WorksheetsMEdieval Europe
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is one declaration of the Magna Carta?
free legal counsel to anyone
trial by a jury of one’s peers
requirement of evidence in a trial
impartiality of the judge
In what two ways were the Crusades considered successful?
They permanently reclaimed the Holy Land for the Catholic Church.
They united all of Europe as the Holy Roman Empire.
They allowed the exchange of ideas and learning with the Arabs.
They reopened trade with the Middle East during the fourteenth century.
What was true about feudalism?
People often moved into higher social classes.
People were born into a social class.
Church officials had little power and no land.
Serfs were at the top of the social hierarchy.
How did the Catholic Church preserve knowledge during the Middle Ages?
Parishes had many libraries filled with books.
Church leaders founded schools for all of the people.
Monks copied books, especially the Bible, by hand.
Church services required people to read from the Bible.
In exchange for land, what were lords responsible in supplying to monarchs?
Advice on how to handle peasant revolts
Support with grain mills
Knights in times of war
Performed back breaking tasks
What was one role of the King or Queen in Medieval Europe?
To give fiefs, or land, to lords
Vote on lords of land
To govern peasants work
Provide money to knights
What system used to define roles, rights and responsibilities in Medieval Europe?
Democracy
Imperialism
Feudalism
Democracy
The Church and the Monarchy impacted people's lives by requiring them to pay______ to the Church and _______ to the Monarchy.
Horses, Knights
Grain, Wheat
Tithe, Taxes
Swords, other weapons
How did Medieval Europe establish justice?
Knights were used to defend/protect lands from neighboring invaders
Invaders from other lands were invited into the castle
Knights were used to defend/protect lands from the Catholic Church
Jail time was a punishment for invading other lords lands
After the Black Death, why did cities start to grow?
The House of Medici rose to power in Florence.
People sought job opportunities.
Brunelleschi designed the dome of the Florence Cathedral.
Humanism became an important idea throughout Europe.
What element of culture helped the House of Medici rise to power in Florence?
the outbreak of the Black Death increased use of the barter system
people's tendency to question their faith
the outbreak of the Black Death
the rise of banking and commerce
The population of Medieval England drop drastically around 1300. What inference can you make about why?
The Bubonic Plague caused millions of deaths.
People began to sell their houses to move to China.
All citizen were required to serve in the Military, including women.
The Bubonic Plague caused growth in cities.
What was one result of the Black Plague in England?
France was able to defeat England in the Hundred Years’ War.
Trade activities between England and France improved.
The population was reduced, and working people had more power.
Laws were passed to retain the nobles’ power.
Choose TWO reasons that cities boomed (grew) during the late Middle Ages.
More people died of the Plague
Increase in Trade
More employment opportunities
Everyone moved to North America
Which TWO events contributed to people questioning their faith?
The Great famine of 1315-1316
The Black Death of 1347-1351
The Rise of the House of Medici in 1300
Hurricane Katrina of 1352
