5th grade Social Studies Ch. 9 Review

The Middle Ages were a period of continuous wars in which European kingdoms wanted to achieve the greatest land dominion.

• True

• False

Feudalism was a political, social and economic system in which kings possessed great extensions of land divided into fiefdoms.

• False

• True

In the feudal system, peasants and serfs lived in enormous imposing castles.

• True

• False

The Catholic Church controlled all artistic and intellectual expressions of the Middle Ages.

• False

• True

During the Middle Ages, many people dedicated themselves to scientific investigation and the study of literature.

• True

• False

Europe lived removed from the rest of the world during the Middle Ages.

• True

• False

The Modern Age was a time when reason, the cultivation of the intellect and progress once again became important in Europe.

• True

• False

The Renaissance was characterized by a new critical attitude towards the world through the practice of individualism and great scientific advances.

• True

• False

During the Renaissance, the human race focused on the religious teachings of the Catholic Church.

• False

• True

The Kings and Queens strengthened their power over feudal lords and the first national States were formed during the Modern Ages.

• False

• True