Middle Ages Review

How did the Middle Ages begin?

• With the fall of the Roman Empire

• With the rise of the Roman Empire

• With the fall of the Ottomon Empire

What was the problem with feudalism?

• Most people were wealthy

• Most people were poor

• People were fighting for religious freedom

Who had power in midlevel Europe?

• Land owners

• Samurais

• Peasonts

What religion spread throughout Europe?

• Buddhism

• Islam

• Christianity

What were the crusades fought over?

• Religion

• Feudalism

• Farming

Why was the Black Death so feared?

• It was Treatable

• Many people died

• people knew how to spread it

What brought an end to the period of growth and success in Europe?

• Christianity

• Feudalism

• The Black Death and famine

What is feudalism?

• fighting between the barbarian tribes

• system of rule in which land was divided in exchange for loyalty and service.

• Charlemagne's new system of government

• all of the above

The Crusades began because

• the Muslims had attacked and taken over the Holy Land

• the Vikings continued to raid Europe

• the Magna Carta did not work

• none of the answers

The largest social class in the Middle Ages was

• Serfs

• Knights

• Peasants

• Lords