Vocabulary
Which of these means 'to get'?
a. avenge
b. acquire
c. devote
d. emerge
b. acquire
Who was a woman who led French soldiers in freeing Orleans from the English?
Joan of Arc
Out of these groups, who has the most power?
a. Merchants and Craftsmen
b. Freemen and Serfs
c. Nobles and Church Leaders
c. Nobles and Church Leaders
The growth of what was one of the reasons that feudalism started to disappear?
Towns and cities
What was a list of the people in England and how much they owed in taxes?
the Domesday Book
What is chivalry?
It's the code of rules about how knights should behave.
Who was a great French ruler who was crowned Roman emperor by the pope?
Charlemagne
Which of these is not true about how lords used their power over serfs?
a. Serfs worked for lords.
b. Lords taxed the serfs.
c. Serfs often fought in the lords' armies.
d. The lords had to approve the marriages of the serfs.
c. Serfs often fought in the lords' armies.
Which of these is true about life in a town?
a. Medieval towns were very clean.
b. Medieval towns had a lot of land for farming.
c. Medieval towns had no rats.
d. Medieval towns had market days where people could sell food items.
d. Medieval towns had market days where people could sell food items.
What were the two sides that fought in the Battle of Hastings?
The English and the Normans
What does emerged mean?
To become known or come into existence
What country did King Henry II rule, and what system did he reform?
England and the legal system
Which of these statements about the lives of monks in the Middle Ages is false?
a. They dedicated their lives to God.
b. They took vows.
c. They spent a lot of time running a parish church.
d. They preserved writings from Ancient Greeks and Romans.
c. They spent a lot of time running a parish church.
Which of these is not true about life on a manor?
a. Serfs used scythes to harvest many things.
b. Everybody lived in the castle together.
c. There was a castle surrounded by small houses made of wood and mud.
d. Serfs worked on the land all day.
b. Everybody lived in the castle together.
Which of these is not true about the Magna Carta?
a. It created the idea of democracy.
b. It limited the king's power.
c. Many of its ideas appear in constitutions today.
d. It is considered to be a very important document in English history.
a. It created the idea of democracy.
What is a work of art that shows the Battle of Hastings?
the Bayeux Tapestry
Which tribe invaded the Roman Empire?
a. the Hans
b. the Mongols
c. the Huns
d. the Mings
c. the Huns
Name two things that showed the influence and power of the church.
Cathedrals, pilgrimages, and illuminated manuscripts (any two of these three)
What is another name for the plague, and how did it spread?
Black death, and it was spread by rats
What is feudalism?
It's a system of government in which land and protection are exchanged for loyalty and services.
What's the name of a circular stained-glass window in a church that contains a pattern near the center?
A rose window
Who was queen of France and England?
Eleanor of Aquitaine
What are you known as in your first few years of training as a knight?
A page
How did people measure time in the Middle Ages?
The rising and setting of the sun and the passing of seasons
Which group was Henry II descended from, and how did they take power?
the Normans, and they won the Battle of Hastings