Middle Ages Quiz

What period of time is covered by the Middle Ages?

• 1000 BCE to 100 BCE

  
  

• 500 BCE to 500 CE

• 1 CE to 1500 CE

• 500 CE to 1500 CE

What event signaled the start of the Middle Ages?

• The attack of the Vikings

• The fall of the Roman Empire

• The crowning of Charlemagne

• The invention of the printing press

What leader of the Franks was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in the year 800 CE?

• Richard the Lionheart

• Clovis

• Charlemagne

• King John

Which English monarch signed the Magna Carta?

• Richard the Lionheart

• Clovis

• Charlemagne

• King John

What were the wars between the Holy Roman Empire and the Muslims called?

• War of the Roses

• The Crusades

• The Hundred Years War

• The Ottoman Wars

Who invented the printing press in Europe?

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Alfred the Great

• Albert Einstein

• Leonardo da Vinci

Which group is at the base (bottom) of the Feudalism Pyramid?

• Kings and Queens

• Peasants/Serfs

• Knights/Vassals

• Lords/Nobles

What do Knights GIVE in the Feudalism system?

• Fighting and Protection to Lords

• Labor in fields

• Build Castles

What document did the King of England sign that said the people had rights and that the king was not above the law?

• The Magna Carta

  
  

• The Liber Instrumentorum

• The Constitution

• The Charter of Liberties

Muhammad, born in 570 ce, was the prophet of which Abrahamic religion?

• Islam

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Catholicism