Old World Cultures Chapter 14 Test

Vocab: referring to the Middle Ages

One reason crusaders fought was to...

Where did the French defeat the English during the Hundred Years' War?

Vocab: the years between ancient and modern times

True or False? The Crusades were wars fought by Christians against the pope

Christians and Muslims wanted to control the Holy Land because...

Vocab: a system in which land was owned by kings or lords but held by vassals in return for their loyalty

Who was Charlemagne?

Vocab: A series of conflicts between England and France, 1337-1453

Vocab: a large estate, often including farms and a village, ruled by a lord

As trade grew, medieval cities became...

True or False? The Holy Land is located on the Mediterranean Sea.

Vocab: a man who received honor an land in exchange for serving a Lord as a soldier.

Who was Peter the Hermit?

England was conquered by...

True or False? A medieval organization of craftsmen called a union.

True or False? Christian pilgrims wanted to visit places written about in the Bible

A nation is a community that shares a...

True or False? Excommunication was the process of joining a religious community, such as a monastery or a convent?

Which of the following trade was an economic power of the Church?

True or False? In order to learn a craft, a boy became a journeyman

By living good lives, Roman Catholics hoped to...

Vocab: The "Great Charter," in which the King's power over his nobles was limited.

About how long did the Crusades last?

True or False? Troubadours sang about the deeds of knights to win the love of a beautiful woman

What is a fief?

Which of these buildings usually dominated a medieval town?

When were the Middle Ages?

In 1215, English nobles gained the right to...

What did noblewomen do in feudal society?

True or False? The code of honorable conduct that knights were supposed to live by was called chivalry.

Why did medieval kings become more powerful during the 1200s?

Who organized trade in medieval cities and towns?

True or False? During the First Crusade, European knights captured Constantinople.

What is one subject that kings and popes often argued about?

Vocab: People that share land and government

Vocab: a farm worker considered part of the manor on which he or she worked.

Vocab: A council of Lord, clergy, and common people that advised the English king.