Exploring the Key Events of the Middle Ages

What time period does the Middle Ages in Europe roughly cover?

• 2,000 years

• 1,500 years

• 1,000 years

• 500 years

Which empire continued on for most of the Middle Ages?

• Holy Roman Empire

• Western Roman Empire

• Byzantine Empire

• Eastern Roman Empire

Who was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 AD?

• Odoacer

• Justinian

• Charlemagne

• Otto I

Which religion spread across the Middle East, Persia, North Africa, and Spain during the Early Middle Ages?

• Hinduism

• Islam

• Buddhism

• Christianity

What major event in 1054 led to a significant division in Christianity?

• The Crusades

• The Great Schism

• The Black Death

• The Hundred Years' War

What were the Crusades primarily aimed at?

• Reclaiming land from the Muslims

• Expanding the Byzantine Empire

• Spreading the Black Death

• Unifying the Holy Roman Empire

What catastrophic event in 1347 significantly reduced Europe's population?

• The Great Schism

• The Hundred Years' War

• The Black Death

• The Crusades

Which war lasted over a hundred years between France and England?

• The Crusades

• The Great Schism

• The Hundred Years' War

• The War of the Roses

What marks the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Renaissance?

• The Black Death

• The Age of Exploration

• The fall of Constantinople

• The end of the Hundred Years' War

Which empire's fall in 1453 formally ended the Byzantine Empire?

• The Holy Roman Empire

• The Ottoman Empire

• The Western Roman Empire

• The Eastern Roman Empire