Medieval Europe 6th Grade

Serfs had many opportunities to better their social and economic position

• True

• False

Some common geographic features of a good site for a town in the middle ages of Europe included valleys, deserts and heavily forested land.

• True

• False

Medieval castles were large, beautiful, bad dozens of private bedrooms, and included many luxuries , such as indoor plumbing and ventilation systems.

• True

• False

To attack a castle in the middle ages of Europe one might use a battering arm

• True

• False

A "layperson" is a person who is not a member of a church

• True

• False

A lord was required to treat his knights fairly, protect them if attacked, and settle disputes.

• True

• False

The goal of the first Crusade was to take Jerusalem and the area around it, known as the Holy Land, away from the Muslims who controlled it.

• True

• False

Europe had become a feudal society because

• the rarity of cash required land to be used as a payment for services

• European needed to defend themselves against constant raids and invasions

• overpopulation required that a more effective agricultural system by developed

• skilled craftspeople had emerged as farming techniques improved

Which event, more than any other, signified the beginning of the "dark ages" in Europe

• The collapse of the Roman Empire

• The Bubonic Plague

• The Crusades

• The development of towns

Which of the following is the term that describes the land given to a knight for his service?

• serf

• vassal

• fief

• fealty