Grade 7 Social Studies Practice Test: Medieval Europe, Feudalism and the Black Death
- Medieval Europe
- 10 questions
- 13 minutes
This test covers how life was organized in Europe during the Middle Ages and the events that changed it. Tip: picture feudalism as a chain of promises: land given in return for loyalty and service.
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Question 1
Under feudalism, a lord gave land, called a fief, to a vassal in exchange for
Correct answer: D
Vassals promised to fight for their lord and stay loyal. In return they received land and protection.
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Question 2
Serfs in medieval Europe were peasants who
Correct answer: A
Serfs farmed the lord's land and owed him labor and part of their harvest. They were not enslaved, but they could not leave the manor without permission.
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Question 3
A self-sufficient estate run by a lord, with fields, a village, a mill and a church, was called
Correct answer: C
The manor was the center of rural life and produced almost everything its people needed. A guild was an association of craftspeople in a town.
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Question 4
Why was the Magna Carta, signed in 1215, important?
Correct answer: B
English nobles forced King John to accept that even the king had to obey the law. This idea later influenced the U.S. Constitution.
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Question 5
In the Crusades, European Christians fought mainly to
Correct answer: C
Starting in 1096, popes and kings sent armies to capture Jerusalem and nearby lands from Muslim rulers.
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Question 6
What was the Black Death of the 1300s?
Correct answer: D
The plague killed roughly a third of Europe's people in a few years. The war between England and France was the Hundred Years' War.
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Question 7
Which was an effect of the Black Death in Europe?
Correct answer: B
With so many people dead, labor was in short supply. Peasants could ask for pay or leave for better work, which weakened feudalism.
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Question 8
Medieval guilds were
Correct answer: A
Guilds controlled prices, quality and training in trades such as baking or weaving. Apprentices trained under guild masters.
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Question 9
Why were monasteries important during the Middle Ages?
Correct answer: D
Before the printing press, monks preserved religious and classical writings by copying them. Many monasteries also ran schools.
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Question 10
Charlemagne, crowned emperor by the pope in 800, is known for
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Charlemagne built a large empire and set up schools at his court. The Magna Carta came more than 400 years later, in 1215.
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