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What French peasant helped France win back land from England?
Joan of Arc
What system is based on loyalty between lords and vassals?
a. democracy
b. dictatorship
c. monarchy
d. feudalism
What had the greatest influence on the lives of most Europeans during the Middle Ages?
a. towns and trade
b. the king
c. religion and the church
d. universities
c. religion and the church
What do we call a warrior during the crusades who fought on horseback?
a. soldier
b. samurai
c. general
d. knight
d. knight
Where did the Black Death originate?
a. Europe
b. Egypt
c. America
d. Central Asia
d. Central Asia
What Pope urged Christians to launch the crusades to recapture the Holy Lands?
a. Urban II
b. Pope Gregory
c. Saladin
d. Charlamagne
a. Urban II
What do they call worship service in the Catholic Church?
a. mass
b. prayer
c. baptism
d. resurrection
a. mass
In 1073, Pope Gregory VII issued a decree forbidding kings from appointing high-ranking ______ officials.
a. political
b. church
c. trade
d. military
b. church
Why were the Crusades fought?
a. bring Constantinople back under the Pope's control
b. to protect Europe from Vikings
c. to reunite the Catholic and Orthodox Church
d. to fight Muslims and take the Holy Land
d. Fight Muslims and take the holy land
The Black Death was spread primarily by what?
a. ants
b. fleas
c. rats
d. cows
b. fleas
What Frankish (French) leader stopped the Muslim advance in to Europe?
a. Charlamagne
b. Charles Martel (The Hammer)
c. Richard the Lionheart
d. Saladin
b. Charles Martel
What did they call the medieval business groups in the middle ages?
a. guild
b. union
c. vassal
d. heresy
a. guild
Jerusalem is important to Muslims because they believe:
a. site of Jesus' death and resurrection
b. site of Muhammad's ascension to heaven
c. site of the Holy Temple
d. where the first church was built
b. site of Muhammad's ascension to heaven
The Crusades were a holy war launched by:
a. Catholics against Muslim Turks
b. Catholics against Jews
c. Muslims against Jews
d. Muslims against Catholics
a. Catholics against Muslim Turks
What was the impact of the Black Death?
a. reduced Europe's population by 1/3
b. it strengthened feudalism
c. didn't impact Europe
d. stayed confined to Europe
a. reduced population by 1/3
What ruler of Egypt recaptured Jerusalem from the Christians?
a. Richard the Lionheart
b. King John
c. Pope Urban II
d. Saladin
d. Saladin
What do they call the land a lord grants to a knight?
a. plot
b. property
c. fief
d. heresy
c. fief
What leader turned Spain into a Catholic country?
a. King John
b. Otto I
c. Isabella of Castille
d. Pope Urban II
c. Isabella of Castille
In which crusade did the Christians drive the Muslims out of Jerusalem?
a. 1st
b. 2nd
c. 3rd
d. 4th
a. 1st
Joan of Arc led the French in what famous battle?
a. Battle of Agincourt
b. Battle of Castillon
c. Hundred Years War
d. Siege of Orleans
d. siege of Orleans
What German king became the first ruler of the Holy Roman Empire?
a. King John
b. Otto I
c. Isabella of Castille
d. Charlamagne
b. Otto I
What is the word for a religious belief that conflicts with Church teachings?
a. heresy
b. disrespect
c. fief
d. guild
a. heresy
What do we call the fight to take back Iberia (Spain) from the Muslims?
a. Reconquista
b. crusades
c. Holy War
d. Revolution
a. Reconquista
Medieval knights followed rules called the code of what?
chivalry
What document established that government should be limited and people should have basic rights?
Magna Carta