The Dark/Middle/Medieval Ages

The Dark/Middle/Medieval Ages

Question 1 - 10 Tended the lord’s fields and provided labor. (Which letter and name)

Answer 1 – 10 D - Peasants

Question 1 - 20 Needed to ask permission to marry, sell land, or leave the manor.

Answer 1 – 20 D - Peasants

Question 1 - 30 Had very little power during the early middle ages, even though you may at first assume the opposite.

Answer 1 – 30 A – Kings, monarchs

Question 1 - 40 Hired as professional soldiers, fighting for the lords.

Answer 1 – 40 C - Knights

Question 1 - 50 Made complexes pledges of loyalty in exchange for land grants (fiefs) and protection.

Answer 1 – 50 B - Lords

Question 2 - 10 Where on this map would you find someone who answered directly to the king and owned this land?

Answer 2 – 10 D – Manor House, Lord’s House

Question 2 - 20 In the EARLY Middle Ages, the manor fields would have been planted in what pattern?

Answer 2 – 20 Half planted to grains, the other half left fallow (unplanted).

Question 2 - 30 In the LATE Middle Ages, the three fields would have been planted in what pattern?

Answer 2 – 30 3 field rotation system 1/3 wheat (grains), 1/3 legumes like beans, and 1/3 fallow.

Question 2 - 40 During the EARLY middle ages, how did the people on the manor get the things they needed to live? (food, clothing, tools, etc.)

Answer 2 – 40 Everything that was needed was produced on the manor itself, it was a “self-sufficient” system.

Question 2 - 50 Feudalism is often described as a system of _____ ______, which traded _________ and __________ for ___________ and ____________

Answer 2 – 50 A system of _Mutual__ _Obligations_____, which traded _Land_ and __protection__ for __loyalty___ and __labor/service_____

Question 3 - 10 Before they were made into castles, the castles were…?

Answer 3 – 10 The lord’s manor house

Question 3 - 20 In which city was the center of the single most influential and unifying force in the middle ages prior to the Reformation?

Answer 3 – 20 Rome

Question 3 - 30 During the 4th Crusade, Christian Knights were diverted to which city to fight against fellow Christians? Why?

Answer 3 – 30 Constantinople. Venetian merchants wanted to take out their competition and promised the Knights they would transport them to the Holy Land if they fought their rivals first.

Question 3 - 40 Martin Luther was the spark/initiator of what movement?

Answer 3 – 40 The Protestant Reformation

Question 3 - 50 What practice by the Catholic Church led directly to the Protestant Reformation?

Answer 3 – 50 The sale of indulgences, promising pardons for sins to the living and dead.

Question 4 - 10 Name at least two of Martin Luther’s key beliefs about Christianity which helped found the Protestant Reformation

Answer 4 – 10 Everyone should have access to the bible to read on their own. Forgiving sins is God’s job, not the Pope’s/Church’s. Corruption in the church needed to stop.

Question 4 - 20 What effect did the Protestant Reformation have on the Catholic Church?

Answer 4 – 20 It led to a decrease in the power and influence of the Catholic church in Europe. Led to the formation of new Protestant churches.

Question 4 - 30 Why were lords and monarchs usually fearful of receiving an Interdict from the Pope?

Answer 4 – 30 An Interdict meant that the lord/monarchs entire land/kingdom would be excommunicated from the church. This would anger their peasants/subjects and possibly lead to rebellions.

Question 4 - 40 What were the “ships of the desert” which were not native to Africa, but greatly improved the trans-Saharan trade?

Answer 4 – 40 Bactrian Camels

Question 4 - 50 Why?

Answer 4 – 50 Because

The Dark/Middle/Medieval Ages