Unit 3: Middle Ages Summative Assessment

First and Last Name:

(Politics) The Byzantine Empire created a standardized code of laws that lasted for 900 years, what was the set of laws called?

• 12 Tables
• Justinian Code
• Magna Carta
• Declaration of Independence

(Politics) Why is the Magna Carta said to be a democratic document?

• a. This document gave more rights/power to (some) people (nobles) in England.
• b. This document helped the kings to have much more power in England.
• c. This document brought an end to all the conflict of the Crusades in Israel
• d. This document freed all the serfs and peasants from feudalism and the manors

(Politics) By the end of the Middle Ages England’s government was more representative. What was the new English government called?

• a. Monarchy
• b. Parliament
• c. Feudal system
• d. Roman Catholic Church

(Politics) Why did English nobles make King John sign the Magna Carta in 1215?

• a. They wanted to assert the authority of the pope.
• b. They wanted to separate church and state.
• c. They wanted to replace him with a different ruler.
• d. They wanted to limit the king’s power.

(Society) After the fall of the Roman Empire, what was Europe’s greatest source of stability and order?

• a. The education system
• b. The Roman Catholic Church and feudalism
• c. The governments of nation-states
• d. The system of checks and balances

(Society) How was the structure of the medieval feudal and manorial systems similar to other ancient hierarchies?

• a. If people worked hard they could eventually become whatever they wanted to be
• b. It was difficult to move up so people tended to stay in the same social class for their whole lives
• c. Every social class was treated equally and had the same jobs
• d. Medieval Europeans believed in karma and dharma

(Plague) Using the map, Which direction did the Bubonic Plague spread?

• a. spread from Asia to Europe
• b. spread from Europe to Asia
• c. spread from Africa to Asia
• d. spread from Asia to the Americas

(Plague) The Bubonic Plague killed as many as 25 million people. What effect did this population decrease have on medieval Europe?

• a. increase of trade between Africa and Europe made more people happy
• b. new universities were built and education increased for everyone in Europe
• c. the low population led to an increase in violence between major religions
• d. serfs demanded wages and moved to cities weakening the feudal and manorial systems

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

(Religion) During the Middle Ages in Europe, Jews, Muslims, and pagans (heretics):

• a. were often discriminated against and treated poorly
• b. controlled territory in much of Europe.
• c. had a strong alliance with Muslims in North Africa.
• d. began several important universities.