Decline of Feudal Europe

Which of the following factors DID contribute to the decline of feudalism in Europe?

• The Mongol invasions
• The rise of nation-states
• The discovery of the New World
• The Viking invasions

Which of the following DID contribute to the decline of feudalism in Europe?

• The decrease in military conflict after the Treaty of Versaille
• An increase in immigration from Asia and Africa
• The growth of cities and markets created by trade after the Crusades
• The Punic Wars and the destruction of Carthage

Which of the following best describes the Crusades?

• All of the Below
• A series of holy wars between Jews and Christians.
• A series of holy wars between Christians and Muslims over control of Jerusalem.
• An exchange of goods and ideas between Jews, Muslims and Christians.

How did the bubonic plague help weaken the feudal system?

• All lords and knights died in the plague, destroying the manor system.
• European peasants became scarce enough to demand more rights higher pay for their labor.
• Farm lands were poisoned with the disease, forcing people to move to cities.
• Most of the clergy of the Church survived and the Church was able to centralize its power.

Which of the following did NOT contribute to the decline of feudalism in Europe?

• The Crusades
• New Warfare Technologies
• The Manor System
• The Black Death

The Magna Carta guaranteed that no one was above the law and also

• The establishment of an absolute monarch.
• The right to vote for a representative.
• The right to trial by a jury.
• The end of taxes.

Which of the following is true of the Hundred Years' War?

• The war was so destructive that it was generations before Europeans fought another war.
• New weapons, such as the longbow introduced during the war, made the armored knight easy to defeat.
• England won a powerful position and controlled a large region of France.
• Monarchies were so weakened that it took another century for them to recover.

The Magna Carta was signed by King John in the year __________ and greatly influenced America's ___________.

• 1492 c.e.: Bill of Rights
• 1215 c.e.: Bill of Rights
• 476 c.e.: Congress
• 1453: Declaration of Independence