UNIT 1.6 Europe in Middle Ages

While Europe became fragmented under many different kingdoms, there was one well organized group that grew in popularity and became more powerful than any single kingdom. What was this group?

• The Central Banking Organization

• The Kingdom of Charlemagne

• The Kingdom of Russia

• The Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church was not the only form of Christianity, there was another in the Greek Byzantine Empire. What was the Christian group called?

• The Russian Church

• Orthodox Christianity

• Christian Judaism Church

• United Church of Christ

In Europe during the Middle Ages, wealth was based on ______ instead of gold or anything else.

• cattle

• power

• land

• trade

In feudalism, the lords were responsible for creating an army that was made from their farmers. How did this effect the relationship between lords and kings?

• Lords held power over the kings because of the army

• The kings had a better army than the lords

• The lords refused to fight against other lords and kings

• The farmers would refuse to fight for the lords or kings

A serf was a peasant farmer who worked on the land or ‘______’ of the lord.

• house

• manor

• vassal

• cottage

Because the land had been given to them by the king, lords and knights were called ____ during the Middle Ages.

• farmers

• peasants

• serfs

• vassals

Within 150 years after the Norman French conquest of England, Norman lords and knights rebelled against the king and forced him to sign the _____ which gave vassals more rights over the king.

• Norman Constitution

• English Constitution

• Magna Carta

• Bill of Rights

In 1265, the lords and knights of England created the _____ which allowed them the right to make laws instead of the king.

• House of Lords

• Assembly of Lords

• House of Representatives

• Parliament

The Crusades was a series of European invasions intended to take control of Jerusalem and turn the Middle East into a _____ controlled region.

• French-English

• European - Christian-Jewish

• European-Christian

• Arab-Muslim

While the European Crusades into the Middle East was a failure, what positive did occur for the European's benefit?

• The Europeans began to trade with people in the Middle East

• The Europeans spread Christianity to Islamic regions

• The Europeans spread Christianity to Indian and Central Asian regions

• The Europeans spread feudalism to the people of the middle East