The Middle Ages Review (CKLA)

Serfs could become more powerful than lords if they worked hard enough.

• True
• False

Under feudalism, what group held the most power after the king?

• Knights

• Nobility

• Merchants

• Peasants and Serfs

What social structure organized people after the fall of Rome?

• Feudalism

• Mercantilism

• Protectionism

• Vassalism

Which of the following was NOT a part of the life of a monk during the Middle Ages?

• They worked farmland and paid taxes to the lord.

• They often copied writings from ancient Greeks and Romans to create new books to preserve this knowledge.

• They vowed (promised) to dedicate their life to God.

• They would pray many times a day, and they would sing Gregorian chants.

Which of the following statements about Magna Carta is NOT true?

• Magna Carta limited the king's power.

• Magna Carta is considered one of the most important documents in English history.

• King John really wanted the nobles to create the Magna Carta.

• Many of the ideas from Magna Carta appear in the constitutions of modern democracies.

Which of the following events from the Middle Ages was one of the reasons feudalism began to disappear?

• the Hundred Years' War

• the invention of the printing press

• the spread of the Black Death

• cities and towns were getting bigger

What is the name of the system of government in which land and protection are exchanged for loyalty and services?

• fiefdom

• medieval

• feudalism

• chivalry

The woman who was queen of France and then England...

• Charlemagne

• Joan of Arc

• Eleanor of Aquitaine

• Bayeux Tapestry

Which of the following was a list of who lived in England and how much they owed in taxes?

• Bayeux Tapestry

• Code of Chivalry

• Domesday Book

• Magna Carta

The great French ruler who was crowned Roman emperor by the Pope

• Joan of Arc

• King Henry II

• Charlemagne

• The Normans