Middle Ages Chapter 14

What was the chief goal of the Crusades?

• to spread Christianity throughout Europe & Asia

• to recover Jerusalem & the Holy Land from Muslims

• to improve trade throughout Europe

• to force the Byzantines to become Catholics

During the later Middle Ages, where were serfs likely to search for freedom?

• farms

• monasteries

• towns

• the holy land

Which group was most responsible for the spread of the Bubonic Plague to Europe?

• Asia

• Invaders

• Traders

• Crusaders

Which of the following issues was central to the Hundred Years' War?

• the throne of France

• the throne of England

• the location of the Pope

• the religion of the French people

What was the most important effect of the Hundred Years' War?

• it caused the development of national identities in England & France

• It led to Joan of Arc becoming France's patron saint

• It destroyed formerly prosperous English towns and villages

• It put an end to the three-field approach to farming

What was the effect of the Commercial Revolution?

• workers were paid for labor

• more money was available for building businesses

• an increase in the power of the King

• all of the above

The end of the Crusades marked a shift in people's loyalty from the Church to

• their feudal lord

• the local monastery

• nations ruled by kings

• the guilds

Which of the following was a result of the Crusades?

• the breakdown of feudalism

• the rise of the Byzantine Empire

• the expulsion of the Muslims from the Holy Land

• improved relations with the Jews

The English King who introduced juries to the English judicial system

• Thomas Aquinas

• Henry II

• Hugh Capet

The Anglo-Saxon ruler who was defeated by the Normans at the Battle of Hastings

• William the Conqueror

• Canute

• Harold Godwinson

• Hugh Capet