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How did feudalism bring order to Europe? Choose TWO:
a. It increased the power of powerful monarchs.
b. It created a strict system of social ranks.
c. It provided defense against foreign invaders.
d. It brought all people under a single religion.
b. It created a strict system of social ranks.
c. It provided defense against foreign invaders.
The Benedictine Rule mainly affected the lies of
a. Missionaries
b. Monks
c. Bishops
d. the poor and sick
b. Monks
What TWO descriptions can be used to help complete this table?
MEDIEVAL MONASTERIES
-Worship and prayer were central to the community to the community.
-People grew their own food and made many of the things needed in daily life.
- Monks provided health care and education.
- Monasteries preserved books and learning.
Under the feudal system, what did vassals promise to provide in exchange for land?
military protection
Many of the early Viking raids were directed against _______ _________.
wealthy monasteries
What was one step that Charlemagne took to unite his kingdom?
People joined monasteries and convents in order to:
devote their lives to prayer and study.
A missionary named Patrick played a major role in spreading Christianity to
a. Britain
b. Poland
c. Russia
d. Ireland
d. Ireland
What was the main goal of Chivalry?
To teach knights how to behave honorably and honestly.
Which group made up the majority of the medieval European population?
a. Lords
b. Peasants
c. Knights
d. Vassals
b. Peasants
In addition to being raiders and looters, the Vikings also:
a. taught farming skills to peasants on the manor.
b. opened trade routes between Asia and Western Europe.
c. gave all of the items they stole back to monasteries.
d. became partners with lords in overseeing manors.
b. opened trade routes between Asia and Western Europe.
What was the Catholic Church's most powerful tool in maintaining its authority in Medieval Europe?
it's control over the sacraments
Under the feudal system, what did lords grant to their vassals?
Fiefs
Why did popes send missionaries into northern Europe?
To convert pagans to Christianity
Which TWO groups of people belong to the bottom of the Feudal System's social pyramid?
peasants and serfs