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WorksheetsThe Middle Ages
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 15mins
768 to 814 C.E.
2) united the Christian lands of Europe
3)was crowned Holy Roman emperor
in 800 C.E.
Feudalism began as
a way for the military to secure its power over the peasants and landowners
a protection system in which land/loyalty were exchanged
a demand by peasants for better living conditions and for a share in the economic prosperity of the middle ages
a means for the church to collect more taxes for its support of the nobility
Middle Ages was
● Europe and China lost about one third of its population
● Labor shortages brought higher wages for many workers
● People blamed God for the plague
● The manor system collapsed as peasants left their manors to work for set wages in urban areas.
● Feudalism was weakened
The land run by lords/ barons, worked by peasants & serfs, protected by the vassals
feudalism
manor
neighborhood
knighthood
Which European institution during the Middle Ages in best described by this statement?
Which Church official was the highest authority in the Church?
Bishop
Archbishop
Pope
Abbott
Which group was the highest in the social hierarchy?
Knights
Serfs/Peasants
Kings/Queens
Lords/Ladies
Which group was the lowest in the social hierarchy?
Knights
Serfs/Peasants
Kings/Queens
Lords/Ladies
Was there social mobility (could you move up) in the Manorial system?
No
Yes
A series of holy wars against the Muslim Turks
Crusades
Knights against Invasion
Feudal Lords
The Holy Roman Wars
The Magna Carta was written to
limit the power of the king
give absolute power to the king
create democracy
dismiss the Pope from his leader of the church
Choose all correct answers. Manors were ___________.
made their own food
self sufficient
made their own clothing
made their own housing
