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- 1. Multiple Choice
The Black Death was originated in...
America
Europe
Australia
Asia
- 2. Multiple Choice
The ___________________ caused economic and social instability by drastically reducing the workforce
Black Death
church
Asia
population
- 3. Multiple Choice
Lords provided land use and ______________________ to peasants
communities
protection
military service
population
- 4. Multiple Choice
Lords gave land to their vassals in exchange for ______________
Christianity
protection
communities
military service
- 5. Multiple Choice
The __________________ controlled most aspects of daily life in Europe.
church
Peasants
population
Serfs
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why did feudalism develop in Europe in the Middle Ages?
To give knights a purpose for fighting
For the kings to have people to rule
So manors would be useful again
To provide protection and security
- 7. Multiple Choice
True or False. The Crusades were where Christians tried to retake the Holy Land from the Muslims.
True
False
- 8. Multiple ChoiceFeudalism is an example ofa monarchyan industrial economya local governmenta religious empire
- 9. Multiple Choice
What are all 4 levels of the feudalism pyramid system.
general, colonel, major, captain
president, vice president, speaker, congressman
pope, archbishop, bishop, priest
King, church officials & nobles, knights, peasants
- 10. Multiple Choice
Medieval knights followed rules called the code of?
Chivalry
Bushido
Conduct
Hammurabi
- 11. Multiple Choice
Under which social system did landowning nobles provide protection to their people, in return for their services and loyalty?
mercantilism
Capitalism
Feudalism
protectionism
- 12. Multiple Choice
What was a warrior in armor who fought on horseback called in Medieval Europe?
A Samurai
A Knight
A Peasant
A Freeman
- 13. Multiple ChoiceHow did the Bubonic Plague spread?Bad waterFleas on ratsLooking at peopleAlignment of the stars
- 14. Multiple Choice
What was a major difference between knight and samurai?
Only knights swore loyalty to their superior
Samurai did not have a code of chivalry
Knights were called upon by their religious leader to fight.
- 15. Multiple Choice
What is Feudalism?
A sustaining feud with a friend
A social and political system of loyalty, service, power, and protection
A system of government that allowed a King to have ultimate say over the land
A system of government where the Pope and King had equal rule over the land
- 16. Multiple Choice
Another name for a king or queen.
Prince
Princess
President
Monarch
- 17. Multiple Choice
A land owner in the Middle Ages who is in charge of the people on his land and the lesser lords he gave land to.
Lord
Squire
Page
Fief
- 18. Multiple Choice
Upper class land owners
Vassal
Noble
Serf
Plebeian
- 19. Multiple Choice
A lesser lord who accepts land from a more powerful lord and pledges loyalty and service to that lord
King
Monarch
Vassal
Peasant
- 20. Multiple Choice
A nobleman who was trained as a warrior and lived their live according to a code of chivalry
Samurai
Navy
Vassal
Knight
- 21. Multiple Choice
Lower class during the Middle Ages who worked on a manor in exchange for protection.
Knight
Noble
Lord
Peasant
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWho 1) ruled the Franks from
768 to 814 C.E.
2) united the Christian lands of Europe
3)was crowned Holy Roman emperor
in 800 C.E.CharlemangeKing ArthurJoan of Arc - 23. Multiple ChoiceServed as protection and a means of identification for a knight.A HorseA ShieldA Fief
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following statements accurately describes feudalism?Under feudalism, kings gave land to nobles in exchange for their military service.Feudalism served to spread Christianity throughout Western Europe.Feudalism began as a way to protect those on pilgrimages to Jerusalem.The rise of feudalism marked the end of the Medieval Age.
- 25. Multiple ChoiceBoth Muslims and Christians were ______ types of people during the Middle Ages.athleticEuropeanWesternreligious
- 26. Multiple Choice
Check the box for the main barbaric kingdoms created after the fall of the Western Roman Empire (obviously select more than one)
Vikings
Franks
Goths, Visigoths, Ostrogoths
Aztecs
Saxons, Anglo-Saxons
- 27. Multiple Choice
Which situation contributed most to the beginning of the Renaissance?
A. Strong rulers censored new ideas.
B. Europe became increasingly isolated from other regions.
C. The emphasis on religious uniformity increased.
D. A wealthy class that supported the arts emerged.
E. Europe began to discover the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas.
- 28. Multiple Choice
The intellectual and cultural center of the Renaissance was
A. Florence
B. Rome
C. Naples
D. Venice
E. Genoa
- 29. Multiple Choice
What does the word Renaissance refer to?
a. a period of renewed interest in the arts, based on the Classical Greek and Roman period
b. a series of wars between competing Italian city-states
c. a breakout of infectious diseases that wiped out millions of people
d. the migration of Italians to the New World
- 30. Multiple Choice
What was Humanism?
a. a march of masses of people with the intent to visit the birthplace of Jesus Christ
b. a way of thinking that balances religious faith with the individuality of humans, an interest in nature, and the power of the human mind to learn
c. the practice of humans devoting all of their time to the practice of their religion, at the expense of all other activities
d. a worldwide movement to improve people’s physical fitness during the 15th and 16th Centuries
- 31. Multiple Choice
What made the Italian City-States unique and important, compared to other European cities, during the Renaissance Period?
a. the city-states were self-governing and conducted their own trade.
b. the city-states were centrally located in Italy, in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea region, where people from all over Europe came to trade and do their banking.
c. the city-states were able to establish guilds of craftsmen, who were talented in making a variety of goods
d. all of the above
- 32. Multiple Choice
Which of these was NOT true about the city of Florence during the Renaissance?
a. it was the center of banking in Europe.
b. it was the home, at one time, of Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo, as well as other artists
c. architecture and statuary flourished in the city
d. people who wished to practice Humanism were prohibited from doing so with the city’s borders.
- 33. Multiple Choice
Which family in Florence, had a profound impact on finance, as well as Renaissance art and culture, due to their great wealth and power?
a. the Medici Family
b. the Vespucci Family
c. the David Family
d. the Georgiano Family
- 34. Multiple Choice
Which group served as the greatest patron of the arts during the Renaissance Period?
a. fishermen
b. doctors
c. the Catholic Church
d. university professors
- 35. Multiple Choice
Renaissance ideas were spread through trade (people doing business), travel (people going to new places), and education (people teaching new ideas and skills to each other). Which invention of the Renaissance Period helped most to spread ideas and discoveries?
a. long lasting oil paints
b. the printing press with movable type (metal letters)
c. wooden ships
d. taller church buildings with balconies overlooking an entire city
- 36. Multiple Choice
Most great artists of the Renaissance Period were apprentices early in their careers. What is an apprentice?
a. someone who studies under a master artist to learn techniques
b. someone who was so poor that he had to steal from an owner of a business
c. someone who teaches others the finer points of a craft
d. none of the above
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