EUROPE JEOPARDY
Mrs.Kallens
Religion Jeopardy
Final Category
Feudal
System
Battle of
Hastings
Knights/Ma
gna Carta
Crusades
Plague
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Define Feudal System or
Feudalism
Answer
A military form of government
10 Points
What is the land granted to
someone in exchange for a
promise of loyalty?
Answer
Fief
20 Points
What is the system of self
sufficient farming
Answer
Manorialism
30 Points
What is a vassal and what
positions in feudal society
where vassals?
Answer
A person who serves a lord of a
higher rank. Knights, Dukes,
Earls, and Barons were vassals.
40 Points
What were the two types of
peasants and what is the
difference between them?
Answer
Serfs and Freemen
Serfs were not allowed to come and go
and had to ask permission of the noble
regarding several things. Freemen
could come and go as they pleased.
50 Points
Who won the Battle of
Hastings?
Answer
The Normans
10 Points
Surprise!
If you get the correct answer, the
point value for this question will
be doubled.
Who were the two leaders that
fought in the battle and which
side did each lead?
Answer
Harold Godwinson (Saxons) and
William the Conqueror
(Normans)?
20 Points
Where is Normandy located?
Answer
Northern France
30 Points
Why did the battle start and
what year was it fought?
Answer
King Edward died and did not
leave name a successor. Both
sides claimed the throne. The
year was 1066.
40 Points
Why was the battle significant?
Answer
It was the last successful
invasion of England and it
brought the Feudal System to
England.
50 Points
When was the Magna Carta
signed and by who?
Answer
King John in 1215?
10 Points
What are medieval soldiers on
horseback called and what is
their armor called?
Answer
Knights and chainmail?
20 Points
Define heraldry.
Answer
The system used by knights to
identify themselves in battle.
30 Points
What are the steps to becoming
a knight?
Answer
Page, Squire, Knight (via
dubbing ceremony)
40 Points
Results of the Magna Carta
Answer
What is limit the power of the
king, no taxation without approval
of the great council, and Freemen
are entitled to a trial should they
be accused of a crime?
50 Points
Three reason people went on
the crusades and the city they
ultimately wanted to capture.
Answer
Land, money, religion.
Jerusalem
10 Points
Who called the first crusade?
Answer
Pope Urban II
(Explain why and get an extra
20 points )
20 Points
Three kings who went on the
third Crusade and the results of
the third crusade.
Answer
Phillip II, Richard I, Frederick I
Phillip went home, Frederick
drowned, and Richard made a
treaty with ___________. (name
him for an extra (10 points)
30 Points
Three results of the crusades
(example: which of them were
successful?)
Answer
The first was the only successful
crusade. Trade lead to more ideas
and wealth being brought to
Europe. Began conflict that still
exists between Christians and
Muslims.
40 Points
Yeah, it’s a Feudal System
Question…
What were three reasons the
Feudal System ended?
Answer
Technology and advancements in
weaponry.
The development of towns and
cities.
The Black Death.
50 Points
Define Plague.
Answer
A disease that spreads quickly
and kills many?
10 Points
How is the plague transmitted?
Answer
Plague bacteria in rats is
carried by fleas and then
transmitted to humans.
20 Points
Where did the plague originate
and how did it make it to
Europe?
Answer
China. Invaders sieged the trading
port city of Caffa by infecting it
with plague. Italian sailors
escaped and came back home
infected with the disease.
30 Points
What are three forms of
plague? Which does the black
death usually get named for?
Answer
Bubonic, Septicaemic,
Pneumatic?
The Bubonic.
40 Points
What were three major effects
of the plague? (think cultural,
economic, political, social)
Answer
Answers will vary. Look it up to
check if they are right.
50 Points
Final Category:
Social Studies
Vocabulary
The governing body that
developed in England following the
Magna Carta is called what?
Answer
Parliment
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