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SEMESTER 1 EXAM | 10th Grade World History

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  • Q1
    What was the primary source of wealth and power in feudal society?
    c. Artifacts
    a. Stonework
    b. Land
    d. Technology
    30s
  • Q2
    What did vassals owe their lords in times of war?
    b. Military service
    c. Land
    a. Money
    d. Crops
    30s
  • Q3
    How were the relationships between lords and vassals governed?
    b. By feudal contracts
    c. By royal decrees
    a. By religious laws
    d. By democratic votes
    30s
  • Q4
    What did peasants owe their lords in addition to labor on the lord's land?
    a. Payment of taxes
    d. Fine clothing
    b. Military training
    c. Aristocratic titles
    30s
  • Q5
    Who divided their land among vassals in feudal society?
    d. The lords
    a. The peasants
    c. The nobles
    b. The knights
    30s
  • Q6
    True or False: Heraldry and Coat of Arms is passed down according to last name.
    True
    False
    30s
  • Q7
    What was one of the significant influences that the clergy (AKA Monks and Priests, not Pope) had during the Middle Ages?
    b. Providing guidance and counsel to believers
    d. All of the above
    a. Military leadership
    c. Economic trade negotiations
    30s
  • Q8
    Which statement accurately reflects the Church's role in regulating social behavior during the Middle Ages?
    d. The clergy never administered penance to sinners
    b. Canon law governed various aspects of daily life
    c. The Church focused solely on economic matters
    a. The Church had no interest in social control
    30s
  • Q9
    What did the Church use tithes, donations, and land grants for during the Middle Ages?
    b. Helping those in need
    c. Supporting its activities and maintaining influence
    e. A and B
    a. Funding secular (non-religious) military campaigns
    d. B and C
    30s
  • Q10
    In addition to their military role, knights were expected to:
    b. Defend the weak and vulnerable
    d. Hoard resources
    a. Promote laziness
    c. Ignore the cries for help
    30s
  • Q11
    What was a defining characteristic of knights?
    a. Fear of challenges
    c. Courage
    d. Cowardice
    b. Hiding from danger
    30s
  • Q12
    How did the Crusades impact European society?
    a. They led to the decline of the silk road
    d. They had no influence on religion
    b. They weakened the power of monarchies
    c. They facilitated the growth of military orders
    30s
  • Q13
    Who called Christian Crusaders to take arms against the Muslim Empires?
    King Edward III
    Pope Francis
    King Charlemagne
    Pope Urban II
    30s
  • Q14
    How did the Black Death spread to Europe?
    d. Through infected livestock
    b. Through airborne transmission
    a. By sea along the Arctic Ocean
    c. Via the Silk Road trade routes
    30s
  • Q15
    What were the long-term social consequences of the Black Death?
    d. Decrease in the bargaining power of peasants
    b. Increase in medieval church authority
    c. Weakening the power of trade
    a. Strengthening of feudalism
    30s

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