World History - Ch. 10 Middle Ages Flocab Quiz

What does the term "barbarian" originally mean according to Roman interpretation?

• Invaders from the east.

• Long-haired warrior.

• Friend of the empire.

• People who don't speak Latin.

What is primarily responsible for our knowledge about ancient Greece and Rome?

• Vikings burning everything except for the libraries.

• Sections of Rome that were saved from the barbarians.

• Monks who preserved old texts.

• Germanic tribes who retained Greco-Roman culture.

Where did the Vikings originate from?

• Scandinavia.

• The British Isles.

• What is now Germany.

• North America.

The Goths and Vandals were part of which group?

• French-speaking people from the land of Gaul.

• Germanic tribes.

• People from the area that is now Italy.

• People from Mongolia.

What was the primary reason for the development of feudalism?

• The king needed serfs to work his fields.

• More food was needed after the bubonic plague.

• The knights went to fight the Crusades.

• People needed protection from invaders.

Who could not marry without first getting permission from their lord?

• peasants

• serfs

• knights

• squires

Why did feudalism fade away?

• knights were mostly killed off in the Crusades

• rise of economies meant that kings could hire warriors

• plague killed most of the serfs

• serfs led a successful uprising

What was the famous proclamation made by Pope Urban II in 1095?

• people to give land to the Church

• help for poor and starving Christians

• Christian soldiers to fight the Turks

• an end to the Crusades

What did the Magna Carta pave the way for?

• the Bill of Rights

• the split in the Catholic Church

• British colonialism

• the feminist movement

What was a major reason for the quick spread of the bubonic plague?

• hospitals were full and had to turn people away

• antidotes were destroyed by the barbarian invaders

• people were unaware they had it and kept passing it on to others

• people had poor hygiene and bad food