Unit 2 Middle Ages Exam Review

Label the Feudalism Class Pyramid: Match the labels with the correct positions on the pyramid.

• Label #4

• Peasants

• Label #3

• Monarch

• Label #2

• Knights

• Label #1

• Lords

According to the map legend, which religion controlled the countries of France and England and is shaded pink?

• Roman Catholic

• Greek Orthodox

• Islamic

• Byzantine

Which modern-day country is labeled as the starting point for most of the Crusades?

• France

• Spain

• Italy

• England

Which empire controlled the territory around Constantinople?

• Holy Roman Empire

• Byzantine Empire

• Islamic Empire

• Norman Kingdom

In November 1095, Pope Urban II delivered a famous sermon at the Council of Clermont in which he called for Christians to unite and recapture the city of Jerusalem from Muslims, inciting the First Crusade. Why did the Pope want a Crusade?

• Increase power of the Church in Europe

• Unify Byzantine Church under the Roman Catholic Church

• He wants the Holy Land

• Increase tithe revenue

Match the Person with the correct description:

• Led the French army to victory at Orleans against the English, but was burned at the stake for being a heretic?

• Saladin

• Famous and respected Muslim leader, who created a peace treaty with Christians during the Crusades

• Charlemagne

• King of England and commander of Christian forces during the Third Crusade

• Joan of Arc

• First Holy Roman Emperor crowned on Christmas Day 800 CE by the Pope

• Richard the Lionheart

The English nobility forced King John to sign the Magna Carta which:

• Limited the King's power

• Gave freedom to all English-born serfs

• Gave land to the nobles

• Increased the power of the Church

The Church court used in Spain to persecute Jews and Muslims

• Inquisition

• Bazaars

• Moriscos

• Convertos

Charlemagne was important in medieval Europe because

• He established a relatively unified empire in medieval Europe

• He stopped the spread of Islam into Spain

• His invasion of England made it a French colony

• The Catholic Church was unable to control his political actions

The Pope crowning Charlemagne “Holy Roman Emperor” on December 25 in the year 800 CE shows the

• Influence of the Church on European government

• Effects of Crusades on Western political life

• Devastation of the Bubonic plague on the Franks

• Birth of a new secular era in the Middle Ages