Medieval Europe Test Study Guide
Test Date: Wednesday April 23, 2014
Chapter 3:
1. How did Christianity reach many of the kingdoms in northern Europe after the fall of
the Western Roman Empire? What authority did the Catholic Church have over people in
medieval Europe?
2. What problem created the power struggle between Pope Gregory VII and King Henry
IV?
Chapter 4:
3. What was life like for most European peasants in the Middle Ages?
Chapter 2:
4. In a feudal system, who owned the land? What was the system of feudalism based on?
What did a vassal owe to his lord? How did owning the land and controlling the labor of
serfs affect Medieval European lords? Who was the head of a manor in feudal society?
5. Which statement would most likely have been made by a medieval knight?
6. Memorize the Feudal Europe social pyramid.
Chapter 5:
7. What was King John's forced to sign in 1215? The Magna Carta established the basis
for the principle of what?
8. How did the Crusades contribute to cultural change by the spread of ideas? What is the
term used to describe the eight wars Europeans fought in order to win the Holy Land
from Muslims?
9. What is the modern nursery rhyme began during the Black Death plague of Europe?
The Great Plague began in Asia and was carried to Europe on trade ships. In Europe the
plague moved from south to north along what? How did the Bubonic Plague spread to
Europe in the Middle Ages? What was the effect of the bubonic plague in Europe?