European History – Unit 1 Review
The Middle Ages
Due on the day before the test
Answers shall be found in your notes and packet.
____1. Economic system of Middle Ages – work for protection
____2. Association of people of same trade in Medieval towns
____3. Recipients of land (fiefs) and protection in feudal system
____4. Invaders in the second wave of barbarians
____5. These Muslims conquered Holy Land & stopped pilgrims
____6. Europe united as one under the Catholic Faith
____7. “Re-birth” of “civilization” at end of Middle Ages
____8. Political system of Middle Ages – land for loyalty
____9. Another name for the later Frankish Empire
____10. Longest war in history Spanish vs. the Muslims
A. Manorialism
B. Feudalism
C. Renaissance
D. Reconquista
E. Carolingian
F. Magyars
G. Christendom
H. Seljuk Turks
I. Vassals
J. Guilds
____1. Folks of this religion took over the Holy Land in 600s
____2. The clergy (priests, monks, bishops, etc.) in the Middle Ages
____3. Author of a classic Italian epic poem
____4. Powerful leader of the Franks, conquered and then civilized
____5. Monk who started Roman monasticism in Italy
____6. Bishop who started Irish monasticism which spread southeast
____7. Peasants and serfs in the Middle Ages
____8. Nobles in the Middle Ages
____9. Called nobles of Europe to first Crusade to Holy land in 1095
____10. Monk who spread the Catholic Faith to German barbarians
A. St. Benedict
B. St. Patrick
C. St. Boniface
D. Pope Urban II
E. Prayers
F. Fighters
G. Workers
H. Muslims
I. Dante
J. Charlemagne
____1. Declaration of loyalty sworn by a vassal to a lord
____2. Head of the Catholic Church, top of their hierarchy
____3. To deny an article of the Catholic Faith
____4. The Eastern Roman Empire that lasted until 1453
____5. This came into greater usage after the Crusades, aiding trade
____6. This was the land and peasants on it that was given to a vassal
____7. Church dominated Byzantine Empire, split from Rome 1054
____8. This institution had task of rooting out heresy in Christendom
____9. Religion of the Arabs that Charles Martel stopped at Tours
____10. The form of civilization involving things you can touch (stuff)
A. Byzantine Empire
B. Eastern Orthodox Church
C. Oath of Fealty
D. Pope
E. Fief
F. Material
G. Heresy
H. Inquisition
I. Money
J. Islam
Place the following in chronological order:
____Greek Empire
____Dark Ages
____The Renaissance
____Viking Invasions
____Barbarian invasions of Rome
____First Crusade
____Formation of guilds and towns
____Carolingian Renaissance
Unit 1 – Middle Ages: 400s-1400s
Triads
Triads: For each threesome, and in several complete sentences, identify each event or person and establish the
connection between it and the others. Please be concise, but answer in an orderly and logical fashion that illustrates an
understanding of how it all fits together.
1. Decline of Rome; Patrick, Benedict and Boniface; Civilization saved.
2. Roman leprosy; Dark Ages; Survival.
3. Carolingian Renaissance; Vikings; Feudalism.
4. Catholic Hierarchy; Catholic missionaries; Crusades.
5. Crusades; trade; Medieval towns in High Middle Ages.
6. Turks in Holy Land; Urban II; First Crusade.
7. Muslim Expansion/conquest; Charles Martel (Tours); Reconquista of Spain.
8. Agricultural advances; Population growth; deforestation.