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WorksheetsMiddle Ages
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The study of religion.
a)
heresy
b)
theology
c)
vernacular
d)
Catholic
2.
To exclude or leave out a person from church membership.
a)
fjord
b)
communion
c)
excommunicate
d)
plague
3.
Nobles governed this political and social order; in turn, the nobles would protect the people in return for services.
a)
feudalism
b)
oligarchy
c)
democracy
d)
kingdoms
4.
This is a way of thinking that combined faith and reason
a)
excommunication
b)
scholasticism
c)
vernacular
d)
vassal
5.
This was land granted to a vassal or knight.
a)
serf
b)
fjord
c)
feudal
d)
fief
6.
A disease that spreads quickly and kills many people.
a)
plague
b)
sickness
c)
inquisition
d)
aachen
7.
This is a hatred of Jewish people
a)
Magna Carta
b)
Czar
c)
Anti-Semitism
d)
discrimination
8.
Ideas that go against church teachings.
a)
vernacular
b)
apprentices
c)
plague
d)
heresy
9.
A steep-sided valley that is an inlet for the sea.
a)
serf
b)
fjord
c)
feudalism
d)
scholasticism
10.
This is a local language used by people of a region.
a)
vernacular
b)
theology
c)
heresy
d)
guild
11.
Court which decided whether a person could be accused of a crime.
a)
defendant
b)
trial jury
c)
grand jury
d)
prosecution
12.
Court which decided whether an accused person was guilty of innocent.
a)
defendant
b)
trial jury
c)
grand jury
d)
prosecution
13.
A warrior in armor who fought on horseback.
a)
peasants
b)
serfs
c)
vassals
d)
knights
14.
A group of merchants or craftspeople.
a)
guilds
b)
knights
c)
clergy
d)
czar
15.
The Russian word for emperor.
a)
serf
b)
heresy
c)
czar
d)
fief
16.
French peasant girl who led the French army to victory at Orleans.
a)
King John
b)
Charlemagne
c)
Joan of Arc
d)
Otto I
17.
Crowned king of England after the Battle of Hastings.
a)
Pope Gregory VII
b)
King John
c)
Otto I
d)
William the Conqueror
18.
This person signed the Magna Carta.
a)
King John
b)
clergy
c)
Charlemagne
d)
Otto I
19.
The noble who served a lord of a higher rank.
a)
vassal
b)
serf
c)
peasant
d)
clergy
20.
People ordained as priests.
a)
clergy
b)
vernacular
c)
feudalism
d)
theology
21.
First Frankish ruler that believed in education for all people.
a)
Otto I
b)
King John
c)
Pope Gregory VII
d)
Charlemagne
22.
A person who worked the lord's land.
a)
peasant
b)
fief
c)
serf
d)
noble
23.
German king the pope declared emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
a)
Charlemagne
b)
Otto I
c)
Pope Gregory VII
d)
King John
24.
He issued a decree forbidding kings from appointing high-ranking church officials.
a)
Pope Gregory VII
b)
Otto I
c)
King John
d)
William the Conqueror
25.
MIddle Ages farming was improved by turning the soil over faster using the horse collar and wheeled plow.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
The Black Death was first spread along the Cotton Road.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
The Middle Ages was between 500 - 1500 A.D.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
The nobles castle was at the center of every feudal territory.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
Guilds were given room and board in return for their work.
a)
True
b)
False
30.
Peasant homes were made of wood and clay.
a)
True
b)
False
31.
Gothic cathedrals were able to have thinner walls because of flying buttresses.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
Vikings, Muslims, and Magyars invaded parts of Europe between 800-900 A.D.
a)
True
b)
False
33.
This was the capital city of Charlemagne's empire.
a)
Springfield
b)
Aachen
c)
England
d)
France
34.
The Black Death was carried by mosquitoes.
a)
True
b)
False
35.
England and France fought in the Battle of Tours.
a)
True
b)
False
36.
Males were only recognized as citizens of the Middle Ages.
a)
True
b)
False
37.
The name of the church court who tried and punished people suspected of heresy.
a)
Magna Carta
b)
Trial jury
c)
Inquisition
d)
Scholasticism
38.
The idea that people have rights and that the power of government should be limited.
a)
vernacular
b)
feudalism
c)
Inquisition
d)
Magna Carta
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