WorksheetsFeudalism and the Medieval Period
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
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Class
Date
1.
What belongs in the empty box to complete the cause-and-effect diagram?
a)
Development of farming
b)
Expansion of freedoms
c)
Rise in prosperity
d)
Increase in attacks
2.
Who are the men in the picture?
a)
lord and vassal
b)
peasant and serf
c)
merchant and squire
d)
villager and priest
3.
What is the best title for this list?
a)
Gifts from Kings to Vassals
b)
Taxes Paid by Peasants to Lords
c)
Why the Economy Was Weak
d)
How Peasants Earned a Living
4.
Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne in return for
a)
a gift of land.
b)
a noble title.
c)
a large supply of food.
d)
military support.
5.
Under Charlemagne, the Franks grew powerful because of their new style of war that used
a)
heavy wagons.
b)
knights on horseback.
c)
cannons and gunpowder.
d)
peasants who threw rocks.
6.
For which achievement is Charlemagne most remembered?
a)
He declared war against England.
b)
He became the first Christian ruler.
c)
He united much of Europe.
d)
He taught his people to write.
7.
Which of the following best describes the Vikings?
a)
Northern people who made quick, fierce raids on European villages
b)
Muslim nomads who traded in goods from the Middle East
c)
Germanic people who swept south to topple the Roman Empire
d)
Central European people who originally migrated from Asia
8.
A king gave his most important lords fiefs, which were
a)
grants of land.
b)
large celebrations.
c)
war horses.
d)
market licenses.
9.
Which of these did William the Conqueror introduce to England?
a)
the Christian religion
b)
the Saxon language
c)
a line of Norman kings
d)
an end to the feudal system
10.
Social class in the Middle Ages was determined mainly by
a)
birth.
b)
wealth.
c)
religion.
d)
education.
11.
Which of the following was a main job of medieval ladies?
a)
managing the household
b)
selling the manor's goods
c)
negotiating with feudal lords
d)
teaching boys to be knights
12.
Pages and squires were boys in training to become
a)
kings.
b)
knights.
c)
teachers.
d)
landowners.
13.
Suppose a knight is known for his chivalry. What does that suggest about him?
a)
He fought with great skill.
b)
He owned a famous manor.
c)
He traveled to many countries.
d)
He followed a code of behavior.
14.
Serfs were required to
a)
grind their own grain at home.
b)
fight against the king's enemies.
c)
move to nearby cities and towns.
d)
stay on the land that they worked.
15.
What do these medieval items have in common?
a)
They describe parts of a church's architecture.
b)
They describe features of a manor house.
c)
They describe forms of military technology.
d)
They describe structures of medieval towns.
16.
Which of these was a result of the fall of Rome?
a)
the decline of Christianity
b)
the lack of a central government
c)
an end to attacks by barbarians
d)
the growth of a strong economy
17.
Knights provided _________ to the feudal hierarchy and lived by a set of rules called ____________ .
a)
food, chivalry
b)
protection, chivalry
c)
protection, the way
d)
technology, chivalry
18.
This was the political and social system of the Middle Ages.
a)
monoralism
b)
capitalism
c)
republican democracy
d)
feudalism
19.
In the system of feudalism, who farmed the land?
a)
monarchs
b)
knights
c)
lords
d)
serfs
20.
What was the order of the hierarchy in European Feudalism?
a)
King, Knight, Noble, Peasant
b)
King, Noble, Knight, Peasant
c)
King, Noble, Peasant, Knight
d)
King, Peasant Knight, Noble
21.
What is chivalry?
a)
a moral code of honorable behavior for knights
b)
important document that listed the rights of nobles against the king
c)
ruler of the Franks who set out to rebuild the Roman Empire
d)
the best soldiers who were specially trained to fight on horseback
22.
How could serfs gain their freedom?
a)
By seeking the elusive jedi master on Dagobah
b)
By completing the kessel run in less than 12 parsecs
c)
by buying their way out
d)
running away and remaining in a town for more than a year
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