Europe & Asia in the Middle Ages — Drills · Grade 6 Social Studies

Chapter: The Mediterranean World: Byzantine, Islamic & Western Societies

What these drills covers

By the end of Europe & Asia in the Middle Ages you should be able to:

4 questions, written answer, each with a worked explanation.

Vocabulary used: feudalism, manorialism, serf, Black Death, Tang and Song Dynasties.

Problem 1

Did all authority vanish after western imperial change?
Answer and explanation

No. Different institutions persisted, developed and competed.

No. Different institutions persisted, developed and competed.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 2

Was every medieval farmer a serf?
Answer and explanation

No. Status and obligations varied by region and period.

No. Status and obligations varied by region and period.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 3

Why use parallel timelines?
Answer and explanation

They reveal contemporaneous developments and differences hidden by a single-region narrative.

They reveal contemporaneous developments and differences hidden by a single-region narrative.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 4

Did plague have one identical social effect everywhere?
Answer and explanation

No. Mortality, institutions, labor bargaining and responses varied.

No. Mortality, institutions, labor bargaining and responses varied.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

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