EXAM-West.Civ. Middle Ages

Question 0

Heretics

Answer 0

Questioned or denied church teachings

Question 1

Serfs

Answer 1

Peasants who were bound to the land where they worked for a lord

Question 2

Monasticism

Answer 2

A religious life of withdrawal from society

Question 3

William of Normandy

Answer 3

Was The Norman king who caught Harold of Wessex at the Battle of Hastings in 1066

Question 4

Manors

Answer 4

Large farming estates that included manor houses, cultivated lands, woodlands, postures, fields, and villages.

Question 5

Simony

Answer 5

Buying high positions within the Church hierarchy

Question 6

Geoffrey Chaucer

Answer 6

Wrote the Canterbury tales which told of pilgrims traveling to the Church at Canterbury

Question 7

1) apprentices and journeymen

2) masterpiece

Answer 7

Which two groups are involved with guilds where they learn a skill?

Question 8

Dante Alighieri

Answer 8

Wrote the divine comedy which pointed out faults I saw in Italian society

Question 9

1) emperor

2) Christianity

Answer 9

Charlemagne was declared _______ & forced people to switch to ________

Question 10

Vikings

Answer 10

A Scandinavian group of cruel people who plundered and looted parts of Europe

Question 11

Domesday Book

Answer 11

Created by William the Conqueror to assess landholdings & create an accurate tax

Question 12

Inquisition

Answer 12

The brutal movement when the Church punished people who opposed its teachings & doctrines

Question 13

Magna Carta

Answer 13

King John signed this, which limited the power of English kings