WorksheetsCH. 21 MIDDLE AGES STUDY GUIDE
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What role did vassals play in feudal society?
Paid taxes and pledged military service
Owned all the land and made the laws
Worked the land as peasants
Served as religious leaders
Which group made up the largest class of people under feudalism?
Serfs and Peasants
Nobles
Knights
Clergy
Under feudalism, what group of people held the most power after the king?
Lords
Peasants
Serfs
Merchants
Describe what a Knight was.
Vassals of the lords who lived by a strict code of chivalry
Peasants who worked the land for the lords
Merchants who traded goods across Europe
Members of the clergy who led religious services
Feudal society was centered around what?
The manor system
The industrial revolution
The stock market
The democratic assembly
Describe the manor system.
A self contained world run by a lord. Peasants and serfs worked the land
A democratic government where everyone votes on laws
A system where merchants controlled all the land
A religious community led by monks
What did the Manor system provide for Feudalism?
to provide the lord, priest, peasants and serfs with everything they needed
to establish a centralized government
to promote trade between kingdoms
to encourage urbanization
What did the Magna Carta do?
Made kings subject to the rule of law
Gave women the right to vote
Established the United Nations
Abolished slavery in England
What major step toward democratic government occurred under English king Edward I?
Assembled the First Parliament
Issued the Magna Carta
Abolished the monarchy
Established trial by jury
Why type of parliament did Edward I assemble?
An representative parliament made up of knights and town residents to make laws
A council of only nobles and clergy
A gathering of merchants and craftsmen
A meeting of royal family members only
During the Crusades, trade between which two regions significantly increased because of greater contact between the two areas?
Europe and the eastern Mediterranean
Asia and Africa
North America and Europe
Australia and Asia
The Hundred Years’ War and the bubonic plague had what impact on medieval Europe?
They led to significant social, economic, and political changes.
They resulted in the unification of all European kingdoms.
They caused a period of uninterrupted peace and prosperity.
They had little to no effect on European society.
What TWO economic opportunities did towns offer ordinary people?
Higher wages for work
Religious freedom and political power
Opportunity to become a craftsman or merchant
Free education and healthcare
Some reasons for the end of feudalism and the Middle Ages include:
The growth of wage paying jobs and towns
The discovery of America and the invention of the steam engine
The fall of the Roman Empire and the spread of Christianity
The Industrial Revolution and the signing of the Magna Carta
Label the pyramid correctly based on your knowledge of the feudal system.
Top: KING; Second: Lords, Nobles; Third: Knights; Bottom: Peasants and Serfs
Top: Peasants and Serfs; Second: Knights; Third: Lords, Nobles; Bottom: KING
Top: Knights; Second: Peasants and Serfs; Third: KING; Bottom: Lords, Nobles
Top: Lords, Nobles; Second: KING; Third: Peasants and Serfs; Bottom: Knights
Which vocab. word is the best match for this image?
Feudalism
Reconquista
Heresy
Chivalry
What was the Magna Carta?
A battle strategy
A religious text
A document that limited the power of the king
A trade agreement
Who was at the bottom of the social pyramid in the Feudal System?
King/Queen
Knights
Serfs/Peasants
Lords/Nobles
