Intro to Dark Ages Quiz

What was the chief cause of the decline in European civilization during the early Middle Ages?

• Lack of a government to keep order

• Highway robbers and violence

• Decline in commerce and manufacturing

• Isolation from the rest of the world

What contributed to the increase in food supply and population growth in Europe from 1000 to 1300?

• Technological improvements

• Availability of farmland

• Re-settlement of depopulated lands

• All of the above

What natural disaster occurred in Worms in 845?

• Earthquake

• Flood

• Tornado

• Drought

What did the Northmen do in 846?

• Plundered eastern and western Frisia

• Burned down the town of Dordrecht

• Killed Christians outside the walls of Rome

• All of the above

What happened in Saxony in 853?

• A great famine

• An earthquake

• A war

• A flood

What architectural style was common in the late Middle Ages?

• Gothic

• Romanesque

• Baroque

• Renaissance

What were common features of gothic cathedrals?

• Large columns

• High ceilings with ribbed vaults

• Flying buttresses

• All of the above

When was Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris completed?

• 1163

• 1300

• 1345

• 845

When were universities founded throughout Europe?

• Early 11th century

• Late Middle Ages

• Early Middle Ages

• Renaissance

What did universities eventually replace?

• Monastery and church schools

• Gothic cathedrals

• Germanic Kingdoms

• Highway robbers