Medieval Europe Quiz

William the Conqueror secured his rule over England after what event?

• A the Second Irish Revolt

• B King Harold named William his successor

• C the Battle of Hastings

• D the Pope crowned him King of England

The creation of the Magna Carta in England was prompted by what?

• abuses of royal power by King John

• the death of King Richard in the Crusades

• a crisis in papal succession

• peasant revolts following a famine

Which famous French hero helped instill French nationalism during the Hundred Years War?

• Napoleon

• Joan of Arc

• Lafayette

• King Louis VII

What Pope gave a speech encouraging the First Crusade?

• John

• John Paul

• Urban

• Leo

The Crusades were meant to free the city of _________ from Muslim control.

• Alexandria

• Jerusalem

• Beijing

• Athens

Which of these did not happen during the Crusades?

• Crusaders captured Jerusalem and set up Crusader States in the area.

• Crusaders seized Mecca and held it for two years.

• Jerusalem was retaken by Muslims and the Crusader States were defeated.

• Crusaders sacked Constantinople and weakened the Byzantine Empire.

What was the Black Death of the fourteenth century?

• a disease amongst African people

• a nighttime massacre of Catholics

• a disease that decimated the European population

• a disease that horribly disfigured and then killed Pope Pius IV

What was a result of the Black Death of the fourteenth century?

• African populations destroyed from disease

• African culture destroyed from forced slave captures

• war in western Europe

• dramatic shortages of laborers and people throughout Europe

Where was scholarly learning concentrated in medieval Europe?

• with Church scholars in monasteries

• in old Roman towns that were not attacked by barbarians

• with Muslim schools established to educate the nobility

• in war colleges held during the Crusades