Middle ages in europe

What was the original purpose of the Crusades?

• To provide homes for priests

• To convert Vikings to Christianity

• To spread the teaching of Islam

• To free the Holy Land from Muslim control.

What was the Magna Carta?

• A common law in Spain

• A document that gave rights to nobles

• A plan to free the serfs

• An army of knights led by a king

In return for military service, a lord would give a knight a piece of land called a

• vinland

• fief

• feudal

• vassal

Early in the middle ages, what did most kingdoms have in common?

• Christianity

• King

• Fiefs

• Laws

Who did most of the work on the land?

• knights

• kings

• vassals

• serfs

What is feudalism?

• The head of the Christian Church

• A large estate owned by a noble or a knight

• Exchanging land for military service

• A person in charge of the manor

Who was at the top of the pyramid?

• King

• Archbishop

• Pope

• Priest

Which was not an effect of the Bubonic Plague?

• Feudal system broke down

• Islam spread

• As much as half the population died

• end of feudalism

Who were the participants in the Crusades? (more than one answer)

• Christians

• Muslims

• Protestants

• Pagans

Which of the following statements accurately describes feudalism?

• Under feudalism, kings gave land to nobles in exchange for their military service.
• Feudalism served to spread Christianity throughout Western Europe.
• Feudalism began as a way to protect those on pilgrimages to Jerusalem.
• The rise of feudalism marked the end of the Medieval Age.