Middle Ages Test Review 2023

Middle Ages Test Review 2023

GRADED A+ (ACTUAL TEST ) Questions and Answers (Solved)

• An illness that traveled from Asia to Europe in the 1300's which

spread quickly through expanded trade routes, killing millions of people.

Answer: Black Plague

• - Fewer peasant workers allowed men to demand higher wages

or seek better pay elsewhere

• The Church lost power
• Interest in science increased
• Feudalism declined.

Answer: Black Plague Effects

• A large building fortified against attack with thick walls, a

gatehouse, bailey, keep, and other defenses.

Answer: Castles

• A large Catholic church shaped like a cross and built in the

Romanesque and Gothic styles in the Middle Ages.

Answer: Cathedral

• This king united most of western and central Europe in the early

Middle Ages, and was crowned by the pope as the first Holy Roman Emperor.

Answer: - Charlemagne

• A knight's code of conduct

Answer: Chivalry 1 / 2

• It became the center of Medieval Europeans' everyday lives

Answer: Church

• The different people who performed sacred functions of the

church.

Answer: Clergy

• Wars fought to push the Turks out of the Byzantine Empire and

regain the Holy Land from Muslims

Answer: Crusades

• - Increased trade between Europe and the Middle East
• A renewed interest in learning
• The spread of new goods and ideas

Answer: Crusades Effects

• - The economy moved away from feudalism to capitalism
• People criticized the Catholic Church's wealth and corruption
• Kings had to share power with other governing bodies
• Power shifted away from nobles, and nation-states arose

Answer: Decline of Feudalism

• A belief that God chooses the king to rule.

Answer: Divine Right Theory

• The Catholic Church was the main source of this in the Middle

Ages, and eventually taught reading and writing (literacy)

Answer: Education

• This has multiple peninsulas, and most land in it is within 300

miles of a sea which encouraged trade.

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