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Middle Ages Quiz 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is feudalism? | a political, economic, and social system in which land was given in exchange for services |
| What need did feudalism grow out of? | people's protection from invaders against invaders |
| What did feudalism offer landowners? | defense of their property |
| Feudalism grew out of the practices of "patronage" and "clientage" that had existed where? | Roman Empire |
| What was a lord? | landowner, usually a noble, sometimes a bishop |
| What was a vassal? | person (usually a soldier) given a piece of land by a lord |
| What was a piece of land referred to as? | A fief |
| The basic unit of land under feudalism, which could be watched over by a single knight/noble was referred to as what? | A manor |
| An individual at the bottom of the feudal pyramid who had no legal rights and was tied to the lord's land was called what? | Serf |
| Literally means "slave" but referred to the poorest peasant farmers | Serf |
| Top level of the feudal pyramid | monarch |
| Bottom level of the feudal pyramid | peasants |
| Level just above the lowest level of the feudal pyramid | lesser nobles/knights |
| Level just below the highest level of the feudal pyramid | nobles |
| Why did people create and tell stories about mythical beasts such as unicorns and dragons in the Middle Ages? | to entertain each other |
| These mythical beasts were said to breathe fire, resemble huge lizard-like beasts, and represented the evil encountered by people in their lives | dragons |
| These gentle mythical beasts could only be tamed, it was believed, by young girls. | unicorns |
| The first trade fairs were celebrations of what? | church holy days |
| What are 2 festivities (activities) that would have been featured at a medieval trade fair? | food, music, dancing, sporting contests |
| Instead of using money in the early Middle Ages, most people ______________ for goods. | bartered |
| Usually, only ________ received an education during the Middle Ages. | boys |
| Identify one of the three types of schools that existed during the Middle Ages. | song schools, monastery schools, grammar schools |
| Students attending grammar school would have learned to read and write in what language? | Latin - language of the ancient Romans |
| This type of individual spent most of his days either watching over his lands or fighting in wars. | lord |
| In the early Middle Ages, serfs lived INSIDE or OUTSIDE the walls of castles. | outside |
| People who shared the same kind of work in a medieval city often formed these organizations. | guild |
| Identify one typical job for a serf | planting, harvesting crops, tending livestock |
| These were the only days serfs had off from their work | Church sacred or holy days |
| What was the main goal of the Crusades? | Retake the city of Jerusalem |
| What was so important about Jerusalem? | Jerusalem was a holy city to Muslims (Muhammad ascended into heaven there), Jews (home to the Jewish temple), and Christians (place where Jesus was crucified) |
| What did Pope Urban II have to do with the First Crusade? | Pope Urban II gave sermon encouraging a holy war by Christians to take back Jerusalem |
| What did Pope Urban offered Crusaders? | Urban offered volunteers a ticket into heaven |
| Which of these inventions did NOT change the way people worked their fields during the Middle Ages? a. the plow b. the horse collar c. horseshoes d. the shovel | d. the shovel |
| How were most stories told during the Medieval period? | orally |
| "Beowulf" and "The Song of Roland" are examples of medieval literature that took which genre? | poetry |
| The first stage of training toward becoming a knight in which a boy learned how to fight, how to use weapons, and ride a horse into battle. | page |
| At age 15, one could become a(n) ___________ and would be assigned to a knight. | squire |
| The rules by which a knight was expected to live and behave, such as being brave in battle and keeping one's promises, is referred to as what? | chivalry |
| Castles were usually built on a ________ and were at first made out of __________. | hill, wood |
| All the important events of life in the Middle Ages--baptism, confirmation, marriage, and burial--took place in a medieval _________________. | church |
| Cathedrals were splendid, with no expense spared, and were built to honor ________________. | God |
| Most cathedrals were built in the shape of a ____________________. | cross |
| The Magna Carta, also known as the Great Charter, was essentially a list of _________. | rights |
| According to the Magna Carta, the king was required to obey the ______. | law |
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