Here are the answers for your questions:
Match the key word to its definition:
- a political system where land is given in exchange for taxes, loyalty, and protection - feudalism
- land given in exchange for loyalty and taxes - fief
- a superior nobleman; wealthy land owner in the Middle Ages - lord
- a nobleman who received land in exchange for service in medieval Europe - vassal
Question 2
What did peasants and serfs most likely get for the work they did?
- a place to live on a manor and a portion of the crops they harvested
Question 3
The Crusades was a single battle between the Christians and the Muslims.
- False
Question 4
What reason did Pope Urban II give for urging people to fight in the Crusades?
- to take back the holy land of Jerusalem
Question 5
How did Europe benefit from the Crusades?
- The increase in trade brought wealth to Europe.
Question 6
French for "rebirth," the ___ was a period of increased learning in which many people studied to acquire new talents.
- Renaissance
Match the person to their significant accomplishment:
- wrote The Divine Comedy, which started a trend of writing in the people's spoken language, instead of Latin - Dante
- wealthy banking family and well-known patron of the arts - Medici
- an Italian inventor and artist - da Vinci
- built one of the first printing presses - Gutenberg
Question 8
What new tool made books more widely available, helping to increase literacy in Europe?
- the printing press
Question 9
What is humanism?
- the focus on the enjoyment of life, rather than the salvation of the soul
Question 10
Who wrote the 95 Theses, an essay that criticized the hypocrisy he observed in the Catholic Church?
- Martin Luther
Match the description to the correct event:
- a religious movement that began in the 1500s to reform the Catholic Church - Reformation
- a reform movement within the Catholic Church in response to the Protestants - Counter-Reformation
- a court during the Middle Ages that was used to root out and punish Protestants - Inquisition
Match the person to their scientific contribution:
- proved that heavenly bodies revolved around the sun in an elliptical orbit - Kepler
- used a telescope to view the rings of Saturn and moons around Jupiter - Galileo
- first to suggest that heavenly bodies revolve around the sun, not the Earth - Copernicus
- discovered the Law of Gravity - Newton
Match the person to their political ideas:
- all people have natural rights - Locke
- separation of powers in a government - Montesquieu
- people create governments to protect people's rights - Hobbes
- governments have a social contract to follow the general will of their people - Rousseau
Question 14
What was NOT a result of the Industrial Revolution?
- More families moved out of the cities and into the country to farm.
Question 15
Who took power after the French Revolution?
- Napoleon
Question 16
What is the feeling of unity as a nation called?
- nationalism
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