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6th Grade- The Middle Ages

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name for the system of promises between lords and vassals that governed Europe in the Middle Ages?
a)
Christianity
b)
Feudalism
c)
Shinto
d)
Chivalry
2.
Which answer choice shows the order of Feudal Society from highest to lowest?
a)
peasants, knights, nobles, king
b)
king, nobles, knights, peasants
c)
knights, king, peasants, serfs
d)
merchants, knights, commoners, serfs
3.
Who was never a vassal in a Feudal relationship?
a)
king
b)
noble
c)
knight
d)
peasant
4.
Who was never a lord in a Feudal relationship?
a)
king
b)
noble
c)
knight
d)
peasant
5.
What is the name for the large estate of land a knight lived on?
a)
castle
b)
manor
c)
chivalry
d)
land
6.
Who was responsible for farming the fields on a manor?
a)
knights
b)
peasants
c)
merchants
d)
nobles
7.
How are knights and samurai similar?
a)
They are from Europe.
b)
They have metal armor.
c)
They are Christian.
d)
They follow codes of honor.
8.
In the system of feudalism, who farmed the land?
a)
monarchs
b)
serfs
c)
lords
d)
knights
9.
What process was developed by those who worked the land on manors?
a)
Mercantilism
b)
Triangular Trade
c)
Three-Field system
d)
Subsistence Farming
10.
How did feudalism affect the lives of the nobility?
a)
Lords and knights were loyal to monarchs and provided protection.
b)
The monarchs established guilds to help serfs work the land.
c)
Monarchs were not allowed to build their own manor houses.
d)
The system elevated the serfs to a level equal to lords and knights.
11.
A widespread disease, or epidemic, spread by fleas on rats through Europe during the Middle Ages was known as:
a)
The Black Death/The Plague
b)
The Voice
c)
The Spanish Flu
d)
The Common Cold
12.
The Black Death was spread by which of the following methods?
a)
Kissing!
b)
By sharing a cup
c)
It was air born
d)
Fleas on rats
13.
Who is a religious person who devotes their life to Christianity?
a)
Mercenary
b)
Monk/nun
c)
Mission Viejo
d)
Mission Impossible
14.
A king or queen who is a supreme ruler is called a ____________.
a)
Top Dog
b)
Missionary
c)
Butterfly
d)
Monarch
15.
A rapid spread of a disease over a wide area is called a/an ___________.
a)
Germ
b)
Flu
c)
Fleas on rats
d)
Epidemic
16.
A form of government led by a king or queen where one leader passes down power to their offspring is called what?
a)
Mercenary
b)
Monarchy
c)
Missionary
d)
Momentum
17.

What was a fief?

a)

A piece of land given to a vassal

b)

The currency of Medieval Europe

c)

The Medieval government

18.

What was the order of the hierarchy in European Feudalism?

a)

King, Knight, Noble, Peasant

b)

King, Noble, Knight, Peasant

c)

King, Noble, Peasant, Knight

d)

Noble, knight peasant serf

19.

What was a serf?

a)

the level you were before you could be a knight

b)

a servant in the manor house

c)

a peasant who couldn't leave the land

d)

a nobleman

20.
What was the Black Plague?
a)
A cold that was caused by eating bad chicken
b)
A plague spread by rats that caused a 1/4 of Europe to die
c)
A mysterious change to the water of Europe
d)
A symptomatic virus that infected all of Asia