Chapter 8 Review

The ____________ was significant because it stopped the Muslim advance into Western Europe.

Battle of Tours

Who said, "I have taken vows of obedience, poverty, and chastity "

Benedictine Monk

Who said, "From Aachen I shall rule my empire"

Charlemagne

Written document that set out the rights and privileges of a town

Charter

An estate granted to a vassal

fief

New agricultural technologies in the Middle Ages led to increased ____________.

food production

Charlemagne is credited with the revival of Latin____________

learning

What group dominated the economic and political life of towns during the High Middle Ages?

merchant guilds

Under feudalism, lords granted land to vassals in exchange for ____________

military service

What group made up the largest part of the population in feudal society?

peasants

Some religious people wanted to reform the Church during medieval times because its very success brought____________

problems

The church had a great power over people during the Middle Ages because it decided who could achieve ____________

salvation

worldly

secular

A peasant who was bound to the land

serf

Monks and nuns improved life during the Middle Ages by caring for the ____________

sick & poor

Who most like said, "My master is teaching me the art of sword making."

Apprentice

A code of conduct adopted by knights in the Middle Ages

Code of Chivalry

The manor economy was based on ____________

Farming and self-sufficiency

What group conquered the former Roman province of Gaul?

Franks

Who most likely said, "It is my duty to be brave, loyal and true"

Knight

Who said, "I set up a short lived colony in North America"

Leif Erikson

Who is likely to have said, "Servants, come! Carry these bundles of cloth for sale through the streets."

Medieval merchant

____________ helped to unite Charlemagne's empire.

Strong government

Who most likely said, "Let me sing you a song, my lady, praising your virtues"

Troubadour

Who most likely said, " My first loyalty is to my liege lord"

Vassal

Money for investment

capital

What problem did the Cluniac reforms address?

church corruptions

The three-field system contributed to the agricultural revolution by allowing peasants to produce more ____________

crops

Tax the Church required Christians to pay

tithe

____________ was the most important economic activity in a medieval town.

trade

Lending money at interest

usury