Renassaince

• Peloponesian War

• World War I

This was the economic system during the Middle Ages...

• Manorialism

• Feudalism

• Capitalism

• Communism

These were Holy Wars fought over the Holy Land...

• World War I

• Civil War

• Crusades

• Armenian Genocide

This was the land owned by a lord during feudal times...

• Feudal Manor

• Plain

• Peninsula

• Archipelago

Charlemagne was named Emperor of which empire?

• European Empire

• Byzantine Empire

• Eastern Roman Empire

• Holy Roman Empire

Charlemagne's strong central government fell apart after his death because...

• he had no heir

• his three grandsons destroyed the government

• the kingdom faced more invasions

• he sold his land