Unit 4: Middle Ages Review

During the Middle Ages, what was a grant of land from a lord to a vassal called?

• fief

• tithe

• manor

• feudalism

A mock battle that served as a training exercise for young knights.

• tournament

• training simulation

• fife

• tithe

The act of taking away a person's rights to membership in the Church.

• excommunication

• exile

• banishment

• ostracism

The system of government was based on the exchange of land of protection of services.

• feudalism

• chivalry

• canon law

• oligarchy

What code were knights expected to follow?

• chivalry

• the knightsmen code

• canon law

• the Magna Carta

What was the body of rules and regulations governing religious practices such as marriage?

• canon law

• biblical law

• secular law

• chivalry

What was a lord's estate called?

• kingdom

• fief

• manor

• castle

What was the name for a community of Christian men who gave up all private possessions to serve God?

• monastery

• nunnery

• sanitorium

• asylum

Charlemagne's death marked the end of...?

• Christian dominance.

• a strong, central government in Western Europe

• democracy

• political equality

What was the main goal of the Crusades?

• to spread Christianity throughout Europe, Asia, & Africa.

• to recover Jerusalem & the Holy Land from the Muslim Turks.

• to improve trade among Europe, Asia, & Africa.

• to force the Byzantines to become Catholic.