Test 7 - The European Middle Ages
Directions: Answer all questions using the remote “clickers”. Make sure you press the ‘send’ button after you answer
each question. The test is worth 20 points.
True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false. Use ‘A’ for true and ‘B’ for false.
1. Serfs had many opportunities to better their social and economic position.
2. Medieval castles were large, beautiful, had dozens of private bedrooms, and included many luxuries, such as
indoor plumbing and ventilation systems.
3. To attack a castle in the middle ages of Europe one might use a trebuchet or a battering ram.
4. A ‘layperson’ is a person who is not a member of a church.
5. Canons and the long bow helped to bring about an end to the effectiveness of a knight’s value on the
battlefield toward the end of the middle ages.
6. Some common geographic features of a good site for a town in the middle ages in Europe included valleys,
deserts and heavily forested land.
7. Fires and the spread of disease were constant threats in medieval towns.
8. During the Middle Ages, groups of monks began living together in monasteries and abiding by a strict code of
rules.
9. All monks must make a vow of poverty (being poor), chastity (never marrying), and to obey God (or his
Abbot).
10. A lord was required to treat his knights fairly, protect them if attacked, and settle disputes.
11. The goal of the First Crusade was to take Jerusalem and the area around it, known as the Holy Land, away
from the Muslims who controlled it.
12. Anti-Semitic feelings in Europe increased as a result of the plague.
13. Many Europeans believed that the Black Death had been sent by God to punish them for their sins.
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
14. Europe became a feudal society because
a. the rarity of cash required land to be used as a payment for services.
b. Europeans needed to defend themselves against constant raids and invasions.
c. overpopulation required that a more efficient agricultural system be developed.
d. skilled craftspeople had emerged as farming techniques improved.
15. The pope’s influence in the Middle Ages resulted from
a. the fact that nearly everyone in Europe was Christian.
b. the economic influence of the Papal States.
c. the powerful army he headed under General Charlemagne.
d. his appointment by the Roman Emperor.
16. What kinds of valuable natural resources was/is Europe blessed with?
a. large deposits of oil/petroleum
c. large amounts of sand and other inorganic
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material
b. rich farmland, coal and iron deposits
d. All of the above
Which event, more than any other, signified the beginning of the ‘dark ages’ in Europe
a. The collapse of the Roman Empire
c. The Crusades
b. The Bubonic Plague
d. The development of towns
Which of the following is the term that describes the land given to a knight for his service?
a. serf
c. vassal
b. fief
d. fealty
Serfs were
a. legally tied to the manor and couldn’t
c. special knights used for naval battles.
leave.
b. lords of the manor.
d. young peasants who wanted to become
knights.
What were some of the social responsibilities that were carried out by the Catholic Church during the middle
ages in Europe?
a. education
c. taking care of the elderly
b. taking care of the sick and poor
d. all of the above
“Hear you my Lord. . . that I. . . shall be to you both faithful and true, and shall owe my Fidelity unto
you, for the Land that I hold of you, and lawfully shall do such Customs and Services, as my Duty is to
you, at the times assigned. So help me God and all his Saints.”
—from The Manner of Doing Homage and Fealty
21. The excerpt from The Manner of Doing Homage and Fealty is an example of
a. a serf’s contract.
c. an oath of loyalty.
b. a Domesday passage.
d. a feudal marriage vow.
22. The goal of the First Crusade was to
a. convert Muslims to Christianity.
b. take Jerusalem and the Holy Land away from the Byzantines.
c. take Jerusalem and the Holy Land away from the Muslims.
d. conquer Constantinople.
23. Based on the map titled “The First Crusades, 1095–1204,” Crusaders from England on the Third Crusade
primarily traveled to the Holy Land by
a. horse.
c. foot.
b. boat.
d. wagon train.
24. What is another name for the plague that devastated Europe in the mid-1300s?
a. the Human Scourge
c. the Black Death
b. the Mongol Hordes
d. the Danse Macabre
25. Which of the following is true of the Black Death?
a. The virus was carried by rats and
c. It sometimes started with tumors that
transmitted by fleas
would grow under the armpit and groin
b. It was also known as the Bubonic plague d. all of the above are true.
Test 7 - The European Middle Ages
Answer Section
TRUE/FALSE
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F
PTS: 1
9.3.02 | 9.6.01
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9.3.02 | 9.6.01
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9.3.02
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PTS: 1
9.3.02 | 9.8.01
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9.3.02 | 9.6.01
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PTS: 1
9.3.02 | 9.8.03 | 9.8.04 | 9.8.06
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9.3.02 | 9.8.03
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PTS: 1
9.3.02 | 9.8.03
DIF: 2
NAT: 13.3.3
DIF: 2
NAT: 13.3.3
DIF: 2
NAT: 14.2.3
DIF: 2
NAT: 12.3.3
DIF: 2
NAT: 13.3.1
DIF: 2
NAT: 14.1.1
DIF: 2
NAT: 14.4.3
DIF: 2
NAT: 14.4.3
DIF: 2
NAT: 13.3.1
DIF: 2
NAT: 13.5.2
DIF: 2
NAT: 13.3.1
DIF: 2
NAT: 14.1.1
DIF: 2
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DIF: 2
NAT: 14.4.3
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9.3.02 | 9.6.01
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9.3.02 | 9.6.01
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PTS: 1
9.3.02 | 9.8.03 | 9.8.04 | 9.8.06
B
PTS: 1
9.3.02 | 9.8.04
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PTS: 1
9.3.02 | 9.8.03
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PTS: 1