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WorksheetsMiddle Ages
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Mounted horsemen who pledged to defend their lord's land.
a)
Burghers
b)
Guilds
c)
Knights
d)
Pages
2.
Everyday language of ordinary people.
a)
Morals
b)
Secular
c)
Jerusalem
d)
Vernacular
3.
Traveling poet-musicians at castles and the courts of Europe.
a)
Troubadours
b)
Chours
c)
Tournaments
d)
Burghers
4.
There were many problems in the medieval church , many priest were illiterate and had questionable personal characteristics called ___ .
a)
Venracular
b)
Morals
c)
Secular
d)
Fief
5.
When the last Capetian King died without a successor England's Edward II, grandson of Philip IV, claimed the right to the French thrown. This caused a war which lasted from 1337 to 1453.
a)
Hundred Year's War
b)
Vassel
c)
Excommunicate
d)
Canon Law
6.
Code of chivalry and ___ had crumbled, they were known as the twin pillars of the medieval years.
a)
Three-Field System
b)
Burghers
c)
Common law
d)
Religious Devotion
7.
This young girl lead the French into victory in the Battle of Orleans.
a)
Joan of Arc
b)
Attila the Hun
c)
Witch
d)
Magna Carta
8.
To banish someone from church. This denied a king his salvation and freed all of his vassals from their duties.
a)
Inherit
b)
Excummunicate
c)
Self Sufficient
d)
Canon Law
9.
Joan of Arc was captured and was condemned as this.
a)
Spy
b)
Traitor
c)
Witch
d)
Pope
10.
The land granted by a lord.
a)
Fief
b)
Loan
c)
Jerusalem
d)
Hersey
11.
This environmental improvement resulted in more food production.
a)
Irrigation
b)
Burghers
c)
United States
d)
Climate
12.
How a person's social class was obtained.
a)
Granted by King
b)
Inherited
c)
Purchased from a Noble
d)
Chivalry
13.
This was Joan of Arc's punishment, which took place in May 30th.
a)
Burned at the stake
b)
Forced to drink poison
c)
Beheaded
d)
Hanged
14.
A disease that approximately 1/3 of the population died from. During the 1300's an epidemic of this disease struck Asia, North Africa, and Europe
a)
Zika Virus
b)
Bubonic Plague
c)
Pneumonia
d)
Cancer
15.
Complete set of ideas which demanded that a knight fight bravely in defense of three masters.
a)
Code of Chivalry
b)
Code of Conduct
c)
Code of Ethics
d)
Code of Behaviors
16.
The European era dating 500-1500. Some historians consider the end of the Hundred Years' War to mark the end of this period.
a)
New Ages
b)
Enlightement
c)
Tournaments
d)
Middle Ages
17.
Much like real battles, these were fierce and bloody competitions.
a)
Wars
b)
Games
c)
Colosseum Events
d)
Tournaments
18.
The type of community that a manor was.
a)
Self Sufficient
b)
Dependent
c)
Supportive
d)
Industrial
19.
Merchant-town dwellers who did not fit into the old feudal system. They organized and demanded rights.
a)
Burghers
b)
Magna Cartas
c)
Vassals
d)
Gothic
20.
Was a spiritual kingdom fanning out from Rome to the most distant churches.
a)
Magna Carta
b)
United States
c)
Christendom
d)
Common Law
21.
The document that King John was forced to sign, which granted basic political rights. This document eventually gave rights to all people not just nobility.
a)
Constitution
b)
Common Law
c)
Magna Carta
d)
Canon Law
22.
Today the principles of common law has become the bases for law in many countries, including this one.
a)
Iraq
b)
Sweden
c)
Russia
d)
United States
23.
Was a stable force during the constant warfare and political turmoil of the Middle Ages.
a)
The Church
b)
The Laws
c)
Education
d)
Social Classes
24.
Over the centuries, case by case, the rulings of England's royal judges formed a unified body of law that became know as this.
a)
Canon Law
b)
Common Law
c)
Magna Carta
d)
Constitutional Law
25.
All medieval Christians, Kings, and peasants alike were subject to these church rules.
a)
Canon Law
b)
Common Law
c)
Magna Carta
d)
Constitutional Law
26.
The person receiving a fief.
a)
Is a vassal.
b)
Is going to jail.
c)
Is released from jail.
d)
Is a peasant.
27.
Ruled the church kingdom, and this idea would be a central theme of the Middle Ages.
a)
God
b)
Vassals
c)
Lords
d)
Popes
28.
Would offer a land grant in exchange for military protection and other services.
a)
Vassals
b)
Lords
c)
Merchants
d)
Educators
29.
A new style of architecture that was developed to show the importance of faith.
a)
Classical Style
b)
Gothic Style
c)
Modern Style
d)
Roman Style
30.
Any belief contrary to accepted religious belief. If convicted of this a person could be burned at the stake.
a)
Secular
b)
Heresy
c)
Offensive
d)
Illegal
31.
A system where farmers would grow crops on two-thirds of their land instead of half.
a)
Three-Field System
b)
Slash and Burn
c)
Domestication
d)
Irrigation
32.
People who could not lawfully leave the place they were born.
a)
Serfs
b)
Peasants
c)
Guilds
d)
Vassals
33.
Organizations of individuals with the same occupation.
a)
Feudal System
b)
Secualr
c)
Cursades
d)
Guilds
34.
Was based on rights and obligations between lords and vassals
a)
Common Law
b)
Secular
c)
Feudal System
d)
Crusades
35.
Means worldly not spiritually motivated.
a)
Laws
b)
Crusades
c)
Serfs
d)
Secular
36.
Another name for holy wars.
a)
Civil War
b)
Crusades
c)
Holy Land conflicts
d)
Church Battles
37.
The Byzantine emperor and Pope Urban II made appeals to European Christians to save this Christian city.
a)
Constantinople
b)
Jerusalem
c)
Rome
d)
Charlotte
38.
invaders who did not attack Western Europe during the Middle Ages
a)
Vikings
b)
Magyars
c)
Muslims
d)
Japanese
39.
The majority social class of people in the Middle Ages.
a)
Peasants
b)
Nobles
c)
Knights
d)
Chruch
40.
These are swollen lymph nodes in the armpit or groin which was symptom of a very serous illness.
a)
Buboes
b)
Bruises
c)
Brittle Bones
d)
Bacteria
41.
This was Joan of Arc's punishment, which took place on May 30th.
a)
She was hanged by rope.
b)
She was taken to the guillotine.
c)
She was burned at the stake
d)
She was forced to drink poison.
42.
A widespread of a whole country or world occurrence of a disease
a)
Death Toll
b)
Virus
c)
Contamination
d)
Pandemic
43.
A social system in which, people are ranked by their social classes
a)
Social Flow
b)
Social Mobility
c)
Social Hierarchy
d)
High Class
44.
The movement of people between different social classes
a)
Rigid Class Structure
b)
Manor System
c)
Social Hierarchy
d)
Social Mobility
45.
A social class system where there is no social movement. A person remains in the same class their entire life.
a)
Vernacular
b)
Rigid Class Structure
c)
manor system
d)
Yersinia Pestis
46.
An economic system structured around the lord's estate. This estate included the lord's landholding, farming lands, and peasant villages. In exchange for farming and repairs, serfs were protected by their lord in the event of a war or raid.
a)
Manor System
b)
Social Hierarchy
c)
Common Law
d)
Feudalism
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