The Middle Ages Quiz

What year did William, Duke of Normandy, lead the Normans across the English Channel to fight the Anglo-Saxon army at the Battle of Hastings?

• 1066

• 1215

• 1348

• 1453

What was the name of the register that William sent his men throughout England to create in 1086?

• Feudal system

• Doomsday Book

• Magna Carta

• Common Law

What system did the Normans introduce into Britain, which was a pyramidal structure consisting of the nobility, clergy, and commoners?

• Common Law

• Feudal system

• Magna Carta

• Domesday Book

What did the barons and merchants force King John to sign in 1215?

• Magna Carta

• Feudal system

• Common Law

• Domesday Book

What was the conflict between the two English rival houses of Lancaster and York known as?

• Peasants’ Revolt

• Hundred Years’ War

• Wars of the Roses

• Black Death

Who led the tiny French army to victory over the English at Orléans in 1429?

• Edward I

• Wat Tyler

• Henry V

• Joan of Arc

What epidemic spread rapidly through Europe in 1348, causing the death of almost half of England’s population?

• Peasants’ Revolt

• Hundred Years’ War

• Black Death

• Wars of the Roses

What did the shortage of labor resulting from the Black Death lead to for the peasants?

• Demand for payment for their work

• Enslavement by the nobility

• Increased taxation

• Forced migration

What was the aim of the tax imposed on the whole population in 1380?

• Improve living conditions for the poor

• Strengthen the government's power

• Support the peasants' union

• Remove the financial power of the peasants

Who led the large army of peasants that marched on London and occupied the city in 1381?

• Edward I

• Henry V

• Joan of Arc

• Wat Tyler