Western Europe & the Middle Ages: Part 2

Question 1

Roman Catholic Church

Answer 1

• missionaries that were successful in spreading Christianity
• adapted to rural areas by building monasteries
• best educated community
• shared a belief that brought them together
• the church served as a stable force during the Dark Ages and a social center
• had hierarchy: pope (highest), cardinal, archbishop, bishop, priest

Question 2

cardinal

Answer 2

• ruled over large ares called archdiocese

Question 3

archbishop

Answer 3

• ran and governed archdiocese

Question 4

bishop

Answer 4

• ran diocese with archdiocese

- help poor

Question 5

priest

Answer 5

• ran parishes

Question 6

church

Answer 6

• controlled spiritual and secular life
• created a system of justice, Cannon Law
• excommunicated if breaking rules, couldn’t reach salvation
• 7 sacraments

Question 7

feudalism

Answer 7

• king(top) provided land grants, and received knights and loyalty
• knights received land grants and provided protection
• peasants and serfs received protection and provided services (taxes, food, manual labor)
• manorial system, lord provided housing, farmland, protection
• serfs tended the land, cared for animals, and maintained the estate
• manner home to 15-30 families, peasants heavily taxed, peasants barely left manner

Question 8

High Middle Ages

Answer 8

• violent society
• nobles fought to defend estates, increase wealth, keep/increase
• Europe couldn’t be reunited
• glorification of knights, age of chivalry
• rewarded with land, devoted life to war
• began training at an early age
• age 7: page, age 14: squire, age 21: knight
• gains shape of how we know it today and becomes more stable

Question 9

symbol of fighting

Answer 9

• castles

- built for protection, home to lord and lady, family, knight, soldiers, peasants

Question 10

Baptism, marriage, last rites, and the Eucharist are all examples of ___________ in the Roman Catholic Church

Answer 10

• sacraments

Question 11

in the hierarchical structure of feudalism, the king provides _________ to the lords directly beneath him

Answer 11

• land grants

Question 12

the Roman Catholic Church was able to fill the void of central authority after the fall of the Roman Empire because __________

Answer 12

• it borrowed its hierarchy from the Roman Empire

Question 13

the violent fighting between kingdoms in Western Europe during the high Middle Ages kept Europe ____________

Answer 13

• fragmented

Question 14

small communities in the feudal system known as _________ provided knights and labor

Answer 14

• manors

Question 15

which of the following was NOT a level of training to become a knight in the Middle Ages in Europe

Answer 15

• serf

Question 16

in a feudal society, serfs are expected to provide ______________ for the community

Answer 16

• labor

Question 17

at the top of the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic church sits the ___________

Answer 17

• pope

Question 18

administrative units of the Roman Catholic church containing multiple churches during the Middle Ages were (and still are) referred to as _________

Answer 18

• diocese

Question 19

________ were self-sufficient communities of fifteen to thirty families in the feudal system of Western Europe during the Middle Ages

Answer 19

• manors

Question 20

in the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic church, bishops are responsible for __________

Answer 20

• teaching and helping the people of their diocese