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Medieval Europe part 1

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

the period of European history between the collapse of Rome and the Renaissance, lasting roughly from A.D. 500 to 1450. - 2 answers

a)

Medieval times

b)

Middle Ages

c)

Reformation

d)

Mongolian era

2.

What is the definition of feudalism?

a)

a belief system based on the teachings of Confucius,

b)

The political and social system of the Middle Ages in Europe, in which lords gave land to vassals in exchange for service and loyalty.

c)

an economic system based on private ownership of economic resources and the use of those resources to make a profit.

d)

A political system in which a ruler has total power.

3.

What are all 4 levels of the feudalism pyramid system.

a)

general, colonel, major, captain

b)

president, vice president, speaker, congressman

c)

pope, archbishop, bishop, priest

d)

King, church officials & nobles, knights, peasants

4.

Charlemagne created a general policy that brought what to his people?

a)

food

b)

Education

c)

the internet

d)

freedom of speech

5.

Pope Gregory VII stopped kings from appointing__________.

a)

presidents

b)

judges

c)

church officials

d)

nobles

6.

What Germanic people settled the area known today as France?

a)

mongols

b)

franks

c)

slavs

d)

celts

7.

Europe’s seas and rivers played an important part in Europe’s growth because they provided both protection and opportunities for?

a)

expanding kingdoms

b)

trading ideas with nearby countries

c)

converting distant groups to Catholicism.

d)

isolation

8.

Medieval knights followed rules called the code of?

a)

Chivalry

b)

Bushido

c)

Conduct

d)

Hammurabi

9.

Under which social system did landowning nobles provide protection to their people, in return for their services and loyalty?

a)

mercantilism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Feudalism

d)

protectionism

10.

A person who worked the lord’s land was called?

a)

A noble

b)

A knight

c)

A cook

d)

A serf

11.

What Italian city was a major trading center during the Late Middle ages?

a)

Venice

b)

Paris

c)

London

d)

Constantinople

12.

What was a warrior in armor who fought on horseback called in Medieval Europe?

a)

A Samurai

b)

A Knight

c)

A Peasant

d)

A Freeman

13.

To kick someone out of the church is called?

a)

impeach

b)

divert

c)

expelled

d)

Excommunicate