Medieval Europe

Most land in Europe lies within 300 miles of a seacoast

• True

• False

According to the rules of chivalry, a knight was expected to obey his lord and show bravery in battle

• True

• False

Each feudal territory had at its center a noble’s castle

• True

• False

Serfs paid nobles for the right to farm the land and had rights under the law.

• True

• False

Knights trained for war by fighting each other in tournaments.

• True

• False

Who united most of Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire?

• William the Conqueror

• the Pope

• Charlemagne

• King Henry VIII

What contributed to the idea that people have rights and that the power of government should be limited?

• Common Law

• House of Commons

• House of Parliament

• Magna Carta

The Middle Ages began ...

• after the fall of the Roman Empire

• when Muhammad died

• on the Silk Road

• in the Arabian Peninsula

Under feudalism, ____ governed and protected the people in return for services.

• freemen

• low-ranking vassals

• serfs

• landowning nobles

The property granted to a vassal was known as a ____.

• knight

• monastery

• fief

• code