The Middle Ages

The Middle Ages was between which centuries?

• 5th and 15th

• 3rd and 13th

• 6th and 16th

• 4th and 14th

Which people group replaced the Romans in Europe?

• Vikings
• Greeks
• Celts
• Germanics

What was the most powerful kingdom of the early Middle Ages?

• The Celts

• The Vikings

• The Franks

• The Byzantines

Who was the greatest king of the Franks?

• Frederick Barbarossa

• Charlemagne
• Richard the Lionheart

• Julius Caesar

Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne the Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day in what year (AD)?

(a)  

What was the political system of the Middle Ages called?

• feudalism
• manorialism

• democracy
• monarchy

Put each type of person in their correct place in the hierarchy.

a

b

c

d

Peasants

Nobles

Kings

Knights

Which was NOT an invention from the Middle Ages that improved agriculture?

• Mills

• Crop rotation

• Iron plows

• Fertilizer

What is a Christian holy war called?

(a)  

The First Crusade was called because this group began attacking Christian pilgrims:

• Egyptians

• Turks

• Mongols

• Arabs