Unit 5: Middle Ages and Renaissance

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

• Christianity
• Feudalism
• Shinto
• Chivalry

Which answer choice shows the order of Feudal Society from highest to lowest?

• peasants, knights, nobles, king
• king, nobles, knights, peasants
• knights, king, peasants, serfs
• merchants, knights, commoners, serfs

What is the name for the large estate of land a knight lived on?

• castle
• manor
• chivalry
• land

Who was responsible for farming the fields on a manor?

• knights
• peasants
• merchants
• nobles

A nobleman who was trained as a warrior and lived their live according to a code of chivalry

• Samurai

• Navy

• Vassal

• Knight

Which of the following was an effect of the Plague on Europe?

• religion became less of an influence among people
• most usable farmland was poisoned or destroyed
• surviving peasants gained more economic power
• peasants developed greater loyalty to their monarchs

Which of the following best describes a fief?

• the peasants who worked the farm land
• the oath of loyalty sworn to the monarch
• the income raised by the peasants
• the estate that was granted to the vassal

Which of these statements about the Crusades is true?

• Crusaders brought Islamic culture, architecture, and medicine back to Europe
• trade diminished across Europe as fighting destroyed roads and bridges
• Crusaders were welcomed by Muslims, who wanted to help driving the Jews from the Holy Land

The First Crusade had the intended goal of capturing which city?

• Jerusalem
• Cairo
• Mecca
• Rome

During the Middle Ages, how did Catholic religious leaders influence the kings and lords of Europe?

• the church usually had bishops and cardinals made into kings
• the church had control over most of Europe's food supply
• the church had an army larger than any other feudal army
• the church taught that it had authority over every person