Study guide: Middle Ages, Ancient Greece/ Rome and Barbarians
1. Who could be the lord of a nobleman?
2. Could a king in France order the peasant of a nobleman around?
3. List the Feudal System Pyramid.
4. What is the time period of the Middle Ages?
5. Who is Charlemagne and his importance during feudalism?
6. Explain the Feudal System in 10 sentences. (Include the following: the purpose of feudalism, pledging
allegiance and protection, the people involved in the system)
7. What was the Black Death?
8. How did the Black Death effect Europe?
9. How did it spread?
10. Where did the bubonic disease come from? (List the country)
11. What is one of the main systems of the Black Death?
12. What years did the Black Death peak?
13. Who came along to make the Goths miserable?
14. Rome was divided into 2 halves, what were they?
15. How were Roman Christians treated in Ancient Rome?
16. How often did we have the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece?
17. Which Greek god did the Olympic Games honor in Ancient Greece?
18. Who were only allowed to participate in the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece?
19. City-states consistently fought to rule other city-states to gain more power.
True or False
20. Fill in the following chart with the reasons Rome fell. (Include all of the facts for each reason)
Social Castes
Political Reasons
Military Reasons
Immorality
Forget the Past
Forgot the Bonds
21. Which class of citizens held power in Ancient Rome?
22. Which officials looked after ordinary people in Ancient Rome?
23. The most important magistrates were ______________________ in Ancient Rome.
24. The people’s assembly and the ________________________ made laws in Ancient Rome.
Study guide: Middle Ages, Ancient Greece/ Rome and Barbarians
1. Who could be the lord of a nobleman?
King
2. Could a king in France order the peasant of a nobleman around?
No
3. List the Feudal System Pyramid.
The pope
The king
Nobles/ Lords
Vassals/ Knights
Freemen
Yeomans
Servants
Peasants/Serfs
4. What is the time period of the Middle Ages?
400-1500
5. Who is Charlemagne and his importance during feudalism?
*Germanic King
* Reunited much of eastern and western Europe
*Contributed: efficient government, improved education and spread Christianity
*After his death, Europe broke up
6. Explain the Feudal System in 10 sentences. (Include the following: the purpose of feudalism, pledging
allegiance and protection, the people involved in the system)
*System of loyalties and protections during the M.A.
*Happened after the Fall of Rome.
*Emperors granted land to Nobles/lords in exchange for their loyalty.
*Peasants expected for their lords to protect them.
*Serfs were bound to the land.
*Everyone owed allegiance to the King
*Everyone knew their place
7. What was the Black Death?
The spread of a deadly disease from a flea
8. How did the Black Death effect Europe?
It was one of the deadliest pandemics killing 30-60% of the population
9. How did it spread?
When a flea living on the blood of an infected rat, jumps off of the rat to infect a person.
10. Where did the bubonic disease come from? (List the country)
Asia
11. What is one of the main systems of the Black Death?
Aching limbs, vomiting blood, lymph nodes swelling and then dying in 3-4 days
12. What years did the Black Death peak?
1348-1350
13. Who came along to make the Goths miserable?
Huns
14. Rome was divided into 2 halves, what were they?
Eastern lasted only 140 years and Western lasted a thousand years
15. How were Roman Christians treated in Ancient Rome?
Miserably! They were forced to not practice their religion, they were put into gladiator arenas to fight
wild beast and gladiators. Without being trained and without weapons.
16. How often did we have the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece?
4
17. Which Greek god did the Olympic Games honor in Ancient Greece?
Zeus
18. Who were only allowed to participate in the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece?
Men
19. City-states consistently fought to rule other city-states to gain more power.
True or False
20. Fill in the following chart with the reasons Rome fell. (Include all of the facts for each reason)
Social Castes
*Decreed that the father’s occupation would be
that of his children.
*NO one could grow in their career.
Political Reasons
*Ignored traditions
*Rulers had sole power in all matters
*Armies handled all political issues
Military Reasons
*Military was a way to gain power
* Emperor could be overthrown
* Most soldiers were not Roman, they were
German
* Non-citizens were the most loyal
Immorality
*Lacked virtues of hard work and self control
* They were lazy, greedy and only wanted pleasure
Forget the Past
*They didn’t care about their past.
*They didn’t see how the past would affect their
future.
Forgot the Bonds
* People were split (upper and lower class).
*Groups became hostile between each other .
*There was corruption and greed.
21. Which class of citizens held power in Ancient Rome? Patricians
22. Which officials looked after ordinary people in Ancient Rome? Tribunes
23. The most important magistrates were consul in Ancient Rome.
24. The people’s assembly and the senate made laws in Ancient Rome.