Kingdoms and Crusades Quiz 15.3

Who united the Anglo-Saxons, creating a kingdom known as England?

• William the Conqueror

• Alfred of Wessex

• Harold Godwinson

• Charlemagne

The French Estates-General eventually became more powerful than the king himself.

• True

• False

After the Kievan Rus ruler Vladimir married the sister of the Byzantine emperor, he declared that his people were ______.

• Roman Catholic

• freemen

• Eastern Orthodox

• Russians

In 1095, Pope Urban II called for a crusade, or holy war, to be launched against ______.

• the Jews

• the Mongols

• the Muslim Turks

• The Kievan Rus

The Crusades were an overwhelming success for the armies of Western Europe.

• True

• False

After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, who was crowned king of England?

• Alfred the Great

• Oleg

• Phillip II

• William the Conqueror

Under which king was English common law established?

• Edward II

• Henry II

• John

• William I

What contributed to the idea that people have rights and that the power of government should be limited?

• Common Law

• House of Commons

• House of Parliament

• Magna Carta

The Grand Duke of Moscow became known as czar, a shortened form of Caesar, when who came to power?

• Ivan III

• Nevsky

• Oleg

• Vladamir

The city that both Muslims and Christians most wanted to control was

• Venice

• Constantinople

• Marseilles

• Jerusalem