The Late Middle Ages

What killed a third of the population of Europe in the 1300s?

• bubonic plague

• invasion of the Turks

• religious persecution

• wars among kingdoms

Against what group of people did Pope Urban II declare the Crusades?

• heretics

• Jews

• Muslims

• renegades

Which choice correctly shows the social order under feudalism?

• king, clergy, peasants & serfs, knights

• king, knights, clergy, serfs

• king, nobles, knights, peasants & serfs

• king, knights, nobles, peasants & serfs

What was a series of wars by Christian armies to reclaim the Holy Land?

• Reconquista

• Inquisition

• Hundred Years' War

• Crusades

Whose selfless actions helped bring about an end to the Hundred Years' War?

• King John

• Robin Hood

• Julius Caesar

• Joan of Arc

The ____________________ helped to influence the British Parliament and the American colonies by limiting the power of monarchs and giving representation to the people.

• Black Plague
• Magna Carta
• Domesday
• Crusades

Why did Isabella and Ferdinand create the Spanish Inquisition?

• They wanted to make all of Spain Christian

• They wanted to continue the Crusades

• They wanted to spread the plague

What approximate percentage of the world's population died as a result of the Black Plague?

• 25-35%

• 75-95%

• 8-15%

• 70-90%

Why did Christians in the Middle Ages fear excommunication?

• They feared they would be banished from the church and that they wouldn't go to heaven if they died.

• They feared they would be killed and tortured by the Inquisition.

• They feared the King would charge them taxes and force them off of their manors.

Why did Pope Urban II call on all Christians to fight a war against the Muslims?

• He wanted to convince the Orthodox church to rejoin the Catholic Church

• He wanted to convert all Muslims to Christianity

• He wanted to retake the holy land and prevent Islam from spreading even more