THERE IS ALMOST NO WRONG ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION!
Explain who you think had more power, the pope or the king, during the Middle Ages.
CONGRATULATIONS, YOU MOST LIKELY JUST EARNED 100 POINTS. YOUR TEACHER WILL DECIDE.
100
Who has the most power in the Catholic Church?
What is the pope?
100
People at universities studied theology. What is theology?
Theology is the study of religion and God.
100
This person was a low-ranking noble who served a lord.
What is a vassal?
100
REVIEW
List an accomplishment of China's dynasties.
Possible Answers -
Great Wall, Grand Canal, compass, paper, woodblock printing, gunpowder, steel, compass
200
Signed in 1215, this document limited the power of the king in England.
What is the Magna Carta?
200
LIST 3 ways that The Crusades impacted Europe.
OTHER ANSWERS MAY BE ACCEPTABLE!
1.opened new trade routes
2.weakened feudalism
3.gained new knowledge about: domes,mosaics,ships,maps,and compasses
200
TRUE OR FALSE
Towns and cities started to grow during the Middle Ages.
IF FALSE, TELL US THE CORRECT ANSWER.
TRUE
200
Contrast serfs and freemen.
YOU ONLY HAVE TO LIST 1 DIFFERENCE.
1.Freemen live on their own, paying rent to farm the land. They have some rights.
2.Serfs work for four days on a lord's land and the other there days of the week on their own land providing for their families. Serfs have few rights and cannot leave the manor.
OTHER ANSWERS MAYBE ACCEPTED. YOUR TEACHER WILL DECIDE IF YOUR ANSWER IS CORRECT.
200
What was a legacy of Ancient Rome?
Possible Answers - Latin, Christianity, aqueducts, sewer system, cement, arches, domes, law
300
TRUE OR FALSE
During the early Middle Ages, many kings lost power, especially after Charlemagne's empire fell.
IF FALSE, CORRECT THE STATEMENT ABOVE.
TRUE
300
List at least 2 ways monks contributed to society.
Possible Answers - schools, hospitals, farming improvements, taught skills (carpentry, weaving), copied texts and made illuminations
300
This disease spread throughout Asia and Europe, killing almost half of the population in China and Western Europe.
What is the Black Death or bubonic plague?
300
NOBLES PAID THE KNIGHTS AND OTHER VASSALS WITH LAND CALLED A ____________.
What is a fief?
300
This is the name of a series of holy wars fought between European Christians and Muslim Turks.
What are the Crusades?
400
List the hierarchy of feudalism in the correct order.
king
lord
vassal
peasants
400
Crimes that violated Church teachings
What is heresy?
400
Buildings such as cathedrals began to be built in a new style during the Middle Ages. Name and describe this new style.
What is the Gothic style? Gothic buildings were taller with slimmer walls, more stained glass windows, flying buttresses, and more ornate, decorative features.
400
This is the land that a lord would own; it contains his lands, house/castle, and likely a small peasant village.
What is a manor?
400
This is the name of a knight's code of honor.
What is chivalry?
500
Name at least two privileges the Magna Carta gave the people.
1. established rights for freemen
2. lessened king's power
3. everyone had to obey laws including the king
4. must have evidence to be guilty
5. right to a fair trial
6. fair punishments
500
Name of the Church court that dealt with heresy.
What is the Inquisition?
500
People began to speak and write in everyday, regional languages instead of Latin. What is the generic term for these everyday, regional languages?
What is the vernacular?
500
TRUE OR FALSE? Feudalism grew stronger as a result of the Crusades and other changes during the Late Middle Ages.
FALSE.
500
List an effect the Black Death had on Europe's economy.
Possible Answers - food prices decreased; demand for workers increased; serfs gained rights; wages rose; feudalism grew weaker