Medieval Europe

Medieval EuropeTrue or False? Two inventions that improved farming in the Middle Ages were the horse collar and the horseshoe.Answer: TrueSerfs were not required to provide labor services for the manor.Answer: FalsePeasants legally bound to the land.What are serfs?Agricultural estate run by a lord.What is a manor?The opposite of a barter system.What is a money economy?City merchants and artisans.What are burghers?Craft business associations.What are guilds?Territories in central Italy controlled by the pope.What are papal states?The appointment of church officials by lords.What is lay investiture?Christian rites.What are sacraments?Heresy court or Holy Office.What is the Inquisition?Objects connected with saints.What are relics?Forbids priests from giving the sacraments to a certain group of peopleWhat is an interdict?An annual tax, usually paid on land or property.What is a taille?Members of the wealthiest and most powerful families.What are the patricians?Artisans and merchants living in walled cities.What are the bourgeoisie?The language of everyday speech in a particular region.What is vernacular?Its chief task was to harmonize Christian teachings with the works of Greek philosophers.What is scholasticism?The population increased during the High Middle Ages for all of these reasons EXCEPTA. Increased peace and stabilityBetter food productionMore doctorsNew technology

Answer: DOne function of craft guilds was toA. Encourage competition among workersB. Set quality standardsC. Organize workers to strikeD. Keep women out of the workforceAnswer: BSet quality standards.Which of the following is NOT a part of the guild training system?A. MasterB. VassalC. JourneymanD. apprenticeAnswer: BVassalAll of the following were goods that increased in availability due to the expansion of trade EXCEPTA. SpicesB. SugarC. OxenD. SilkAnswer: COxenThe CisterciansA. Developed a strict, spiritual orderB. Stayed in their monasteriesC. Thought the Benedictine order was too strictD. Joined the Franciscans to form the DominicansAnswer: ADeveloped a strict, spiritual orderConvents were havens for all of the following EXCEPTDaughters without husbandsWidowswomen merchantsFemale intellectualsAnswer: Cwomen merchantsA __was a heavy, wheeled plow with an iron plowshare.A. DozerB. CarrucaC. ShovelD. CabochonAnswer: BCarrucaSerfs were different from peasants in that serfsA. Owned the land they worked on.B. Could live anywhere they chose except land that was part of a lords estate.C. Were legally bound to the land upon which they worked and lived.D. Lived in the cities and were not farmers like the peasants.Answer: Cwere legally bound to the land which they worked and lived.Joan of Arc brought the Hundred Years War to a decisive turning point byA. Spying on the English armiesB. Inspiring the French with her faith.C. Fleeing to the English.D. Seducing CharlesAnswer: BInspiring the French with her faith