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Module 11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which statement best explains the relationships among groups of people under feudalism? 1) all classes receive equal treatment before the law 2) social classes were determined primarily by educational achievements 3) obligations among social classes were | 3 |
| The Middle Ages in Western Europe was characterized by? | The manor system and the importance of land ownership |
| Under the feudal contract, a lord gave a fief in exchange for? | Military service |
| Unlike Roman slaves, medieval slaves were? | Allowed to control the land they worked |
| The basic unit of medieval rural organization was the? | Manor |
| The center of community life in the medieval European village was the? | Church |
| The main peacetime responsibility of the lord was to? | Rule and carry out justice |
| Serfs might owe all of the following except? 1) several days work each week on the lords land 2) 40 days of combat in the lords army each year 3) some grain from the serfs island 4) a tax on all grain ground in the lords mill | 2 |
| Feudalism evolved in response to a need for? | Protection |
| By claiming to be the heirs of Charlemagne, holy Roman emperors? | Became involved in the affairs of Italy |
| William the conqueror centralized power by? | Making all lords swear loyalty to him |
| Why did Feudal monarchs come into conflict with the church | The pope claimed he was supreme over all rulers |
| Duke William I of Normandy made feudalism work by? | Strictly controlling the distribution of lands |
| What did William of Normandy conquer at the battle of Hastings in 1066? | England |
| One way which Henry II of England increased royal power was the established royal? | Courts |
| The Capetian dynasty succeeded in ruling France by all of the following means except? 1) control of the area around Paris 2) having healthy sons and thus avoiding civil wars 3) a close alliance with England 4) control of important trade routes in northe | 3 |