feudal society and analyze its nature,

Essay Questions
1. Describe the feudal society and analyze its nature. What are the defining features of feudalism? Analyze the main features of feudalism. Describe

the political position and the rights and obligations of different social groups. Explain why they are so different and how they are related to each

other. Make a good use of the concepts of vassalage and vassal, benefice/fiefs, serf and free man, the types of land property and the social status

of each group.
2. Discuss the development of Roman Church after the decline of Roman Empire. Discuss the three most important characteristics of Christian church

such as the Monasticism, the Doctrine of Papal Primacy, and the Division of Christendom. Explain the major factors that caused this division and the

impact of this major change in the world society.
3. Analyze the moral, political and social significance of Reformation movement. Explain the role of northern humanism, its connection to

Renaissance, its context, and the uniqueness of Reformation movement in different European countries. What were the main problems of the church that

contributed to the Protestant Reformation? Why was the church unable to suppress dissent as it had earlier?
4. Describe the Mayan Civilization; what was life in Maya main centers, the collapse of Maya civilization and what were the greatest contributions of

the Maya? How do they compare with contemporary civilizations elsewhere in the world?
5. Describe the Incas Empire, different institutions they developed. Explain how they were able to enlarge their empire? Why they are considered as

masters of organization? Why Europeans were able to conquer them? How do they compare with contemporary civilizations elsewhere in the world?
6. What was the basis of the mercantilist theory of economics? What was the relationship between the colonial economies and those of the homelands?

Describe this relationship. Why did forced labor and slavery develop in colonies? How was slavery in the Americas different from slavery in earlier

societies? What was the effect of the transatlantic slave trade on American and African societies?