Medieval Ages

What is another name for the Medieval Ages?

• Middle Ages

• Renaissance

• Midsummer

• Reformation

Where did most people live during the Middle Ages?

• In cities

• In megacities

• In metropolises

• In villages

What religion were most people in England in the Middle Ages?

• Jewish

• Catholic

• Protestant

• Muslim

If people needed a surgeon in the Middle Ages where did they usually go?

• To the local butcher

• To the local farmer

• To the local barber

• To the local priest

One of the biggest causes of disease in medieval towns was

• unsanitary conditions.

• refusal to use herbal medicines.

• poison in community wells.

• lack of care by family members

When an accused person was thrown into water to test their innocence, this was called a trial by

• combat

• fire

• jury

• ordeal

Which of these eventually replaced trial by ordeal or combat?

• royal rulings (decisions)

• church rulings (decisions)

• court trials

• economic studies

Which of the following is true about towns from the Late Middle Ages?

• Towns were protected by stone walls

• Towns often smelled of garbage

• Town streets were often very narrow

• all of the above

Which of the following is true about poor families' homes during the Middle Ages?

• Multiple families sometimes shared a home.

• Windows would be made of thin glass.

• Houses in poor neighborhoods had solars.

• all of the above

In the Middle Ages, people generally believed in

• a mobile society in which everyone moved around.

• an orderly society in which everyone knew their place.

• a fair society in which there was no high or low class.

• a just society in which class was based on education.