Lesson 7 TEST- The Decline of Feudalism

Which of these was a POLITICAL reform made by King Henry II of England?

• He decided people must be formally accused of a crime before they could be jailed and trials must be held before a royal judge.

• Ordinary people elected their rulers.

• Nobles had to let their serfs go free.

• England paid soldiers to be in the army.

The Magna Carta was an agreement between the nobles and the monarch. The nobles concurred that the monarch could continue to rule. For his part, King John agreed to observe common law and the traditional rights of the nobles and the Church.

In many ways, Magna Carta only protected the rights and privileges of nobles. However, as time passed, the English people came to regard it as one of the foundations of their rights and liberties.

What was the purpose of Magna Carta?

• to make the Church weaker

• to give the king more power

• to strengthen common law

• to protect the rights of nobles

Habeas corpus means that people cannot

• they want to.

• be held indefinitely in jail unless officially charge with a crime.

• the king orders it.

• the Church requests it.

What action by an King Edward gave ordinary people a voice in government?

• creating a government body called the

  Model Parliament

• putting a seal on Magna Carta

• issuing the Constitutions of Clarendon

• closing Canterbury Cathedral

How did political changes in England weaken feudalism?

• Serfs had to live on the land that they farmed, forced nobles to become merchants

• strengthened common law, established the idea of rights and liberties, gave common people a voice

• Constant conflict led to a loss of social order.

• Authority in government was given to the Church.

Historians suspect that the plague began in Central Asia, possibly in China, and spread throughout China, India, the Middle East, and eventually to Europe. The disease traveled from Central Asia to the Black Sea along the Silk Road (the main trade route between Asia and the Mediterranean Sea). It probably was carried to Italy on a ship, causing it to spread north and west, throughout the continent of Europe and to England.

What was one human activity that contributed to the spread of the bubonic plague?

• bathing too often

• trading with other regions along the Silk Road

• eating rotten food

• keeping mice and rats as pets

​ (a)   of the Jews did not begin with the plague. ​ (b)   against Jews provoked the English government to ​ (c)   the country in 1290. In France, the same thing happened in 1306 and again in 1394. But fear of the plague made matters worse, and during the ​ (d)   , many German cities ​ (e)   . They were often blamed for the disease.

• They had to move into the big cities.

• They got sick more than other people.

• Their food was not always safe to eat.

• Persecution
• order all Jews to leave
• Prejudice
• Black Death
• ordered Jews to leave

Which of these events took place during the Hundred Years' War? (**HINT: The Hundred Years' War began in 1337.)

• Thomas Becket was killed.

• The Model Parliament met.

• The Magna Carta was established.

• The Bubonic plague reached Europe.

How did the plague increase the power of the common people?

• Sick people moved into the castles.

• It created a shortage of workers.

• Lords were more likely to die from it.

• Monarchs accused lords of spreading it.

What technological advantage helped the English win many early battles of the Hundred Years' War?

• gunpowder

• heavy armor

• the longbow

• larger horses