WorksheetsDark Ages European Middle Ages
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 13mins
After what event did the "Dark Ages" start?
Fall of Western Roman Empire
The Great Schism of 1054
Battle of Tours, 732
Christianity starting in Western Europe
What do we call the communal system based on obligations that governed the relationship between lords and vassals?
Buddhism
Bushido
Feudalism
Benedictine Rule
What is going on in this picture?
Serfs do hard work for lords who then promise to protect them.
Lords work for serfs once or twice a year on holidays.
Serfs owned their own land and planted flowers.
Knights worked the land when they weren't fighting or drinking.
A medieval manor was
a self sufficient communal society
owned by the Catholic Church
always located near a trade route or waterway
protected by an army of serfs and papal servants
In a feudal system, lands called 'fiefs' are given to...
Nobles or Vassals
Peasants
Anyone willing to pay
Priests
When Rome fell in AD 476, life in Europe changed. How did life in the early Middle Ages differ from Roman times?
trade increases substantially
people moved from rural areas to cities for entertainment
education and literacy declined
the population increases as a baby boom occurred
Places where monks lived to preserve Greco-Roman cultural achievements
Monasteries
Chapels in Lords' Castles
Convents with their nun wives
Cathedrals
Charlemagne did all of the following except
unify western Europe
spread Christianity
build schools
end serfdom
The economy of the Middle Ages (work for protection) centered on what living arrangement?
Feudalism
Living inside the castle walls and serving the lords
the manorial system and life on the manor
knights protecting lords and vassals
What is this picture showing?
Lords working on the manor for the holiday as the serfs were allowed family time
Serfs working the manor for their lord
Knights asking the blacksmith for a new weapon
Lords working for the vassals
