High and Late Middle Ages

Which one of these groups would NOT benefit from the changes of the medieval period?

• Serfs

• Scholars

• Merchants

• Church Leaders

what was the driving force behind the Crusades?

• An opportunity for economic gain

• A desire to strengthen European monarchs

• A devout belief in and desire to spread Christianity

• An opposition to all Islamic teachings and desire for conquest

Based on the new monarchies in Spain, France, and England during the 1400s, what was one of the developments?

• Each country was achieving great military victories.

• The Catholic Church was gaining influence across Europe.

• People were beginning to develop a sense of national identity.

• The Black Death was damaging all ways of life during the Middle Ages.

What city was under siege in the First Crusades by Godfrey de Bouillon?

• Rome

• Mecca

• Jerusalem

• Constantinople

What does the following have in common, The Great Schism, The Great Famine and the Black Death?

• The Rise of the Holy Roman Empire

• Efforts to Destroy Western Civilization

• The Restoration of the Catholic Church

• Factors that Weakened the Feudal System

What happened when Muslim rulers tried to conquer the Byzantine empire?

• The end of the feudal system

• The start of the First Crusade

• The creation of the Magna Carta

• The onset of the Hundred Years War

What does the following describe? Keeping the city clear of filth, preservation of health, and an act of humble prayer.

• The invasion of the Vikings

• The onset of the Black Death

• The start of the Hundred Years War

• The drought that caused the Great Famine

In Western Civilization what influence did the Magna Carta have?

• It created the first constitutional democracy in Europe.

• It preserved Justinian’s Code for use in future constitutions.

• It created guidelines for how citizens should behave around a king.

• It established the concept of individual liberties and due process of law.

What social change did scholasticism have?

• Art became less important to people than academic texts.

• Scholars became more valuable to citizens than church leaders.

• People were forced to choose between secular and religious beliefs.

• Christian teachings and Greek philosophy merged in art and culture.

Why was the Magna Carta created?

• to protect citizens from oppression by the king

• to encourage knights to stop attacking the king

• to create a set of laws for all of Western civilization

• to establish the role of the king as an all-powerful leader