The Middle Ages

Feudalism began as

• a way for the military to secure its power over the peasants and landowners
• a contract in which land was granted to the peasants in exchange for military service to the nobles
• a demand by peasants for better living conditions and for a share in the economic prosperity of the middle ages
• a means for the church to collect more taxes for its support of the nobility

The Crusades were a series of religious wars fought by Christian and Muslim soldiers between 1096 and 1270 AD.  What effects did the Crusades have on Europe and the Middle East?

• trade expanded and towns boomed
• silk cloth was brought to China from the West
• precious metals and stones were carried from China
• furs, ceramics, and jade were carried to China

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

Black Death was spread largely by

• Rats
• People
• Cats
• Birds

What is another name for the Black Death?

• Bubonic Plague
• Smallpox
• Pneumonia
• Chicken Pox

What document created a Parliament, and will  allow more rights to lower classes in England?

• Edict of Milan
• Great Schism 1054
• Magna Carta
• Justinians Code

What agricultural advancement  of the Middle Ages allowed farmers to grow crops successfully?

• Three field system/crop rotation
• Sharecropping
• Feudal System
• Slash and burn agriculture

Which of the following focused on the need for education throughout his Empire?

• Charlemagne

• Clovis

• Charles Martel

• Pepin the Short

What group was heavily persecuted because of their supposed poisoning of the wells during the Black Death?

• Christians
• Muslims
• Jews
• Church Clergy

How did the population shift during the Middle Ages?

• There was no shift in population

• people began to move out of the cities into more rural areas

• People began to move into the cities

• No answer given