Intro To The Medieval Period

Question 1

In Medieval society, what were associations of merchants or craftsmen called?

Answer 1

Guilds

Question 2

In the Feudal system system, the Barons then granted property to whom?

Answer 2

Vassal

Question 3

In the Feudal system, the King loaned some land to the Church and to whom?

Answer 3

Baron

Question 4

In the Feudal system, Vassals paid fees to the king and supplied him with what?

Answer 4

Knight

Question 5

In what year did the Medieval period end?

Answer 5

1485

Question 6

Name the four techniques of Characterization.

Answer 6

1) Description of appearance
2) Examples of speech, thoughts, or actions
3) Response to other characters
4) Narrator’s comments

Question 7

Name the three languages in the trilingual worlds of business and the professionals in England.

Answer 7

1) French
2) Latin
3) English

Question 8

Name two things The Domesday Book was commissioned to do.

Answer 8

1) Assess England’s resources

2) Assess the taxes that could be raised

Question 9

Name two things this King John promised by signing The Magna Carta.

Answer 9

1) Not to tax without first meeting with the Barons

2) To only choose officers who know that law and mean to observe it

Question 10

The Magna Carta is believed to mark the beginning of what in England?

Answer 10

Constitutional government

Question 11

To what did the English people compare The Domesday Book?

Answer 11

The Last Judgment

Question 12

What English king inherited England’s debts and signed The Magna Carta?

Answer 12

King John

Question 13

What English king spent a great deal of England’s money on the Crusades?

Answer 13

Richard I

Question 14

What is a narrative?

Answer 14

Writing that relates a series of events

Question 15

What is irony?

Answer 15

The contrast between expectation and reality

Question 16

What was the great land survey of 1086 called?

Answer 16

The Domesday Book

Question 17

What was the strict Medieval class system called?

Answer 17

Feudalism

Question 18

Why is the Medieval period also known the Middle Ages?

Answer 18

Came between two cultural high points (The Roman Invasion & The English Renaissance)

Question 19

After three centuries, who was the first king of England whose mother tongue was English?

Answer 19

Henry IV

Question 20

Approximately what percentage of Europe’s population was killed by the Black Death?

Answer 20

One-third

Question 21

During the Crusades, the Christians tried to drive the “infidels” from what location?

Answer 21

The Holy Land

Question 22

How did the Black Death mainly spread?

Answer 22

Fleas on rats

Question 23

In the Feudal system system, who worked the manors and were the lowest class?

Answer 23

Serf

Question 24

In what battle did the French army defeat the Anglo-Saxons?

Answer 24

The Battle of Hastings

Question 25

On what date was William the Conqueror crowned king of England?

Answer 25

December 25, 1066

Question 26

What became the preferred language of the aristocracy in England?

Answer 26

French

Question 27

What French king claimed the English throne at the end of the Anglo-Saxon period?

Answer 27

William the Conqueror

Question 28

What was the official language of England in the Medieval period?

Answer 28

French

Question 29

Where in Europe did the Black Death begin?

Answer 29

Sicily

Question 30

Approximately how many of England’s 5 million citizens were killed by the Black Death?

Answer 30

2 Million

Question 31

In the Feudal system system, all land belonged to whom?

Answer 31

King

Question 32

In what year did the Medieval period begin?

Answer 32

1066

Question 33

What famous children’s song references the Black Death in its lyrics?

Answer 33

“Ring Around the Rosey”

Question 34

What is the Medieval period also known as?

Answer 34

The Middle Ages

Question 35

What language evolved out of Old English to become the language of the commoners?

Answer 35

Middle English