Middle Ages Pre Test

What was the main function of the Magna Carta?

• Free serfs and peasants

• limit the pope's power

• limit the king's power

• provide money to the king

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

• Christianity

• Shinto

• Feudalism

• Chivalry

in 1215 The English King John was forced to sign a document- What was the name of the document he had to sign?

• Great Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

How did the Bubonic Plague spread?

• bad water

• fleas on rats

• looking at people

• alignment of the stars

Who had to follow the law after the Magna Carta was signed?

• Only the nobles

• Only the peasants

• Everybody

• just the king

A peasant who was bound to the land was called:

• serf

• page

• apprentice

• squire

Another name for a king or queen

• fief

• feudalism

• kingdom

• monarch

The center of life in the middle ages was

• Town Hall

• Market

• Church

• Temple

Which of the following is not a reason for the fall of the Roman Empire?

• empire was too small

• empire was too big

• barbarian invasions

• population of Rome declined

 

Who was responsible for farming the fields on a manor?

• knights

• merchants

• peasants

• nobles