WorksheetsUnit 8
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the most important duty of a vassal to a lord?
a)
making payments to the lord
b)
supply knights
c)
helping the lord in battle
d)
attending the lord’s court
2.
What is the process of becoming a knight?
a)
page → knight →squire → dubbing
b)
knight → page →squire → dubbing
c)
page →squire → dubbing → knight
d)
squire → dubbing →knight → page
3.
Which of the following is an example of Catholic Church reform?
a)
Removing corrupt officials
b)
Increase the church influences in the Holy Land
c)
Unite Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox Churches
d)
Convert all of Western Europe to Christianity
4.
What was the main reason the nobles fought in the Crusades?
a)
they liked to fight in battle
b)
they felt it was their duty as Christians to win back the Holy Land
c)
God told them it was the right thing to do
d)
Pope Urban II told them they would be rewarded
5.
What were the crusades?
a)
Series of holy wars between Western and Eastern Europe
b)
Time period when the Vikings attacked Europe
c)
Series of holy wars between Muslims and Christians
d)
Byzantine Empire’s attempt at creating a new Christian Empire
6.
Toward the end of the Middle Ages, farming became more productive because
a)
feudal estates had grown larger
b)
peasants could use their own oxen to pull their plows
c)
heavy iron plows were invented
d)
more serfs were free to move away from the land
7.
What is one way the Crusades positively impacted Europe?
a)
Trade decreases throughout Europe
b)
The Byzantine Empire gained new territory
c)
The Catholic Church remained the center of daily life
d)
Feudalism breaks down throughout Europe.
8.
What was the role of the clergy in feudal society?
a)
The clergy were in charge of enforcing the laws on the manors
b)
They serve as advisors to the king and keep the written records
c)
The clergy protected the king in battle
d)
The clergy were your everyday average person
9.
Who won the Crusades?
a)
Muslims
b)
Vikings
c)
Christians
d)
Jews
10.
Higher education
a)
Heresy
b)
University
c)
feudalism
d)
reason
11.
What is the official ceremony establishing a tie between lord and vassal?
a)
act of homage
b)
code of chivalry
c)
act of lords
d)
dubbing
12.
Area the church helped govern
a)
Asia
b)
Western Europe
c)
Italy
d)
The Holy Roman Empire
13.
What was the cause of Feudalism?
a)
attacks by the Muslims
b)
attacks by the Christians
c)
attacks by the church
d)
attacks by the Vikings
14.
Power source during Feudal times
a)
Land Ownership
b)
Heresy
c)
church
d)
feudalism
15.
Serves a lord of higher rank
a)
Fief
b)
Vassal
c)
Lord
d)
clergy
16.
_____ is landowning nobles governing and protecting people in exchange for services.
a)
fiefdom
b)
feuding
c)
feudalism
d)
servitude
17.
Crime against the church
a)
hershey
b)
Heresy
c)
excommunication
d)
feudalism
18.
Given to soldiers for loyalty
a)
Fief
b)
Vassal
c)
castle
d)
manor
19.
A ______ provided security and independence to nobles.
a)
castle
b)
manor
c)
fence
d)
clergy
20.
The _______ worked on the manor in the fields.
a)
clergy
b)
slaves
c)
serfs
d)
nobles
21.
The _______ was the center of life for people in the Middle Ages.
a)
castle
b)
manor
c)
church
d)
mall
22.
Thomas Aquinas taught faith and _____ were gifts from God.
a)
time
b)
optimism
c)
learning
d)
reason
23.
_____ meant you lost your membership in the church.
a)
excommunication
b)
feudalism
c)
expired
d)
exclamation
24.
The ______ were church officials.
a)
gods
b)
clergy
c)
serfs
d)
freemen
25.
The ______ was the center of daily activities on the Fief.
a)
pasture
b)
castle
c)
manor
d)
serf's homes
26.
The Crusades were fought to regain control of religious shrines in _______
a)
Constantinople
b)
Jerusalem
c)
Bethlehem
d)
Byzantium
27.
Define: Code of Chivalry
a)
Good Manners
b)
Rules knights follow, which will lead to gentleman behavior
c)
Rules priests follow what leads to good manners
d)
Rule for kings and queens to follow that lead to good manners
28.
Define: Inquisition
a)
church offering
b)
church prayer
c)
church song
d)
church court
29.
Define: Manor
a)
farming community
b)
farming pasture
c)
castle and the farmland around it
d)
farming technique
30.
What is Absolutism?
a)
A type of plague
b)
When a king/queen as unlimited power
c)
When a king/queen has limited power
d)
When a king/queen has NO power
31.
How did Feudalism impact Europe?
a)
It was nobles protecting people in exchange for services. It created a class system that kept people in their place.
b)
It was people protecting nobles in exchange for services.
c)
It was nobles protecting people in exchange for services. It created a class system that easily allowed people to move between classes
d)
It did not impact Europe at all.
32.
What is one way out of the following that was a positive impact of the Crusades?
a)
Feudalism ended
b)
Trade increased
c)
Learning increased
d)
All of these things were positive outcomes of the Crusades.
33.
How did Absolutism impact Europe?
a)
It was a shift in government from a democracy to a dictatorship
b)
It was a government shift from kings with complete power to people wanted a democratic say
c)
It was a shift in ruling by divine right
d)
There was no impact - Europe never had Absolutism.
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