Ch. 1 Review

What political system developed in Europe during the Middle Ages to ensure defense and security of the kingdoms?

• Democracy

• Feudalism

• Monarchy

• Communism

What were the Crusades?

• Wars against the spread of Islam

• Wars against the spread of Christianity

• Wars against the spread of Buddhism

• Wars against the spread of Judaism

What event led to the decline of feudalism and the end of the Middle Ages?

• Renaissance

• Protestant Reformation

• Bubonic Plague (Black Death)

• Crusades

Who led the Reformation and believed that biblical scripture was more important than the pope's authority?

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Martin Luther

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Franks

What was the primary duty of a vassal in the feudal system?

• To provide military service to the lord

• To provide food to the serfs

• To rule the kingdom

• To spread communism

What was the primary cause of the Protestant Reformation?

• The corruption within the Catholic Church

• The invention of the printing press

• The Crusades

• The discovery of the New World

What was the name of the movement led by Martin Luther that aimed to reform the Roman Catholic Church?

• The Renaissance

• The Enlightenment

• The Reformation

• The Crusades

What signaled the beginning of the European Middle Ages?

• The spread of the Bubonic Plague

• A peasant uprising

• The fall of the Western Roman Empire

• The invention of the printing press

How was Leonardo Da Vinci representative of the Renaissance Era?

• He was an excellent painter

• He avoided the Bubonic Plague

• He expressed freedom of thought

• He diligently adhered to his lord within feudalism

How was Martin Luther able to spread his ideas about the Protestant Reformation?

• Through the use of social media
• By traveling and speaking publicly
• Through the use of the printing press
• By writing letters to the Pope