Duplicate of The Middle Ages Exam

Question 1

a source of income granted to a person by his lord in exchange for his services

Accepted Answer

Fief

Question 2

The Frankish king who gained support of the pope, after he converted to the religion of his conquered subjects in Gaul.

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Clovis I

Question 3

The medieval knightly system of gentleman behavior, with its religious, moral, and social code

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Chivalry

Question 4

The most severe punishment one in the Church could face

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Excommunication

Question 5

The thousand-year span between the fall of the Roman empire and the Renaissance beginnings of modern history

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The Middle Ages

Question 6

The king of the Franks, who later became emperor of the Romans

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Charlamagne

Question 7

Justinian ruled as an autocrat

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True

Question 8

The latin word for Middle Ages

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Medieval

Question 9

An autocrat

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A leader who rules with absolute power

Question 10

What were the Crusades?

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A holy war between Christians and Muslims

Question 11

A man of high rank in feudal society; A landowner

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Lord

Question 12

The heir to the Roman Empire

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Byzantine Empire

Question 13

The Muslim leader who defeated the crusaders in the Third Crusade.

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Saladin

Question 14

The reason the Black Death spread so rapidly

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Fleas on rats spread the plague to fabrics of Europeans

Question 15

After the Great Schism, what was the division in Europe among Christendom?

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The Eastern Orthodox Church in the East; The Roman Catholic Church in West

Question 16

What was the reason for the First Crusade?

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Christians wanted to re-conquer the holy lands

Question 17

The division of the Roman Catholic Church in the West, and the Orthodox Christian Church in the East

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The Great Schism

Question 18

The basis for the political and economic system that governed life during the Middle Ages and beyond.

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Feudalism

Question 19

The English King during the Third Crusade

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Richard the Lionheart

Question 20

The capital of the Byzantine Empire

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Constantinople

Question 21

The global epidemic that killed 75-200 million people

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The Black Death

Question 22

A centuries-long series of battles by Christian states to expel the Muslims (Moors)

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The Reconquista

Question 23

A person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage

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Vassal

Question 24

A massive collection of laws created by the Romans, that was updated and used by the Byzantine Empire

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Justinians Code

Question 25

The result of the First Crusade

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The Christians won the battle and took back Jerusalem

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