First Period: 8:30am to 9:21am
Second Period: 9:24am to 10:14am
Third Period: 10:27am to 11:17am
Early Medieval Europe Essay Test
For the "Early Medieval Europe" unit, you will be taking an essay test to better prepare for a common high school assessment type. You will be given five prompts and on your test, three of the five will be provided. You will then need to answer two of the three with two paragraphs or more. Each student will be allowed a standard notecard to use on the test. The possible prompts are as follows:
1) Discuss some of the key events that led to the Great Schism. You should be able to describe at least two key events and/or causes that led to the Great Schism and then a consequence.
2) Describe the Feudal system: describe a medieval manor and its residents and explain its economic structure.
3) What new advances in farming came about during the Medieval era in Europe? What did they lead to and how did they make it possible for more people to become craftworkers and merchants?
4) Discuss the Emperor Justinian. Who was he, what was his purpose, and what was his legacy?
5) Why was Charlemagne crowned emperor of the west? How did Charlemagne work to unite much of Western Europe?