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3.2 Medieval Europe

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Vocabulary: Choose the best answer for each item.

A lord who was granted land in exchange for service and loyalty to a greater lord.

a)

Vassal

b)

Renaissance

c)

Feudalism

d)

Fief

e)

Crusades

2.

Vocabulary: Choose the best answer for each item.

military campaigns taken by European Christians of the eleventh through the fourteenth centuries to take over the Holy Land and convert Muslims and other non-Christians to Christianity

a)

Vassal

b)

Renaissance

c)

Feudalism

d)

Fief

e)

Crusades

3.

Vocabulary: Choose the best answer for each item.

Basic concept refers to the political and social order of medieval Europe; based on a hierarchy of lords and vassals who controlled political and military affairs.

a)

Vassal

b)

Renaissance

c)

Feudalism

d)

Fief

e)

Crusades

4.

Vocabulary: Choose the best answer for each item.

Grant of land in return for a pledge to provide military service.

a)

Vassal

b)

Renaissance

c)

Feudalism

d)

Fief

e)

Crusades

5.

Vocabulary: Choose the best answer for each item.

A period of intense artistic and intellectual activity, said to be the "rebirth" of Greco-Roman culture.

a)

Vassal

b)

Renaissance

c)

Feudalism

d)

Fief

e)

Crusades

6.

The owner of a serf's house was usually the

a)

The villain

b)

The serf

c)

The military

d)

The lord

7.

A manor estate included

a)

A stadium

b)

A castle

c)

A serf house

d)

A forest

8.

The three main orders of medieval society included all of the following EXCEPT:

a)

Those who worked

b)

Those who studied

c)

Those who fought

d)

Those who prayed

9.

The First Crusade was launched with the stated goal of

a)

Ejecting the Moors from Spain

b)

Opening a trade route to China

c)

Preventing the Muslim invasion of Europe

d)

Capturing Jerusalem from the Muslims

10.

The most important economic asset for medieval nobles was

a)

Possession of land

b)

Connection to the church

c)

Skill in a trade

d)

Formal education

11.

The Black Death is thought to have originated in

a)

Europe

b)

Central Asia

c)

Africa

d)

China

12.

Results of the plague included all of the following EXCEPT

a)

Millions died from the disease

b)

Transfer of wealth to people who normally would not have inherited it

c)

Worker’s services became more valuable

d)

Society became less mobile

13.

The art and literature of the Italian Renaissance were most strongly influenced by

a)

Artistic and literary styles introduced from China

b)

The teachings of the Catholic Church

c)

Classical art and literature

d)

Islamic traditions of painting and poetry