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TIMES OF CHANGE : CHAPTER ONE REVIEW
SECTION ONE : Multiple Choice
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1. Three of the choices below identify changes in medieval society that caused a
significant result. Identify the change that was a result of the other three.
a) The growth of towns offered more options for peasants than manors.
b) The Black Death reduced the number of workers on manors, leading to a rise in
wages.
c) The feudal system began to weaken as the dominant force in society.
d) The increased use of gunpowder reduced the need for armored knights.
2. Life for serfs living under the manorial system in the medieval period would have been
dominated most by the importance of
a)
b)
c)
d)
seeking educational opportunities
showing obedience to the lord of the manor
expanding knowledge of the world through travel
enjoying material possessions and wealth
3. Which of the following activities of the Christian Church during the medieval period
would have been most criticized by those who held the changing worldview of the
later Middle Ages?
a) Monasteries preserved books and became centres of learning during the medieval
period.
b) Priests performed religious services for members of their congregations.
c) Churches and monasteries would often care for the sick, the poor and the hungry.
d) Land ownership and the collection of the tithe made the Church very wealthy.
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4. On page 23 of Chapter 1, the first paragraph describes cooperative organizations
called “guilds” that controlled goods, standards, training and work in specific areas.
These guilds could best be described as early forms of
a)
b)
c)
d)
labour unions
community leagues
parliament
educational associations
5. Which factor below describes an important difference in worldview between people in
medieval Europe and in modern Canada?
a) Technology today allows us to know what is occurring in other parts of Canada and
the world.
b) People in the medieval period spent much of their time working in order to take
care of their families.
c) Canadians are concerned about the amount of taxes they pay to the institutions
that govern them.
d) Agriculture in the Middle Ages was aimed at producing the largest crop in each
season.
6. The pyramid used to show the feudal hierarchy (p. 18 of text) of medieval Europe
indicates that society in the Middle Ages was based upon
a)
b)
c)
d)
equality of social and economic status
even division of political authority throughout the hierarchy
distribution of power through a democratic process
ranking of people according to their level on the hierarchy
7. In 2005, there was a 45.9 percent drop in watch sales in the US. This drop is most
strongly explained as a shift in
a)
b)
c)
d)
changes to time zones
demands for a less time-oriented society
reliance on cellular phones and other hand-held electronic devices
reliance on clocks displayed prominently in businesses and institutions
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8. Sumptuary laws were enacted in medieval Europe to control how people could spend
their money. A modern Canadian equivalent to the medieval sumptuary laws is the
a)
b)
c)
d)
9.
Goods and Services Tax (GST)
user fees for parks and recreation facilities
rise in the minimum wage
Alberta Health Care (AHC) premiums
The feudal system of government was
a)
b)
c)
d)
democratic in nature.
controlled by citizens.
a hierarchical class structure.
a system that sold land to the peasants.
SECTION TWO: True and False
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10. Peasants were assigned strips of land to plant and harvest. Each peasant had its
own strips of land in various areas of the manor.
11. Most peasant were freemen who were not allowed to leave the manor without the
lord’s permission
12. Once allowed to travel peasant often went great distances.
13. Children as young as 8 or 9 often went to live at the home of a master to learn a
trade.
14. By the early 1300s, mechanical clocks were being built that rang bells to tell time
and call people to worship.
15. In Medieval times, people believed that with the help of the Church, they would
reach purgatory if they died
16. Spirituality is part of everyday life for traditional First Nations and Inuit peoples.
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17. Religious scholars copied Christian religious texts as well as manuscripts from
ancient times written in Spanish and French.
18. Medieval universities did not allow women to attend.
19. The term Renaissance came from the French language to describe historical
events in Greece.
20. Many members of religious orders died as a result of caring for victims of the
Black Death.
21. Although there is no written record prior to the 1880s, the nursery rhyme Ring
Around the Roses may have been passed down through oral tradition from the
time of the Black Death.
22. Islam and Judaism were two other major religions of the Medieval era.
23. Unlike most people monks and nuns were well educated.
24. Expenses for lord’s for farm work increased as a result of the Black Death.
SECTION THRE: Fill in the Blanks
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25. Some peasant were _____________ who rented land from the lord of worked for
pay
26. According to law ________ ________ could gain their freedom by staying in
town for a year and a day without being discovered.
27. With the rise of the towns, society became __________rigid.
28. Many people thought that the plague had been sent by God as ___________.
29. The war the broke out between England and France in 1337, was known as the
__________.
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30. Many people believe that everything in the world has a sacred presence and the
__________ is everywhere.
31. Every member of the Church hierarchy was the duty to be ________ to the group
above it and to provide certain _________ to the group below.
32. By the end of the _____ there were over 80 universities in Western Europe.
33. The Middle Ages was a great time of _______ building.
34. The Church was a wealthy institution it owned ________ of the land in Europe.
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35. Apprentice
36. Monastery
37. Nuns
38. Monks
39. Tithe
40. St. Francis of Assisi
41. Congregations
42. Sumptuary laws
43. The Pope
44. Jules Michelet
45. Journeymen
46. Guilds
47. Allegiance
48. Hierarchy
49. Feudalism
a. The deeply religious men who often decided to join a religious order and devote
their entire life to God
b. The individual at the top of the hierarchy of the Catholic Church
c. Loyalty to a person or cause
d. A person who has learned a trade and joined a guild
e. A person studying a trade under the supervision of a master craftsmen
f. A social system in which status is ranked, and power is concentrated in higher
ranks
g. A portion or crops or a percentage of earnings paid to the Church
h. Laws that controlled consumption or how people spent their money
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i. Buildings and lands in which monks lived and carried out their religious duties
j. A group of religious followers who attend the same church for worship
k. The system of political organization during the middle ages in which the lord
owned the land and all others served him
l. Person who coined the term Renaissance
m. The deeply religious women often decided to join a religious order and devote
their entire life to God
n. Founder of a religious order known as the “Franciscans”.
o. Cooperative organizations that controlled the prices or goods, set standards of
quality, and decided who would be allowed to enter their craft
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