Feudal Europe

What was the main role of peasants in the European feudal system in the Middle Ages?

• To collect taxes from the lords
• To serve as knights in battle
• To grow food that would be given to nobles

• To manage the estates of the nobility

What was the main role of kings in the European feudal system in the Middle Ages?

• Kings were primarily responsible for collecting taxes from peasants.
• To give nobles land in exchange for military service

• Kings served as the main military leaders in battles.
• Kings focused on trade and commerce with other regions.

What was the main role of knights in the European feudal system in the Middle Ages?

• To do most of the farming and other labor

• To offer medical and educational services

• To divide land between different lords

• To serve as professional soldiers in wartime

Which phrase best completes the diagram?

• Stopped the spread of the Black Death

• Strengthened the Catholic Church

• Set up the first guilds for workers

• Got rid of the feudal system

Which phrase best completes the diagram?

• Set up the first guilds for workers

• Cut off trade between European kingdoms

• Demanded better treatment for peasants

• Promoted law and order in his empire

Which phrase best completes the diagram?

• Shut down most European schools

• Set up the first guilds for workers

• United many European kingdoms

• Spread the Black Death in enemy lands

How did the Catholic Church affect European society during the Middle Ages?

• By accepting all non-Christians in Europe

• By making it illegal for kings to tax their subjects

• By offering an education to some Europeans

• By starting a series of European religious wars

Why was the Catholic Church important to Europe in the Middle Ages?

• It had the power to influence European kings.

• It called for peasants to challenge the feudal system.

• It provided medicine that cured the Black Death.

• It set up the first guilds for writers and artists.

The Catholic Church was important to Europe during the Middle Ages because it:

• was primarily focused on economic growth.
• encouraged scientific advancements.
• gave Europeans a shared set of beliefs.

• promoted individualism and personal freedom.

One of Charlemagne's most important achievements was:

• uniting much of Europe into a single empire.

• giving peasants more rights under the feudal system.

• reducing the power of the Catholic Church.