History Quiz

What was the purpose of the Domesday Book?

• To establish a new religion

• To create a census and property survey

• To write a history of England

• To record royal decrees

What did the Magna Carta require the king to do?

• Expand the kingdom

• Obey the laws

• Increase taxes

• Declare war

What did the council that evolved into Parliament control?

• The army

• The power of the purse

• The church

• The courts

Which French king expanded royal courts and centralized the monarchy?

• Philip II

• Louis IX

• Hugh Capet

• William the Conqueror

What was a major result of the increase in power of European rulers and the Church?

• Peaceful coexistence

• Increased conflict

• Economic decline

• Cultural stagnation

Who took the English throne in 1154?

• William the Conqueror

• Henry II

• King John

• Louis IX

What was the role of the Estates General in France?

• To control the power of the purse

• To rule over the monarchy

• To advise the king

• To establish laws

What was the main conflict between the Holy Roman Empire and the Pope?

• Control over trade routes

• Appointment of Church officials

• Division of land

• Language of the Bible

What did the Concordat of Worms achieve?

• Ended the Crusades

• Gave popes sole power to invest bishops

• Established the Holy Roman Empire

• Created the Magna Carta

Who was excommunicated by the pope in 1076?

• Frederick Barbarossa

• Pope Innocent III

• Emperor Henry IV

• Philip IV