Medieval Europe part 1

the period of European history between the collapse of Rome and the Renaissance, lasting roughly from A.D. 500 to 1450. - 2 answers

• Medieval times

• Middle Ages

• Reformation

• Mongolian era

What is the definition of feudalism?

• a belief system based on the teachings of Confucius,

• The political and social system of the Middle Ages in Europe, in which lords gave land to vassals in exchange for service and loyalty.

• an economic system based on private ownership of economic resources and the use of those resources to make a profit.

• A political system in which a ruler has total power.

What are all 4 levels of the feudalism pyramid system.

• general, colonel, major, captain

• president, vice president, speaker, congressman

• pope, archbishop, bishop, priest

• King, church officials & nobles, knights, peasants

Charlemagne created a general policy that brought what to his people?

• food

• Education

• the internet

• freedom of speech

Pope Gregory VII stopped kings from appointing__________.

• presidents

• judges

• church officials

• nobles

What Germanic people settled the area known today as France?

• mongols

• franks

• slavs

• celts

Europe’s seas and rivers played an important part in Europe’s growth because they provided both protection and opportunities for?

• expanding kingdoms

• trading ideas with nearby countries

• converting distant groups to Catholicism.

• isolation

Medieval knights followed rules called the code of?

• Chivalry

• Bushido

• Conduct

• Hammurabi

Under which social system did landowning nobles provide protection to their people, in return for their services and loyalty?

• mercantilism

• Capitalism

• Feudalism

• protectionism

A person who worked the lord’s land was called?

• A noble

• A knight

• A cook

• A serf