Global 9
Mr. Cellini
Name: ___________________________________
Date: __________________
Middle Ages
Exam Review Sheet
1) Which social group supported the feudalism system? (HINT: Which class was at the bottom
of the period?) How did they support the system?
2) What were the main roles of the Roman Catholic Church during the Middle Ages? (Use
activity we did on the church)
3) What was the main goal of the crusades?
4) Why do historians see the crusades as a “successful failure?”
5) What were the positive and negative effects of the crusades? (Use comic book activity)
6) What caused a renewed interest in learning and overseas trade in Western Europe?
7) Why did knights go to fight the crusades?
8) Which group captured the holy land once controlled by the Byzantine Empire?
9) What were the effects of the Bubonic Plague? (Use plague activity readings)
10)What does “life expectancy” mean? How was it affected as a result of the plague?
11)How did the plague spread? What caused it?
12)Why feudalism begin to decline during the High Middle Ages? (Use Tuesday’s lesson on the
High Middle Ages) Know that the Crusades also contributed to the decline of feudalism.
13)What is a tithe? What was it designed to do?
14)Who gained new rights as a result of the 1215 signing of the Magna Carta? (Use Wednesday’s
Magna Carta lesson)
15)What were the effects of the Hundred Years’ War? (Use Tuesday’s lesson on the High Middle
Ages)
16)What did the Magna Carta change in terms of the behavior of monarchs?
17)How did the amount of power the church had change throughout the Middle Ages?
Global 9
Mr. Cellini
Name: ___________________________________
Date: __________________
18)What does the term “centralized power” mean? Who was the central power of the Middle
Ages in Europe?
19)Know that the art, architecture, and music of the Middle Ages primarily dealt with religion.
20)How did someone become a noble or a serf during the Middle Ages? Was this social
structure mobile or rigid?
21)What caused the growth of feudalism?
22)What caused the development of towns and cities during the Middle Ages? (Use Tuesday’s
lesson on the High Middle Ages)
23)What is the economic system of the early Middle Ages called?
24)What are the features of gothic architecture? (Pages 227-228 of the textbook)
25)What led to the beginning of the “Dark Ages” or the early Middle Ages?