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WorksheetsFeudalism [Review]
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
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]
disease
violence
illiteracy [inability to read]
superstition
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]
Education
Technology
Trade
Medicine
The Italian scholar Petrach considered the Middle Ages to be "dark" compared to the ____________________ because they were "brilliant." [Select ALL that APPLY]
Persians
Greeks
Mesopotamians
Romans
What united the people of Europe during the Dark Ages?
War
Trade
Culture
Christianity
Converting to Christianity helped Clovis, king of the Franks, conquer and gain power in Europe by... [Select ALL that APPLY]
converting to Christianity helped him cement power
converting to Christianity helped him as many of his new subjects were Roman Christians
converting to Christianity weakened Clovis and left him without allies
converting to Christianity helped him gain allies among church leaders
The Vikings were drawn to European land and monasteries [churches] at Lindisfarne because of... [Select ALL that APPLY]
Vikings were looking to use Lindisfarne so they could travel to North America
The wealth in the monasteries was undefended and easy to attack for the Vikings
The Vikings were fleeing a plague from the Northern Europe
Vikings saw Europe as a place to build new homes
Land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service.
manor
serf
peasant
fiefs
Who created the system of rewarding knights with land and privileges ultimately preparing the way for Feudalism?
Clovis
Charlemagne
William the Conqueror
the Vikings
As towns grew in the Middle Ages, towns began to resent their lord's power and taxes and sought to become independent. This showed...
the power that feudal lords had over towns
a rejection of feudalism and the lord's power by people in towns
the power of church officials in Europe
the weakness of people in towns to stand up to lords
Towns in the High Middle Ages began growing again because of... [Select ALL that APPLY]
agricultural improvements
creation of jobs
revival of trade
rise of factories
A surplus of crops was BIG DEAL, because this meant that...
EVERYONE had to farm to feed themselves
SOME people had to farm to feed themselves
the Catholic Church had to farm to feed themselves
NOT EVERYONE had to farm to feed themselves
How did trade CHANGE from the beginning of the Middle Ages to the High Middle Ages? [Select ALL that APPLY]
trade changed so that only the wealthy could by household items
trade changed from just luxury goods to everyday household items.
local people could buy products, instead of just the wealthy
local people could no longer buy products
The code of chivalry expected knights to.... [Select ALL that APPLY]
be loyal to their lord
respect women
be loyal to the Church
protect the helpless
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]
fighting
relax
prepare for war
vacation
The Franks were successful in ruling Western Europe because they developed a new style of warfare which depended on...
Trebuchet
Battering Rams
Archers
Knights
