Middle Ages study guide

After the fall of Rome, the Dark Ages saw invasions and political instability which led to the rise of what?

• Feudalism

• Church power

• Republican from of government

• Protectorates

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The ​ (a)   was the critical part of feudalism as the political and social structure of Europe during the Middle Ages. In it, a king or lord exchanged some of his ​ (b)   for ​ (c)   . Part of the land included the buildings and ​people to work it. The ​ (d)   worked the land in exchange for ​ (e)   and a place to live from the lord of the manor.

• manor system
• feudal contract
• land
• service
• peasants
• protection
• knight's code

Agricultural improvements like the three-field system that increased food supply started in the 10th and 11th centuries. What happened in the chart that supports the effect of those improvements?

• Between 650 and 1000 the population recovered and added about 11 million from the year 500.

• Between 500 and 650 the population decreased significantly.

• Between 1000 and 1340 CE, Europe’s population nearly doubled.

• Between 1340 and 1450 the population declines, but is still more than it was a millinnium prior.

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The plague happened twice in the Middle Ages period, once in 7th century and once in 14th century. What does the chart show these two incidents have in common?

• They both show a plateau of population growth.

• They both show slow but steady increases in population

• They both show sharp declines in population

• They both show doubling of the population

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Why was Justinian’s Code significant in the long term?

• It encouraged serfs to demand rights and eventually saw the end of serfdom in the empire.

• It established feudal contracts between lords and vassals, bringing feudalism into Constantinople.

• It preserved and organized Roman law, influencing modern legal systems.

• It legalized Christianity across the empire.

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The Christian Church was the element that

• Disappeared after the fall of Rome

• unified the people after the fall of Rome

• segregated the people of Europe into different nationalities

• led to the fall of the Roman Empire

Whose commentaries on Aristotle helped preseve Greek philosophy and influence European thought in future generations?

• Ibn Rushd (Averroes)

• Ibn Cina (Avicenna)

• Charlemagne

• Justinian

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Of the crises in the 1300s, historians note that the Hundred Years' War is a prime example of ____________ as military enlistment was common instead of a contract.

• A rise in population

• The Church gaining power

• Decrease of feudalism

• New weapons and changes in warfare

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Select the city that became the new capital and was the legacy of the Byzantine Empire.

The money system that emerged in the Middle ages came about because of what?

• Church taking property

• increased trade

• Feudal contracts

• Serfdom

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