Medivial social studies test

Question 1

Chivalry

Answer 1

knight’s code of conduct

Question 2

Feudalism

Answer 2

Exchange of loyalty for land, protection, and service.

Question 3

Serf

Answer 3

Peasants who cannot leave the lord’s manor.

Question 4

Fief

Answer 4

Land granted by a lord to a vassal.

Question 5

Clergy

Answer 5

The social hierarchy of the church.

Question 6

Pilgrimage

Answer 6

Journey to a holy site.

Question 7

Guild

Answer 7

Organization of people in the same trade

Question 8

Bubonic plague

Answer 8

deadly contagious disease known as the Black Death.

Question 9

Habeas corpus

Answer 9

Cannot be jailed indefinitely.

Question 10

Patriarch

Answer 10

Head bishop in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Question 11

Constantanople

Answer 11

Capital city on the eastern edge of Europe.

Question 12

Persecute

Answer 12

Causing a person to suffer because of their beliefs.

Question 13

Byzantine empire

Answer 13

Eastern part of the Roman Empire.

Question 14

Compare and contrast the tactics used by English and French soldiers during the Hundred Years War

Answer 14

Britain used archers, light armor, gunpowder, and recruited an army. The French used knights in heavy armor on horseback.

Question 15

What was the significance of Model Parliament?

Answer 15

Everyone had an opportunity to participate in the government.

Question 16

Which group of people faced persecution in medieval towns?

Answer 16

Jewish people

Question 17

Identify the different taxes that peasants had to pay

Answer 17

Tallage, head money, and merchet.

Question 18

Describe the aftermath of the Bubonic Plague

Answer 18

Surviving workers could demand more rights, higher wages, and safer working conditions.

Question 19

What is saint Francis known for

Answer 19

Developed the monk way of life.

Question 20

List the social classes in fuedalism.

Answer 20

Monarch, lords/ladies, knights, peasants, serfs.

Question 21

What happened between Pope Gregory VII and King Henry IV?

Answer 21

Pope Gregory excommunicated King Henry; it showed the clergy had just as much power as the monarch.

Question 22

Describe the architecture of high-rise cathedrals.

Answer 22

Gothic

Question 23

What is a miracle play?

Answer 23

Dramatized the lives of saints.

Question 24

Before criminal justice reform, how did people have to prove their innocence?

Answer 24

Trial by ordeal or trial by combat.

Question 25

Was feudalism effective or ineffective in providing security, economic stability, and opportunity? Explain.

Answer 25

For security feudalism was pretty effective. Although if you were poor it was hard for you to get shelter unless you exchange land for shelter. Economic stability was very effective because poor people could have food because they grew it. Finally, opportunity was very ineffective because you could only move down the social class.

Question 26

What is Joan of Arc known for?

Answer 26

Leading the French to victory; was executed by the British; later named a saint.

Question 27

Explain the importance of the Magna Carta.

Answer 27

Limited the power of the king.

Question 28

What happened during the Hundred Years’ War?

Answer 28

War between Britain and France over fief land. People were now more loyal to their country than to the fief.

Question 29

How was a castle built for defense?

Answer 29

If the castle had walls it was hard for the enemies to get in.

Question 30

What is Charlemagne best known for?

Answer 30

Uniting the Christian lands in Europe.

Question 31

Explain Justinian’s Code.

Answer 31

Revised laws, updated court procedures, and protected women’s rights

Question 32

Where do monks live and pray? Where do nuns live and pray?

Answer 32

Monasteries/convents.

Question 33

What kind of entertainment did knights provide?

Answer 33

Jousting

Question 34

Explain iconoclasm.

Answer 34

Destroying religious icons.

Question 35

How did the decline of feudalism result in the rise of democratic thought? Has it influenced our government and justice system today? How so?

Answer 35

The decline of feudalism resulted in common people having a lot more power and in this result they became more loyal to their country.