NB Quiz: the Middle Ages

The time period of the Middle Ages is ______________.

• 400 CE - 1300 CE

• 1300 CE- 1500 CE

• 500 CE -1200 CE

Under the feudal system, most of a kingdom was controlled by:

• the King

• the noblemen

• Serfs

• merchants

Which of the following people know how to read and write?

• monks

• nobles

• knights

• serfs

How was the Muslim world different from the European world during the early Middle Ages?

• Wars were fought in the Muslim world and not in the European world.

• Learning flourished in the Muslim world, but not in the European world.

Your mother and father are both serfs. You will most likely be a ________.

• lord

• knight

• serf

Land was to feudal system as ___________ is to modern society.

• money

• real estate

• education

• politics

What contributed most to the end of the feudal system?

• discovery of the Americas

• famine and disease

• war between France and Germany

What caused the Black Plague?

• fleas on rats

• cats and dogs

• marmotas

The Silk Road is a series of _______________ between Asia and the Mediterranean.

• caravans

• trade routes

• rivers

• mountians

Which empire was in control of the Silk road in 1300?

• Mongol Empire

• Empire of Ghana and Mali

• the Mayas

• the Aztecs