SS Test

Question 1

soldier; earned honor and land for protection

Answer 1

knight

Question 2

500-1500

Answer 2

medieval

Question 3

political system; loyal of vassals to kings or lords

Answer 3

feudalism

Question 4

economic system; large estate; included fields, forests, pastures, church

Answer 4

manor

Question 5

peasant; considered part of the manor

Answer 5

serf

Question 6

persons with the authority to perform religious services

Answer 6

clergy

Question 7

being expelled from membership of the church

Answer 7

excommunicated

Question 8

association of trade or craftsmanship

Answer 8

guild

Question 9

unpaid worker being trained in a craft

Answer 9

apprentice

Question 10

code of honorable conduct; knight’s obligation

Answer 10

chivalry

Question 11

lyrical poet who sing of romance and chivalry

Answer 11

troubadour

Question 12

church’s expeditions to recapture the Holy Lands

Answer 12

Crusades

Question 13

leader of the Crusades against Muslims

Answer 13

Pope Urban II

Question 14

“Loin Heart” did not succeed in the third Crusade

Answer 14

King Richard I

Question 15

greatest Muslim general of the middle ages

Answer 15

Saladin

Question 16

limited the king’s power over the nobles

Answer 16

Magna Carta

Question 17

1337-1453 (116); between England and France

Answer 17

Hundred Years’ War

Question 18

killed 20 million European people in the 14th Century

Answer 18

Black Death

Question 19

What were the reasons that the Church was so powerful during medieval times?

Answer 19

no other strong central governing body; wealthy landowners

Question 20

What do peasants, escape, and a year and a day have to do with each other

Answer 20

Freedom

Question 21

How was life in the towns different from life on the manor?

Answer 21

In towns, people exchange goods and services for money

Question 22

Why is the Holy Land important?

Answer 22

It is sacred to all the great religions

Question 23

Who were the first Christians to fight the Muslims for the Holy Land

Answer 23

the peasants

Question 24

Kings and Popes often disagree; list their disagreements

Answer 24

who should be more powerful and who should have the power to appoint the bishop

Question 25

As feudalism weakened, what did kings need in order to gain power?

Answer 25

They needed loyal troops in the military who are willing to fight for them

Question 26

Under the system of feudalism, who was each person loyal to?

Answer 26

the person that is above you

Question 27

The largest and most powerful religion in Western Europe during the middle ages was...

Answer 27

Christianity (da choich)

Question 28

How could peasants improve their standard?

Answer 28

farming the lord,s field; winning good favor

Question 29

What was the reason why Christians fought the Muslim Turks?

Answer 29

reopen the Holy Lands to Christian pilgrimage

Question 30

What was the most helpful in growth of trade during the Middle Ages

Answer 30

Crusades; surplus of food, growth of towns' movement

Question 31

Which 2 nations was the Hundred Years' War fought between?

Answer 31

France and England

Question 32

Why was the Roman Catholic Church so powerful during the Middle Ages

Answer 32

There was political power and authority

Question 33

What were the 2 causes of the Crusades?

Answer 33

wars fought between Muslims and Christians. Muslims conquered the Holy Lands, moved in, and didn't let the Christians back in.

Question 34

How was life in a town during the Middle Ages different from life on the manor?

Answer 34

manor- self sufficient, feudalism, no social mobility towns- unrestricted trade, money, opportunity, no feudalism

Question 35

What were 2 effects of the Crusades?

Answer 35

opening new trade markets, spread of culture led to the decline of feudalism and the growth of towns

Question 36

--------- greatest lords in Feudalism

Answer 36

kings and queens

Question 37

All nobles and knights are their----- (pledge fealty in exchange for land)

Answer 37

vassals

Question 38

----- into nobility (close relatives of the queen)

Answer 38

born

Question 39

In place of payment to knights, issue ----

Answer 39

fiefs

Question 40

-------- fiefdoms for higher nobles in exchange for smaller land grants on them

Answer 40

protect

Question 41

Use -------- to cultivate land and produce agriculture

Answer 41

peasants

Question 42

b----- p------ m----- n----

Answer 42

bishop priest monk nun

Question 43

----- into class

Answer 43

born

Question 44

no chance for -------------

Answer 44

upward mobility

Question 45

own no -----

Answer 45

land

Question 46

not a part of ---------

Answer 46

Feudalism

Question 47

worked the land owned by ---------

Answer 47

nobles