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Unit 3: Medieval Europe

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Your mother and father are both serfs.  If you save your money and work hard, you will most likely become:
a)
A lord
b)
A knight
c)
A vassal
d)
A serf
2.
Vassals would swear oaths of fealty to their lords.  What is the best synonym for "fealty?"
a)
Love
b)
Money
c)
Obedience
d)
War
3.
What was the main job of a knight?
a)
Defending his lord's or king's territory
b)
Enforcing the law on his lord's manor
c)
Going on extreme adventures
d)
Competing in tournaments against other knights
4.

What is a serf?

a)

a peasant who is legally bound to the land and subject to the will of its owner

b)

a person in the past who received land from a king in return for loyalty and service

c)

a building that is used for Christian religious services

d)

a man who is a member of a religious and lives in a monastery

5.

What role did the monks in monasteries play in Europe during the Middle Ages?

a)

They encouraged people to live extravagantly.

b)

They fought in wars to protect nobles and lords.

c)

They preserved sacred Christian writings and knowledge.

d)

They refused to help the sick and less fortunate.

6.

What cultural (social) role did the Roman Catholic Church play in peoples' lives during the Middle Ages?

a)

It gave them jobs and they earned a paycheck.

b)

It gave them a common bond and offered them stability.

c)

It gave them military training and weapons to defend themselves.

d)

It did not play any social role in peoples' lives.

7.

Which is the proper order of a feudal hierarchy from TOP to bottom?

a)

Serfs/Peasants, Lords, Knights, King

b)

Lords, King, Knights, Serfs/Peasants

c)

King, Lords, Knights, Serfs/Peasants

d)

King, Knights, Lords, Serfs/Peasants

8.

The center of life in a medieval society was the

a)

town hall.

b)

castle.

c)

market.

d)

church.

9.

Who is missing?

a)

Archbishops

b)

kings

c)

Nuns

d)

monks

10.

The actions below are examples of what process?

  • outlawing sale of church possessions
  • excommunicating Emperor Henry IV
  • preventing kings from appointing priests
a)

developing a hierarchy of Church officials

b)

strengthening the power of the Church

c)

improving efficiency in government

d)

protecting the wealth of monarchs

11.

In a Monarchy, who is the ruler?

a)

Duke or Duchess

b)

King or Queen

c)

An emperor

d)

the people

12.

How did serfs pay their taxes to knights, lords, and the church?

a)

silver coins

b)

crops and animals

c)

they fought in tournaments

d)

beads and stones

13.

Feudalism was a social and political system of exchanging services for _________

a)

food

b)

money

c)

land

d)

education