Unit 2 Study Guide

1. Which statement provides the best evidence that lords had more power than serfs during the Middle Ages?

• 1. “Usually high-ranking nobles swore their loyalty to the king and lords swore their loyalty to higher-ranking nobles.”

• 1. “Freemen were not under the same strict control of the lord.”

• 1. “When serfs wanted to marry, the lord had the right to approve or disapprove of the match.”

• 1. “Serfs grew the food and tended to the livestock, or animals that fed the people.”

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.8

During the Middle Ages, who had more power: a serf or a lord?

• lord
• serf

Which of the following was NOT a part of the life of a monk during the Middle Ages?

• 1. They controlled the lives of serfs working on a manor.

• 1. They often copied writings from ancient Greek and Romans to create new books to preserve this knowledge.

• 1. They vowed to dedicate their lives to God.

• 1. They spent a large part of each day in worship and prayer.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.3

Why did the Battle of Hastings take place?

• It was a Battle to determine who would be the king of England-Harold or William.
• a battle for the church

• a battle where two people fought

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CCSS.RI.4.3

What is the Magna Carta?

• A list of things the nobles wanted from the king.
• a list that gave the king more power

• a work of art

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CCSS.RI.4.3

Which of the following statements about Magna Carta is NOT true?

• 1. Magna Carta limited the king's power.

• 1. Magna Carta is considered one of the most important documents in English history.

• 1. King John happily accepted the Magna Carta from the nobles.

• 1. Many of the ideas from Magna Carta appear in the constitutions of modern democracies. 

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.W.4.9A

Which of the following events from the Middle ages was one of the reasons feudalism began to disappear?

• 1. The Hundred Years’ War

• 1. The invention of the printing press 

• 1. The spread of the Black Death

• 1. The growth of towns and cities

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CCSS.RI.4.3

What is the name of the system of government in which land and protection are exchanged for loyalty and services?

• 1. Fiefdom

• Medieval

• 1. Feudalism

• 1. Chivalry 

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CCSS.RI.4.3

Chivalry refers to…

• 1. The relationship of a serf to the lord

• 1. A group of merchants who controlled the quality of goods sold, as well as wages and prices.

• 1. The type of armor worn by knights in jousting matches

• 1. The code of rules about how knights should behave

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

Cathedrals, pilgrims, and illuminated manuscripts are all examples of

• Tithes

• 1. The influence and power of nobles in the Middle Ages

• 1. The influence and power of the Church in the Middle Ages

• 1. The influence and power of craftsmen in the Middle Ages

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.3