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Feudalism [Review]

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

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1.

The time period after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in Europe is often called the "Dark Ages." The Dark Ages last 700 years as is described as an age with the following... [Select ALL that APPLY]

a)

disease

b)

violence

c)

illiteracy [inability to read]

d)

superstition

2.

What benefits that existed during the Roman Empire WERE LOST to the Europeans after the fall of the Western Roman Empire during the Dark Ages? [Select ALL that APPLY]

a)

Education

b)

Technology

c)

Trade

d)

Medicine

3.

The Italian scholar Petrach considered the Middle Ages to be "dark" compared to the ____________________ because they were "brilliant." [Select ALL that APPLY]

a)

Persians

b)

Greeks

c)

Mesopotamians

d)

Romans

4.

What united the people of Europe during the Dark Ages?

a)

War

b)

Trade

c)

Culture

d)

Christianity

5.

Converting to Christianity helped Clovis, king of the Franks, conquer and gain power in Europe by... [Select ALL that APPLY]

a)

converting to Christianity helped him cement power

b)

converting to Christianity helped him as many of his new subjects were Roman Christians

c)

converting to Christianity weakened Clovis and left him without allies

d)

converting to Christianity helped him gain allies among church leaders

6.

The Vikings were drawn to European land and monasteries [churches] at Lindisfarne because of... [Select ALL that APPLY]

a)

Vikings were looking to use Lindisfarne so they could travel to North America

b)

The wealth in the monasteries was undefended and easy to attack for the Vikings

c)

The Vikings were fleeing a plague from the Northern Europe

d)

Vikings saw Europe as a place to build new homes

7.

Land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service.

a)

manor

b)

serf

c)

peasant

d)

fiefs

8.

Who created the system of rewarding knights with land and privileges ultimately preparing the way for Feudalism?

a)

Clovis

b)

Charlemagne

c)

William the Conqueror

d)

the Vikings

9.

As towns grew in the Middle Ages, towns began to resent their lord's power and taxes and sought to become independent. This showed...

a)

the power that feudal lords had over towns

b)

a rejection of feudalism and the lord's power by people in towns

c)

the power of church officials in Europe

d)

the weakness of people in towns to stand up to lords

10.

Towns in the High Middle Ages began growing again because of... [Select ALL that APPLY]

a)

agricultural improvements

b)

creation of jobs

c)

revival of trade

d)

rise of factories

11.

A surplus of crops was BIG DEAL, because this meant that...

a)

EVERYONE had to farm to feed themselves

b)

SOME people had to farm to feed themselves

c)

the Catholic Church had to farm to feed themselves

d)

NOT EVERYONE had to farm to feed themselves

12.

How did trade CHANGE from the beginning of the Middle Ages to the High Middle Ages? [Select ALL that APPLY]

a)

trade changed so that only the wealthy could by household items

b)

trade changed from just luxury goods to everyday household items.

c)

local people could buy products, instead of just the wealthy

d)

local people could no longer buy products

13.

The code of chivalry expected knights to.... [Select ALL that APPLY]

a)

be loyal to their lord

b)

respect women

c)

be loyal to the Church

d)

protect the helpless

14.

The labor and work of peasants and serfs on the land of lords and knights gave them free time to do what?

[Select ALL that APPLY]

a)

fighting

b)

relax

c)

prepare for war

d)

vacation

15.

The Franks were successful in ruling Western Europe because they developed a new style of warfare which depended on...

a)

Trebuchet

b)

Battering Rams

c)

Archers

d)

Knights