Transcript tournaments in the Middle Ages

World History
Unit 3 Middle Ages Review
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1. What was the chief goal of the Crusades?
a. to spread Christianity throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa
b. to recover Jerusalem and the Holy Land from the Muslim Turks
c. to improve trade among Europe, Asia, and Africa
d. to force the Byzantines to become Catholics
2. What did the Magna Carta guarantee?
a. the end of taxation
b. a model parliament
c. basic legal rights
d. a House of Commons
3. Which group was most responsible for the spread of the bubonic plague to Europe?
a. invaders
b. Crusaders
c. traders
d. French soldiers
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a. chivalry
b. Charlemagne
c. fief
d. manor
e. canon law
f. monastery
g. tournament
h. feudalism
i. excommunication
j. Charles Martel
4. During the Middle Ages, what was a grant of land
from a lord to a vassal called?
Fief
5. What was a mock battle that served as a training
exercise for young knights called?
Tournament
6. What was the act of taking away a person's right to
membership in the Church?
Excommunication
7. Which Carolingian leader reunited Western Europe
and was crowned Emperor by Pope Leo III?
Charlemagne
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a. chivalry
b. Charlemagne
c. fief
d. manor
e. canon law
f. monastery
g. tournament
h. feudalism
i. excommunication
j. Charles Martel
8. What system of government was based on
the exchange of land for protection and
services?
Feudalism
9. Which code were knights expected to follow?
Chivalry
10. What was the body of rules and regulations
governing religious practices such as marriage?
Canon Law
11. What was a lord's estate called?
Manor
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a. chivalry
b. Charlemagne
c. fief
d. manor
e. canon law
f. monastery
g. tournament
h. feudalism
i. excommunication
j. Charles Martel
12. What was the name for a community of
Christian men who gave up all private possessions
to serve God?
Monastery
13. Which leader halted the Muslim invasion of
Western Europe at the Battle of Tours?
Charles Martel
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14. What was the purpose of the Reconquista?
a. to try people suspected of heresy
b. to drive the Muslims out of Spain
c. to recapture the Holy Land
d. to solidify the Moorish influence in Spain
15. Whose rights did the Magna Carta originally intend to defend?
a. all English subjects
b. the English nobility
c. the English monarch
d. religious minorities
16. What did the decisions of the English royal courts of justice create?
a. the code of chivalry
b. the Estates General
c. the Model Parliament
d. English common law
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17. How did the Battle of Hastings change the course of English history?
a. The Anglo-Saxons took control of England.
b. The Normans took control of England.
c. English became the dominant language.
d. The Danish Vikings were driven out of England.
18. The achievement for which Charlemagne is most remembered was
a. traveling to Rome to crush a mob threatening the pope.
b. building an empire larger than any since Rome.
c. visiting every part of his kingdom to ensure justice.
d. halting the expansion of the Muslim empire.
19. All of the following are true of the Germanic tribes EXCEPT that
a. they used a variety of written languages.
b. they lived in small, closely knit communities.
c. they had a strong tradition of songs and legends.
d. each tribe's chief had a group of warriors loyal only to him.
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20. According to the code of chivalry, a knight fought for all of the following EXCEPT
a. his lady.
b. his country.
c. his feudal lord.
d. his heavenly Lord.
21. The bargain made between a lord and a vassal was
a. that the vassal would build a city on the lord's lands.
b. that the lord would defend the vassal in battle.
c. that the lord would grant the vassal land in exchange for military service.
d. that the vassal would build a monastery in exchange for food.
22. What was one negative effect of the Crusades that has continued to the present?
a. weakening of the feudal nobility
b. trade between Europe and Asia
c. hostility between Muslims and Christians
d. strengthening of papal authority
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23. What was at stake in the Battle of Hastings?
a. whether the language of England would be English or French
b. whether the Normans or the Anglo-Saxons would rule England
c. whether the Vikings would conquer the Saxons
d. whether or not the Church would dominate England
24. What did the devastation caused by the bubonic plague contribute to?
a. a flowering of the arts in the later Middle Ages
b. the dominance of the Church in the later Middle Ages
c. the disruption and collapse of medieval society
d. a sense of unity among the continents affected by it
25. Why did learning decline during the last years of Roman Empire?
a. Invaders burned most of the empire's collections of manuscripts.
B. Invaders could neither read nor write and did not understand Latin.
c. Everything written in Greek was destroyed by the invaders.
d. All of the above are true.
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26. What were the forces holding feudal society together?
a. a set of mutual social obligations and the teachings of the Church.
b. loyalty to country and belief in God
c. pride in their Roman heritage and a thriving economic system
d. the code of chivalry, the laws of Rome, and the teachings of the Church
27. How were feudalism and the manor system related?
a. Feudalism was a social order, and the manor system was the economic arrangement that
supported it.
b. Feudalism applied only to lords, while the manor system involved serfs.
c. The laws of feudalism were set by the king, and the laws of the manor were set by the
Church.
d. Feudalism involved only war, while the manor system involved farming.
28. The leader who brought Christianity to the Franks was
a. Clovis.
b. Charlemagne.
c. Charles Martel.
d. Pepin the Short.
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29. A book of rules to be used for governing monasteries was written by
a. Einhard.
b. Benedict.
c. Scholastica.
d. Venerable Bede.
30. Under the system of feudalism, a fief belonged to which category?
a. tax
b. weapon
c. land grant
d. religious title
31. In the feudal system, what was a manor?
a. a lord's estate
b. a right to use land
c. a customary way of doing things
d. an obligation to provide protection
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32. Troubadours were
a. foot soldiers.
b. poet-musicians.
c. knights-in-training.
33. Canon law deals with issues under the authority of
a. the Church.
b. the military.
c. the emperor.
d. a feudal lord.
34. What was the most important effect of the Hundred Years' War?
a. It caused the development of national identities in England and France.
b. It led to Joan of Arc becoming France's patron saint.
c. It destroyed formerly prosperous English towns and villages.
d. It put an end to the three-field approach to farming