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Year 8 Middle Ages: Week 1-4

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One of seven continents, ruled by monarchies during the Middle Ages

Europe

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What are these called?

arrow loops

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What is this called?

trebuchet

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What religious figure did most people worship in Europe during the Middle Ages?

Jesus

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What event is considered the beginning of the Middle Ages?

The fall of the Roman Empire

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What is another name for the Middle Ages?

The Medieval Ages

The Low Ages

The Dark Ages

The Enlightened Ages

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Who was the first crowned Emperor in Europe at the beginning of the middle ages?

Charlemagne

Joan of Arc

King John

William the Conquerer

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What were nobles NOT expected to do for the royalty?

provide knights

give gifts

pledge loyalty

collect taxes

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How would a noble usually pay a knight for his service?

land

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Which of these was a serf allowed to do?

eat some of the grown food

use land for free

marry without permission

leave the farm

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T/F: Serfs could be sold between owners

false

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What percentage of land was given to the Church by the English King?

10%

50%

25%

33%

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Which of these did not contribute to the downfall of feudalism?

inflation

starvation

disease

bad weather

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Why did medieval farmers rotate their crops (three field system), leaving every third field empty each season??

to make plants grow larger

to allow nutrients to return to the soil

to give their animals somewhere to feed

to allow a wider variety of crops to be grown

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What is the figthing strategy called which involves "waiting out" your enemy by surrounding them inside an area?

siege warfare

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What is a "motte"?

the main tower inside a castle

the hill a castle was built on

a tall fence made of wooden stakes

the outer fortification wall of a castle

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