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The Middle Ages

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Charlemagne was named what, after defeating the Lombards?
a)
Holy King of Rome
b)
Holy Guacamole
c)
Holy Roman Emperor
d)
Emperor of the Franks
2.
Kings often participated in these daily activities?
a)
hunting, meeting with nobles, and monitoring the kingdom
b)
playing catch, sleeping all day, eating
c)
eating, sword fighting, reading the King Arthur story
d)
yelling at everybody
3.

During the Middle Ages, nobody was more powerful than the king.

a)

True

b)

False

4.
Charlemagne ruled over his people by doing all of these, except one. What didn't he do?
a)
 not allowing people to live by their current rules/laws
b)
creating new schools
c)
creating a new money system
d)
following current laws/rules of newly conquered people
5.
What is a monastery?
a)
A type of church
b)
A placed where medieval people were buried
c)
A type of guild
d)
A place at a cathedral where monks lived
6.

The 100 Years War was fought over...

a)

food shortage and power

b)

England controlling French land and the French crown

c)

France controlling the English crown

d)

England and France fighting against the Ottoman Empire

7.

Who was King Richard's father?

a)

Charles I

b)

King Henry II

c)

Pepin the Short

d)

Charles the Bald

8.

Who did King Richard fight during the Third Crusade?

a)

The Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

b)

his father

c)

King Philip II

d)

Saladin of Acre

9.
A Gothic cathedral has all of these types of architecture, except?
a)
round windows
b)
pointed arches
c)
vaulted ceilings
d)
flying buttress 
10.
What is a guild?
a)
Where you go to become a knight
b)
Where you go when you are punished
c)
a type of money
d)
a place to learn to a craft
11.
Kings of the same family who rule over a period of time is called a?
a)
monarchy
b)
democracy
c)
kingarchy
d)
oligarchy
12.
Romanesque cathedrals can be described as being?
a)
open and filled with light
b)
the tallest cathedrals
c)
elegant with stained-glass windows
d)
damp, dusty, and castle-like 
13.

Who was "The Black Prince?"

a)

Batman

b)

James III

c)

Edward III

d)

Edward (son of Edward III)

14.
What tribe was Charlemagne from?
a)
Saxons
b)
Franks
c)
Jutes
d)
Lombards
15.

The Black Plague was a horrible disease that wiped out half of Europe and lasted about ten years.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

What is the second step in becoming a knight?

a)

Page

b)

Apprentice

c)

Squire

d)

Master

17.

What is chivalry?

a)

type of money

b)

the way a knight should treat others (with respect)

c)

the symbol on a shield

d)

a type of pudding made by the peasants

18.

A chewy, gelatin candy in the shape of a furry creature.

a)

gummy bears

b)

gummy worms

c)

King John

d)

whoppers

19.

The name of the army of nobles who fought against King John to force him to change his ways.

a)

Army of One

b)

Army of King Richard

c)

The Chosen Ones

d)

Army of God

20.

What did the Magna Carta do?

a)

Gave the king more power

b)

Gave the king power over The Church

c)

Limited the power of the king

d)

Was the treaty signed between England and France during 100 Years War