PP.1 Mid-Unit Content Assessment

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21 questions
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The following question has two parts. Answer Part A and then Part B.

Part A: During the Middle Ages, who had more power: a serf or a lord?

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Part B: Which statement provides the best evidence for the correct answer to Part 1?

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Read each of the following statements and decide whether the statement describes life on a manor or life in a medieval town. Select the word manor if it describes life on a manor; select midieval town if it describes life in a medieval town.

Serfs generally worked on the land from sunrise until sunset.

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Many smaller houses made of wood surrounded a castle or larger house.

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On market day, one could hear cries of people selling fruits, vegetables, eggs, and pies.

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Using a simple tool called a scythe, serfs harvested crops such as wheat, oats, rye, and barley.


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A class of people called the middle class began to grow in importance.

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Which of the following was NOT part of the life of a monk during the Middle Ages?

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Why did the Battle of Hastings take place?

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Which of the following statements about Magna Carta is NOT true?

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The following question has two parts. Answer Part A and then answer Part B

Part A: Which of the following events from the Middle Ages was one of the reasons feudalism began to disappear?

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Part B: Which of the following statements from the text provides the best support for the correct answer to Part A of this question

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What is the name of the system of government in which land and protection are exchanged for loyalty and services?

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Choose the answer that has the medieval people in the correct order from highest to lowest power and influence.

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Chivalry refers to

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Cathedrals, pilgrimages, and illuminated manuscripts are all examples of

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Mark the one statement that is not true about the Black Death in the Middle Ages

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Match the item from the column on the left with the description on the right. If you need this read aloud please come to my desk

Draggable itemCorresponding Item
The Huns
the great French ruler who was crowned Roman emperor by the Pope
Bayeux Tapestry
a work of art that depicts the Battle of Hastings
Charlemagne
reformed the English legal system
King Henry II
a tribe of barbarians who invaded the Roman empire
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Match the item from the column on the left with the description on the right. If you need this read aloud please come to my desk

Draggable itemCorresponding Item
Joan of Arc
the woman who led French soldiers in freeing the town of Orleans from the English
Eleanor of Aquitaine
the woman who was queen of France and then England
Domesday Book
a list of who lived in England and how much they owed in taxes
The Normans
the French soldiers who attacked the English at the Battle of Hastings
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The word emerged is used correctly in which two of the following sentences?

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Which of the words in the following sentence provides the best clue as to the meaning of the word pilgrim?

Thomas Becket's tomb in Canterbury Cathedral became a holy shrine that many pilgrims visited during the Middle Ages.