Medieval Exam

These groups of invaders settled in Number 1 and filled the power vacuum left by the Roman Empire.

• Vikings

• Huns

• Angles and Saxons

• Goths

This group settled in Number 2 and set up a large empire.

• Visigoths

• Franks

• Vandals

• Ostrogoths

Number 3 is a city that asked for help from Pope Urban II against attacks from the Muslims.

• Rome

• Paris

• Jerusalem

• Constantinople

Which of the following is a synonym for serf?

• Monk
• Noble
• Peasant
• Manor

Who led the French army to victory at Orleans against the English, but was burned at the stake for being a heretic?

• Charlemagne
• Pepin
• Joan of arc
• John Wycliffe

The Church built religious communities called _____, where religious education was promoted.

• Monasteries
• Manors
• Castles
• Universities

Charlemagne was important in medieval Europe because

• He stopped the spread of Islam into Spain
• His invasion of England made it a French colony
• He established a relatively unified empire in medieval Europe
• The Catholic Church was unable to control his political actions

Which member of the feudal system was MOST tied to the land?

• Blacksmith
• Farmer
• King
• Serf

The Pope crowning Charlemagne “Holy Roman Emperor” on December 25 in the year 800 CE shows the

• Effects of Crusades on Western political life
• Devastation of the Bubonic plague on the Franks
• Influence of the Church on European government
• Birth of a new secular era in the Middle Ages

One long-term effect of the Crusades was the

• Development of Pax Mongolia
• Fall of the Ming Dynasty
• Control of Jerusalem by Europeans
• Growth of trade and towns in western Europe