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| During the Middle Ages, what was a grant of land from a lord to a vassal called? | Fief |
| What was a mock battle that served as a trainging exercise for young knights called? | Tournament |
| What was the act of taking away a person's right to membership in the Church? | Excommunication |
| Which Carolingian leader reuited Western Europe and was crowned Emperor by Pope Leo III? | Charlemagne |
| What system of government was based on the exchange of land for protection and services? | Feudalism |
| Which code were knights expected to follow? | Chivalry |
| What was the name for a community of Christian men who gave up all private possessions to serve God? | Monastery |
| What are the three results from the repeated invasions of the Gremanic tribes that led to the fall of the Roman Empire? | The distruption of trade. The ruralization of the population. & The declining in learning. |
| Under the system of feudalism, a fief belonged to which catagory? | Land Grant |
| The tithe was a payment made to which type of person? | A Priest |
| In the feudalism system, what was a manor? | A Lord's Estate |
| A knight was expected to fight bravely in defense of what three masters? | Lord, God, and Lady |
| Knights most commonly traded military service for | Land |
| Troubadours were | Poet-Musicians |
| Eleanor of Aquitaine is famous for | Becoming queen of England |
| During the Middle Ages, the lowest-ranking members of the clergy were | Friars |
| Baptism, Communion, Confession, and Marriage are all examples of what? | Sacraments |
| In 1100, the Holy Roman Empire covered most of | What is present-day Gremany |
| Cannon law deals with issues under the authority of | The Church |
| Emperor Henry IV's punishment for defying the Pope was | Excommunication |
| The practice of selling positions in the Church | Simony |
| The pope who issued the call of the First Crusade | Pope Urban II |
| The organized effort to drive the Muslims out of Spain | Reconquista |
| The most famous and respected Muslim leader of his age | Saladin |
| The Church court used in Spain to prosecute Jews and Muslims | Inquisition |
| The architectural style of most closely associated with the Middle Ages after 1100 A.D. | Gothic Style |
| Who led the Norman conquest of England? | William the Conqueror |
| Who forced whom to sign the Magna Carta? | The English nobility forced John to sign. |
| What three problems were identified by Church reformers during the Middle Ages? | Village priests married and had families contrary to Church law. Kings, rather than Church leaders, appointed bishops. & Bishops sold positions in the Church for money. |
| An association of people who worked at the same occupation best describes what? | A Craft Guild |
| What the Magna Carta guarantee? | Basic Legal Rights |
| What was the name of the legislative body of medieval England? | Parliament |
| During the later Middle Ages, where were most serfs likely to search for freedom? | Towns or Cities |
| Which group was most responsible for the spread of the bubonic plague to Europe? | Traders |
| What was the purpose of the Reconquista? | To drive the Muslims out of Spain. |
| What traits characterized Gothic architecture? | Pointed arches, stained-glass windows, large windows, pointed steeples and sculptures. |
| Which developments did the most to end the Middle Ages? | longbow, bubonic plague, Hundred Years' War, the Great Schism. |
| Hostility between Muslims, Jews and Christians is one result of | The Crusades |
