FUNDAMENTOS CULTURAIS DA LITERAT. EM LÍNGUA INGL. aula 2

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1a Questão (Ref.: 201603473626)
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	By the time the Normans invaded and conquered England, their civilization was far more organized than that of the Anglo-Saxons. Its foundation was the feudal system. During Feudalism...(Choose the alternative that correctly complets this sentence)
		
	
	Large states were given by the King to the poor so that they could find a way of surviving.
	
	The economy grew because the landowners did not have to pay the slaves.
	 
	All the land was owned by the King but it was held by others, in return for goods and services.
	
	Women had to work hard as slaves during that time to help support their families.
	
	All the produce which came from the land had to be given to the King.
	
	
	
	
	 2a Questão (Ref.: 201603473637)
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	What contributed for the foundation of the English Parliament?
		
	
	The war which spread throughout the country.
	
	The fact that French nobility wanted to control the English throne.
	
	The fact that ordinary people wanted to become leaders of their country.
	 
	The fact that King John did not feel like keeping the agreement which had been sealed in Magna Carta.
	
	The fact that the nobility wanted to support their King.
	
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	 3a Questão (Ref.: 201603962921)
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	Feudalism, the use of the land in return for service, began to weaken
		
	
	very quickly
	 
	all of a sudden
	
	immediately
	
	in a month
	 
	gradually
	
	
	
	
	 4a Questão (Ref.: 201603573737)
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	What did Feudalism mean? From the alternatives below EXCEPT ONE can not answer the previous question. Choose the alternative that is NOT CORRECT in relation to the concept of Feudalism:
		
	
	In those times, part of the produce of the land had to be given to the king. The greater nobles gave part of their lands to lesser nobles, knights, and other ´freeman´. Some freeman paid for the land by doing military service, while others paid rent.
	
	During feudalism, the holding of the land was the very basis of the entire feudal system and society and its main purpose was economic.
	 
	The word 'feudalism' comes from the French word feu, which the Normans used to refer to land held in return for duty or service to a lord.
	
	The central idea of feudalism was that all land was owned by the king but it was held by others, called 'vassals', in return for services and goods. Large estates were given by the king to his main nobles in return for a promise to serve him in war for up to forty days..
	 
	During feudalism, every man and woman lived freely and nobility hierarchy was very flexible because individual freedom prevented from the constitution of a strong central power in the figure of a mighty respectable king.
	
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	 5a Questão (Ref.: 201603473628)
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	What were the two basic principles of Feudalism?
		
	
	The first principal dealt with the fact that both women and children had to work and the second one gave the King the right to receive the products from the land.
	
	The first principle was associated with the idea that ordinary people had to work in exchange for food and shelter and the second one dealt with the fact that ten-year-old boys could also work if it proved necessary.
	 
	The first principal was connected to the fact that every man had a lord and the second one was related to the idea that every lord had land.
	
	The two basic principals had to do with the cultural aspects of the Anglo-Saxon world.
	
	Both principles relied on the fact that even though the land was the King¿s property, after ten years, the ordinary people would have the right to run their own business as it pleased them.
	
	
	
	
	 6a Questão (Ref.: 201604099571)
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	Historians imagined the feudal system as an agreement between the different ranks: the king, the barons and the peasants.
Which of the following statements DOES NOT FIT into the concepts of Feudalism?
		
	
	The 'feudal system' is the name for a power structure where people held their land in return for promising loyalty, known as doing homage, and providing services such as working or fighting for their lord.
	
	In theory the king was the chief feudal lord, but in reality the individual lords were supreme in their own territories.
	 
	During Feudalism, part of the produce of the land was bought by the King in order to help the serfs´.
	
	When William, Duke of Normandy conquered England in 1066, he confiscated all the land from the Saxons who owned it, and distributed it amongst the barons who had supported his invasion. Thus, historians say that England became a 'perfect' feudal government.
	
	The greater nobles gave part of their lands to lesser nobles, knights, and other ´freeman´.
	
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	 7a Questão (Ref.: 201604099567)
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	The English country went through different sort of attacks in Medieval times. Taking into account the Norman invasion, which of the following statements IS NOT TRUE ?
		
	
	By 1086, over 4,000 Saxon landlords were replaced by 200 Normans ones.
	
	The Norman army was mainly concerned with land occupation and in the north not a single house was left standing.
	
	The Norman army, though small, marched from village to village, destroying places that they could not control.
	
	The Norman army was a true army of occupation for over twenty years.
	 
	The Normans remained in the country for over a hundred years and were able to become the great rulers of England in Medieval times.
	
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	 8a Questão (Ref.: 201604100010)
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	Invaders have always brought changes to Britain. Who drove the Celts into the west and north of Britain?
		
	
	The Norwegian people.
	
	The Italian people.
	
	The Spanish people.
	 
	The Anglo-Saxons.
	
	The French people.