Medieval Europe Review

Which of these was a new and important agricultural practice in medieval Europe?

• terrace farming

• three-field crop rotation

• use of animals to farm

• two-field crop rotation

Which of the following did not help revolutionize farming practices in medieval Europe?

• climate change

• constant flooding

• the invention of the Carruca

• crop rotation

Which of the following was a code of ethics knights were to uphold?

• Chivalry

• The Fief

• The Magna Carta

• Realm of the Order

What is a fief?

• A ring given when a man and woman married

• A piece of land given from a lord to a knight or vassal

• A punishment for someone who steals

• A code of ethics Knights had to uphold

The representative government that emerged in thirteenth-century England was called _____.

• Parliament.

• the Domesday Book.

• the royal courts.

• Democracy

With the growth of trade and cities in the Middle Ages, townspeople were able to do what?

• decrease the number in the middle class

• buy rights and freedoms from local lords

• improve sanitation and living conditions

• find more pleasant jobs

What was created by William the Conqueror as a way of counting people to know how much he should be receiving in taxes.

• The Magna Carta

• The Parliament

• The Domesday Book

• The Feudal Contract

The lord and serf relationship included which set of rights?

• The lord got land and the serfs had to give up land

• Serfs couldn’t leave the manor without permission, but they got the guarantee that the lord would protect them

• The lord could demand serfs pay taxes, but had to pay for serf’s housing

• The lord had absolute power over the serfs who had to do as told

Which of the following represents the correct sequence of events in the development of English law?

• Norman Conquest, common law, Magna Carta, Parliament

• common law, Norman Conquest, Magna Carta, Parliament

• Magna Carta, Norman Conquest, Parliament, common law

• common law, Magna Carta, Norman Conquest, Parliament

Which of the following was NOT a lasting effect of the Magna Carta Charter?

• It paved the way for women’s rights across the world

• It helped create founding documents such as the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution

• It guaranteed that no one would be sent to jail

• It guaranteed freedoms for everyone in England