Medieval Europe 5th and 6th Study Guide

Question 1

What did the Magna Carta do?

Accepted Answer

Limited the power of the king

Question 2

How did the Crusades contribute to the spread of the Black Plague?

Accepted Answer

Increased travel and trade

Question 3

How did religion influence people’s daily lives in medieval Europe?

Accepted Answer

It shaped laws, education, and government

Question 4

Who called the First Crusade?

Accepted Answer

Pope Urban II

Question 5

How did the Crusades affect trade in Europe?

Accepted Answer

Trade with Asia increased

Question 6

What was the Doomsday book?

Accepted Answer

A record of land and people for taxation

Question 7

What was one result of the Crusades?

Accepted Answer

Increased cultural exchange

Question 8

What was a major effect of the feudal system?

Accepted Answer

Society was organized by loyalty and land

Question 9

What is a Monarch?

Accepted Answer

A ruler, such as a queen or king

Question 10

What was the major reason feudalism developed?

Accepted Answer

Protection from invasion

Question 11

Who recaptured Jerusalem during the Third Crusade?

Accepted Answer

Saladin

Question 12

What was the Silk Road used for?

Accepted Answer

Trade between Europe and Asia

Question 13

What was one goal of the Crusades?

Accepted Answer

Spread religion and reclaim territory

Question 14

Which is NOT a major land region of Europe?

Accepted Answer

European Desert

Question 15

Which class worked the land in feudal society?

Accepted Answer

Serfs

Question 16

Who was Charlemagne?

Accepted Answer

The first Holy Roman Emperor

Question 17

Which group offered protection in exchange for land?

Accepted Answer

Knights

Question 18

What helped knights follow rules and moral behavior?

Accepted Answer

Chivalry

Question 19

Why did Pope Urban II call the first Crusade?

Accepted Answer

To reclaim the Holy Land

Question 20

Why were the Crusades important for cultural exchange?

Accepted Answer

They helped spread ideas and goods between Europe and the East

Question 21

Which religion dominated Europe during the Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

Christianity

Question 22

What did nobles give to knights in return for protection?

Accepted Answer

Land

Question 23

Who was Saladin?

Accepted Answer

The leader of the Muslim forces during the Crusades

Question 24

Which group captured Jerusalem during the First Crusade?

Accepted Answer

Christians

Question 25

Which river was a key trade route in medieval Europe?

Accepted Answer

Rhine

Question 26

Who was Pope Leo III?

Accepted Answer

The Pope who crowned Charlemagne

Question 27

What is chivalry?

Accepted Answer

A knight's code of conduct

Question 28

What is a guild?

Accepted Answer

An organization of people in the same trade/occupation

Question 29

Which event caused many deaths and spread along trade routes?

Accepted Answer

The Crusades, The Black Plague

Question 30

What was the role of a serf in feudalism?

Accepted Answer

A working peasant

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