Medieval Europe (Chapter 10)

What role did serfs have in the feudal system?

• gave homage and military service

• provided protection and food

• farmed the land and paid rent

• gave fiefs and military aid

In a medieval city, which class generally were the only ones to hold public office?

• master craftsmen

• merchants

• bourgeoisie

• patricians

How did people regulate quality of goods, determine how many people could enter a trade, and set prices? 

• by petitioning the lords for rights

• by electing patricians to public office

• by forming craft guilds

• by supporting a money economy

Which of the following formally recognized the relationship between kings and vassals, as well as the limited powers of the monarch?

• Parliament

• estate system

• common law

• Magna Carta

How were Italy & Germany unlike England & France during the Middle Ages?

• The Holy Roman Emperor had power over both Germany and Italy, but not England and France

• Germany and Italy were large kingdoms that sought to conquer the smaller kingdoms like England and France

• Germany and Italy became unified states long before England and France

• Germany and Italy were made up of small independent states, but England and France were ruled by a monarch

What was the only major source of religion in Medieval Europe?

• the pope

• the Roman Catholic Church

• the Greek Orthodox Church

• the protestants

The Vikings were made part of European civilization by

• their widespread invasion of Asian kingdoms

• the conquest of Scandinavia in 911 by Charlemagne

• the Frankish policy of settling them and converting them to Christianity

• their desire to sail to America

The Magna Carta helped establish the principle of ____ _______.

Parliament represented the idea of _____.

Which of the following is a true statement about agriculture during the Middle Ages? 

• The growing efficiency of agriculture reduced the need for serfs.

• The growing efficiency of agriculture could not have happened if not for changes in the climate

• The growing efficiency of agriculture made possible a much larger population.

• The growing efficiency of agriculture was threatened by a growing emphasis on trade and manufacturing