Summary Activity

Middle Ages Review Study Guide

Page 1 of 2

Directions: Use all your handouts to find the missing word. The words listed below are the ones that are missing. Keep this and use it as a study guide. Rich church Catholic nobels Indulgences peasants king fall Lord beliefs fire protection Income knight land Priest central trade execute weakened stability loyalty 1. The parish______ was appointed by the ______ of the manor and was given a house. Stuff

2, Today, only a small percentage of the people go to church every Sunday, but in the Middle Ages, everyone went to __________________ every Sunday. 3. An accused person held a red hot iron bar and walked three paces. His hand was then bandaged and left for 3 days. If the wound was getting better after three days, you were innocent. If the wound had clearly not got any better, you were guilty. This is known as “ordeal by _____________. 4. During the Middle Ages, the only church in any town or city was a __________church because in the Middle Ages the Catholic religion was the only one. 5, The Church so powerful because it owned ___________, It controlled people’s _____________, and it was ____________ . 6. A person could shorten his/her stay in purgatory if you did several things. One thing a person could do was buy a special pardon called a ______________ 7. In the feudal system the _____________ gave loyalty to the lord and went to battle for him when asked.

8. There were very few prisons in the Middle Ages. It was cheaper to ________someone for bad crimes or mutilate them and then let them go 9. The tithe __________ was divided up evenly between the parish priest, the church maintenance fund, the poor, and the bishop. 11, At the lowest level of society were the__________, also called "serfs.” In exchange for living and working on his land the lord offered his peasants ______________. 12. In a absolute monarchy a __________ was answerable for his acts to God alone.

13. In the feudal system the hierarchy from top (most powerful) to bottom (least powerful) was king, _____________, knights, and peasants (serfs/villeans) 14. An indirect results of the Crusades was trade and commerce increased while the feudal system was ______________. 15. The breakdown of ______________ government led to the rise in the power of the Catholic Church 16. The fall of Rome led to the decline of ____________. 17. the role of the Roman Catholic Church in Europe during the Middle Ages provided a sense of _________, unity, and order

Middle Ages Review Study Guide

Page 2 of 2

18. Feudalism was a political (government) system based on ____________. 19. The immediate result of the ________of the Roman Empire was a the period of this order and weak central government.