1) Feudalism is best understood as
a) a system designed to increase the power of lords rather than vassals.
b) a reciprocal personal economic and political relationship between lords, vassals and peasants
c) a way for vassals to advance economically and politically.
d) a way for kings and lords to develop a standing army.
2) What was the outcome of the First Crusade?
a) It was a disastrous failure for the Christian west.
b) It led to the overthrow of the Byzantine emperor.
c)It led to the conversion of the Seljuk Turks to Christianity.
d) It resulted in the successful Christian conquest of Jerusalem.
3) The Magna Carta concerned
a) the rights of the common people in England.
b) universal human rights.
c) restrictions of the absolute power of the King
d) the establishment of Parliament.
4) If someone argued that the Roman empire did not really fall in 476 A.D., their best argument would be
a) the byzantine empire continued to last for the next thousand years
b) Rome actually fell to invading Huns in 732 A.D.
c) the Muslims conquered most of Europe in the 700's A.D.
d)) the city of Rome still exists as a prominent financial capital of the world today
5) What is the most important force in most people's lives in Western Europe during the dark ages?
a) Roman authority
b) Power of Islamic Church
c) Power of Roman Catholic Christian Church
d) Influence of different nation-states or countries
6) Charlemagne was a figure who helped establish the Holy Roman empire in which general region?
a) Italy
b) Western Europe
c) Middle East
d) Great Britain
7) Which was NOT a characteristic of the five hundred years after the fall of Rome in Western Europe?
a) dramatic advances in urban technological knowledge
b) increasing percentages of people living in rural or farm areas
c) lessening connections or trade with the rest of the world
d) little organized political structures such as nation-states or countries established
8) All are buildings of the middle ages except:
a) feudal estates
b) Castles
c) aquaducts
d) Gothic Cathedrals