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Grade 8 Chapter 1 - The Dark Ages
Grade 8 Chapter 1 - The Dark Ages
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A review of Medieval times in Europe!
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1
What was a peasant's MAIN goal in life?
To NOT die.
To move up the ranks.
To get knighted.
To starve to death.
2
This symbol belongs to which religion?
Judaism
Hinduism
Christianity
Islam
3
What group of people were on the 2nd bottom rung of the Feudal pyramid?
knights
king
peasants
lords
4
What pushed the peasants over the edge and finally got them to revolt?
They were sick of being mistreated by knights.
They were sick of being treated like poor farmers.
They were sick of dying from the plague.
They were sick of paying poll taxes over and over again.
5
Feudalism was based in these three things
Duty, Loyalty, Taxes
Land, Duty, Obligation
Allegiance, Death, Land
Land, Loyalty, Duty
6
What is Feudalism?
a way to organize society
a peasants' revolt
a type of monastery
a pyramid
7
What were the towns infested with?
rats
bats
pigeons
filthy grade 8 students
8
What's the name for the land that a serf worked on?
Baron
Monastery
Fief
Kingdom
9
Which outcome from the Black Death most affected the SOCIETY Worldview element?
Peasants could demand more money for their work.
Peasants started to question their faith.
Monks often acted as doctors during the plague.
Many people died.
10
What was the main difference between a freeman and a serf?
A freeman could train as a knight.
A freeman could hunt deer in the forest.
A freeman didn't have to go to church.
A freeman could move between fiefs.
11
Once society started CHANGING in the Middle Ages, towns offered much opportunity and business
SO TRUE
SO FALSE
12
Which of the following was true about medieval monks?
They recopied religious texts.
They taught serfs how to better use their farm land.
They ultimately served the King because he owned all the land.
They lived in a convent.
13
If you were born a peasant, you could move up in society if you had a skill or knowledge
NOOO
YASSS
14
Once the feudal system was deconstructed, what emerged in society?
A peasant-king
A middle class
An upper class
A reign based on imperialism
15
What continent are we learning about as far as the Middle Ages?
Europe
Australia
North America
Asia
16
What is a hierarchy?
when people are ranked one above another based on importance
when people are ranked one above another based on religion.
when people are ranked above one another based on colour.
none of the above.
17
For most peasants, what was the most important part of Christianity?
Paying tithes.
Getting into Heaven.
Praying at a Cathedral.
Listening to the Pope.
18
Who was NOT a member of the Church's hierarchy?
Pope
Lord
Bishop
Cardinal
19
The Bubonic Plague made peasants...
more religious because they needed God to save them.
less religious because they felt God had abandoned them.
20
How many people died because of the Black Death (approximately)?
66% of the population
15% of the population
33% of the population
65% of the population
21
What percentage of annual earnings was taken as a "tithe"?
30
10
20
5
22
What religious belief did people in the DARK ages cling to?
Reincarnation
Father, son, and holy spirit
The here and now on earth
The afterlife
