Ancient Rome
Middle Ages
Social Classes
Vocabulary
100

How can the ocean increase Rome's economic or military power?

A. The people have more water to drink

B. The people can relax by the beach more

C. The Romans have a reason to make boats.

D. The Romans had the ability to trade goods and weapons to other locations more easily.

D. The Romans had the ability to trade goods and weapons to other locations more easily.

100

Individuals that worked on the land the nobles owned.

A. Nobles

B. Knights

C. Serfs

D. Kings

C. Serfs

100

Which of the following is an example of the problems with direct democracy?

A. Every person has the right to vote.

B. It is very difficult to pass laws because laws need to be agreed upon.

C. Democracy is a bad form of government.

D. None of the above


B. It is very difficult to pass laws because laws need to be agreed upon.

100

The study of the natural features and processes of the Earth.

A. Human geography

B. Physical geography

C. City-states

D. Direct Democracy

B. Physical geography

200

True or False: The Byzantine Empire can connect its origins with the Roman Empire.

A. True        B. False


True

200

The Middle Ages can be described as…

A. A time where a select few people own land while the rest of the population works on the land.

B. A time where the Catholic Church has no power in society. 

C. People are constantly innovating creating new technologies all the time.

D. Where most of the community's population are nobles.

A. A time where a select few people own land while the rest of the population works on the land.

200

What does the social class of Freedmen mean?

A. A person that has the ability to become the upper class.

B.  A person who has earned their freedom from slavery.

C.  A person that does not have to follow any laws.  

D. A person that works in the mines.

B.  A person who has earned their freedom from slavery.

200

The study of the way human communities and systems interact with their environment.

A. Human geography

B. Physical geography

C. City-states

D. Direct Democracy

A. Human geography

300

How can the ocean increase Rome's economic or military power?

A. The people have more water to drink

B. The people can relax by the beach more

C. The Romans have a reason to make boats.

D. The Romans had the ability to trade goods and weapons to other locations more easily.

D. The Romans had the ability to trade goods and weapons to other locations more easily.

300

Who ran the local manors in the feudal system in the middle ages?

A. Knights

B. Serfs.

C. Lords

D. Peasants

C. Lords

300

In feudal society, who has the most power?

A. Peasants                     B. Knights 

C. Serfs                           D. The King   


D. The King  

300

Independent cities that govern itself and the surrounding area.

A. Human geography

B. Physical geography

C. City-states

D. Direct Democracy

C. City-states

400

How would River valleys increase the military or economic power of Rome?

A. They are close to a river.

B. The land on a river valley has fertile soil for growing crops.

C. They are close to mountains.

D. The Romans can create mining towns.

B. The land on a river valley has fertile soil for growing crops.

400

The individual that owned the entire land in a territory and provided his land to his vasseles.

A. Vassel

B. Lord

C. Knight

D. King

King

400

Power dynamics is…

A. How power is distributed, used and experienced.     

B. How people enter into society

C. There are no power dynamics                                 

D. How Power can corrupt people


A. How power is distributed, used and experienced.  

400

A government where all citizens vote for their laws.

A. Human geography

B. Physical geography

C. City-states

D. Direct Democracy

D. Direct Democracy

500

How does having a seaport in a city increase the military power of the Romans?

A. The Romans can have docks to use.

B. The Romans had easy access to the sea to trade goods with other nations.

C. The Romans could have more military ships to resupply to conquer more areas by the Mediterranean.

D. Seaports do not benefit the Romans militarily.

C. The Romans could have more military ships to resupply to conquer more areas by the Mediterranean.

500

What was the Holy Land in the crusades that the church wanted to obtain from the Muslim states?

A. Byzantine empire

B. Israel

C. Rome

D. Constantinople

B. Israel

500

What social group was owned and signed a contact by individuals who owned the land they lived in?

A. Serfs

B. Knights

C. Kings

D. Peasants

A. Serfs

500

The Manor was...

A. The top leader of the land

B. The center of life in the Middle Ages where people gathered around a Lord for his protection.

C. People that ruled large areas called fiefs

D. People that could be called to battle at any moment.

B. The center of life in the Middle Ages where people gathered around a Lord for his protection.