Topic 1.5.1: Feudal Monarchs and Centralized Power Quiz

What is feudalism and how does it function?

• A social-political system in which social class, rights, and authority is determined by landownership. Kings divide their land among nobles in exchange for military service and loyalty.

• A religious system in which popes grant land to a constitutional monarchy if monarchs convert to Christianity.

• A political and religious system in which the monarchy is determined by the catholic church. The amount of land granted is determined by the amount of Christians.

• A strong central government which protects the rights of the people. In this form, the government owns all the land and divides it equally.

Why could nobles and the Catholic church have at times as much power as a monarch?

• Both had their own government, laws, and taxation system.

• Both had a lot of wealth, sometimes even more than the king.

• This statement is not true. Monarchs were the most powerful in a feudal system.

• Nobles and church teamed up against the monarch.

What kind of power did the Catholic Church have in the early Middle Ages?

• Political power only

• Spiritual power only

• No power at all

• Spiritual and political power

How did the balance of power shift in the high Middle Ages?

• Nobles gained more power

• The Church gained more power

• Monarchs gained more power as they limited noble and church authority.

• The balance remained the same

What is the definition of a nation-state?

• A state with multiple governments

• A state with no common culture and history

• A state with no single government

• An independent political unit with a single government

What does it mean to centralize power?

• To abolish all forms of power

• To have no power at all

• To concentrate power in a single authority

• To distribute power among multiple authorities

How did feudal monarchs extend royal law and justice over their kingdoms?

• By reducing their income

• By increasing the power of rival courts of justice

• By setting up government bureaucracies, or offices, to handle taxation and justice

• By relying on the military service of their nobles

What was the significance of the growth of towns and the money economy for royal rulers?

• It had no impact on their power

• As the economy improved and towns expanded, monarchs collected more taxes.

• It made them rely more on the Church

• It weakened their power

How did monarchs afford a standing army?

• By relying on the military service of their nobles

• By increasing the power of rival courts of justice

• By setting up government bureaucracies

• By collecting more taxes