Middle Ages

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Select the image that best represents:
serf

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What is being described? Medieval Europeans had developed a social and economic system that provided people with protection and land for service. It started at the top with the king granting his land to a baron for soldiers down to a peasant getting land to grow crops.

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the Feudal System

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Which vocabulary word best describes the peasants who worked land for the nobility in exchange for protection?

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serfs

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A large, self-sufficient estate on which a lord lived, surrounded by serfs and freedmen, was called a...

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manor

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Community life in western Europe during the Middle Ages centered around...

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the church

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Why is Joan of Arc remembered?

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She led the French to victories against the English in the Hundred Years' War.

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Which of the following is true of the Black Death?
It sometimes started with growths that would grow under the armpit and groin.
It was also known as the Bubonic plague.
The virus was carried by rats and transmitted by fleas.

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All of the above are true.

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Why was the Magna Carta important?

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It asserted that the monarch must obey the law and gave basic rights to the people.

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The Church had great power over people during the Middle Ages because it decided who could achieve salvation/go to heaven.

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It decided who could achieve salvation/go to heaven.

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What are the power levels of the Feudal pyramid? Most powerful first.

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pope, kings, lords/nobles, knights, serfs