Intro to the Medieval Period

Question 1

In what year did the Medieval period begin?

Answer 1

1066

Question 2

In what year did the Medieval period end?

Answer 2

1485

Question 3

What is the Medieval period also known as?

Answer 3

The Middle Ages

Question 4

Why is the Medieval period also known the Middle Ages?

Answer 4

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

Question 5

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

Answer 5

William the Conqueror

Question 6

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

Answer 6

The Battle of Hastings

Question 7

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

Answer 7

December 25, 1066

Question 8

What was the strict Medieval class system called?

Answer 8

Feudalism

Question 9

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

Answer 9

King

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Baron

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Vassal

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Knight

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Serf

Question 14

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

Answer 14

The Holy Land

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Richard I

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Guilds

Question 17

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

Answer 17

One-third

Question 18

Where in Europe did the Black Death begin?

Answer 18

Sicily

Question 19

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

Answer 19

2 million

Question 20

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

Answer 20

“Ring Around the Rosey”

Question 21

How did the Black Death mainly spread?

Answer 21

Fleas on rats

Question 22

What was the great land survey of 1086 called?

Answer 22

The Domesday Book

Question 23

Name two things The Domesday Book was commissioned to do.

Answer 23

1) Assess England’s resources

2) Assess the taxes that could be raised

Question 24

To what did the English people compare The Domesday Book?

Answer 24

The Last Judgment

Question 25

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

Answer 25

King John

Question 26

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

Answer 26

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 27

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

Answer 27

Constitutional government

Question 28

What is a narrative?

Answer 28

Writing that relates a series of events

Question 29

What is irony?

Answer 29

The contrast between expectation and reality

Question 30

Name the four techniques of Characterization.

Answer 30

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

Question 31

What became the preferred language of the aristocracy in England?

Answer 31

French

Question 32

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

Answer 32

Middle English

Question 33

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

Answer 33

1) French
2) Latin
3) English

Question 34

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

Answer 34

French

Question 35

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

Answer 35

Henry IV