Medieval Europe
True or False?
Two inventions that improved farming in the
Middle Ages were the horse collar and the
horseshoe.
Answer: True
Serfs were not required to provide
labor services for the manor.
Answer: False
Peasants legally bound to the land.
What are serfs?
Agricultural estate run by a lord.
What is a manor?
The opposite of a barter system.
What is a money economy?
City merchants and artisans.
What are burghers?
Craft business associations.
What are guilds?
Territories in central Italy controlled by
the pope.
What are papal states?
The appointment of church officials by
lords.
What is lay investiture?
Christian rites.
What are sacraments?
Heresy court or Holy Office.
What is the Inquisition?
Objects connected with saints.
What are relics?
Forbids priests from giving the
sacraments to a certain group of
people
What is an interdict?
An annual tax, usually paid on land or
property.
What is a taille?
Members of the wealthiest and most
powerful families.
What are the patricians?
Artisans and merchants living in walled
cities.
What are the bourgeoisie?
The language of everyday speech in a
particular region.
What is vernacular?
Its chief task was to harmonize
Christian teachings with the works of
Greek philosophers.
What is scholasticism?
The population increased during the
High Middle Ages for all of these
reasons EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
Increased peace and stability
Better food production
More doctors
New technology
Answer: D
One function of craft guilds was to
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Encourage competition among workers
Set quality standards
Organize workers to strike
Keep women out of the workforce
Answer: B
Set quality standards.
Which of the following is NOT a part of
the guild training system?
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Master
Vassal
Journeyman
apprentice
Answer: B
Vassal
All of the following were goods that
increased in availability due to the
expansion of trade EXCEPT
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Spices
Sugar
Oxen
Silk
Answer: C
Oxen
The Cistercians
• A. Developed a strict, spiritual order
• B. Stayed in their monasteries
• C. Thought the Benedictine order was too
strict
• D. Joined the Franciscans to form the
Dominicans
Answer: A
Developed a strict, spiritual order
Convents were havens for all of the
following EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
Daughters without husbands
Widows
women merchants
Female intellectuals
Answer: C
women merchants
A __was a heavy, wheeled plow with
an iron plowshare.
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Dozer
Carruca
Shovel
Cabochon
Answer: B
Carruca
Serfs were different from peasants in
that serfs
• A. Owned the land they worked on.
• B. Could live anywhere they chose except
land that was part of a lord’s estate.
• C. Were legally bound to the land upon which
they worked and lived.
• D. Lived in the cities and were not farmers like
the peasants.
Answer: C
were legally bound to the land which
they worked and lived.
Joan of Arc brought the Hundred
Years’ War to a decisive turning point
by
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Spying on the English armies
Inspiring the French with her faith.
Fleeing to the English.
Seducing Charles
Answer: B
Inspiring the French with her faith