Unit 7: The Middle Ages Europe

Question 1

Who at the biggest influence on European life during the Middle Ages?

Answer 1

The Catholic Church

Question 2

What did monasteries help preserve during the Middle Ages?

Answer 2

Greco-Roman cultural achievements

Question 3

Who did the Pope crown as the Holy Roman Emperor?

Answer 3

Charlemagne- king of the Franks

Question 4

Describe the feudal system.

Answer 4

Fiefs- were pieces of land granted by kings and lords to vassals who swore loyalty to them
• Vassals- were rich men given land by lords in kings as long as the promised loyalty and to protect their land
• Serfs- peasants that worked the land, they were not well compensated for their work and were very poor

Question 5

Charlemagne did what during his rule as king of the Franks?

Answer 5

He had churches, roads, and schools built to unite the empire.

Question 6

Angles and Saxons

Answer 6

Invading tribes that migrated from continental Europe into Great Britain

Question 7

Magyars

Answer 7

Invading tribe that migrated from Central Asia

to Hungary.

Question 8

Vikings

Answer 8

Invading tribe that migrated from Scandinavia

to Russia and pillaged across Europe

Question 9

What were the influences of European tribes like the Angles, Saxons, Magyars and Vikings?

Answer 9

• Manors with castles provided protection from invaders, reinforcing the feudal system.
• Invasions disrupted trade, towns declined, and the feudal system was strengthened.

Question 10

The Hundred Years’ War

Answer 10

Major battles fought between England and France during the middle ages over territory in modern day France. This war helped establish them both as major nation states.

Question 11

English king that signed the Magna Carta and limited the power of English monarchs

Answer 11

King John

Question 12

William the Conqueror

Answer 12

Duke of Normandy that crossed the English channel and conquered Great Britain

Question 13

Joan of Arc

Answer 13

a young French girl that claimed to have visions from God to lead the French people to victory against the English during the Hundred Years’ War. She help turn the tide of the war in the French’s favor

Question 14

Who were the Spanish monarchs that unified the country and expelled Jews and Moors?

Answer 14

Ferdinand and Isabella

Question 15

Which Spanish king saw the Spanish Empire expand into the Western Hemisphere?

Answer 15

Charles V

Question 16

Who threw off the rule of the Mongols, centralized power in Moscow, and expanded the Russian nation?

Answer 16

Ivan the Great

Question 17

Which church had a major influence on Russian life?

Answer 17

The Greek Orthodox church

Question 18

What was the impact of the Black Death on Europe?

Answer 18

• Decline in population
• Scarcity of labor
• Towns freed from feudal obligations
• Decline of Church influence
• Disruption of trade

Question 19

What was the influence of Church scholars during the Middle Ages in Europe?

Answer 19

• Were among the very few who could read and write
• Worked in monasteries
• Translated Greek and Arabic works into Latin
• Made new knowledge in philosophy, medicine, and science available in Europe
• Laid the foundations for the rise of universities in Europe

Question 20

The Crusades

Answer 20

Religious wars between Christian Europeans and Muslims in the middle east for control of Jerusalem

Question 21

The Mongols

Answer 21

Created an massive empire that included parts of Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. They invaded Russia, China, and Muslim states in Southwest Asia, destroying
cities and countryside.