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Unit 3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the main cause of the Hundred Years war?

a)

Fight over the throne of England

b)

Fight over the throne of France

c)

Deciding what the national religion of France would be

2.

What was it called when the Eastern Orthodox religion split from the Roman Catholic Church ?

a)

Papacy

b)

The Great Schism

c)

Magna Carta

d)

Heresy

3.

Who was blamed for the Black Plague during the Middle Ages?

a)

Christians

b)

Serfs

c)

Muslims

d)

Jews

4.

All of the following answers are reasons Europe used feudalism EXCEPT which one?

a)

They wanted protection from invaders, like the barbarians

b)

There was no central government left after the fall of the Roman Empire

c)

There was an overpopulation in Europe

d)

There needed to be a social structure for Europe

5.

What did the Magna Carta do?

a)

Gave the king absolute power making him a dictator

b)

It took away many powers from the Monarch (king) and made them follow rule of law

c)

Gave more power to the peasants (serfs)

d)

Created the parliament in England

6.

What are guilds?

a)

The people attacking the Europeans during the Middle Ages

b)

The land given from the lord to the knights

c)

Where member of parliament met

d)

Groups of people who do the same job, like labor unions

7.

How is the manorial system related to feudalism?

a)

Feudalism is the economic side while the manorial system is the social/ political side

b)

Feudalism was created but the Kings and the manorial system was created by the Pope

c)

Feudalism is the social/ political system and the manorial system is the economic side that works with it

d)

They aren't related

8.

Where place is the home of the vikings?

a)

Rome

b)

Carthage

c)

China

d)

Scandinavia

9.

Historians use this term to describe Europe because a majority of people there practiced Christianity

a)

Romanesque

b)

Christ-like

c)

Religious kingdom

d)

Christendom

10.

Which style of architecture is know as the "age of faith"

a)

Romanesque

b)

Gothic

c)

Doric

d)

Ionic

11.

Whys is Justinian's law code important?

a)

It was the law code for the Roman Empire

b)

It was modeled after democracy

c)

It was the law code for the Byzantine empire

d)

It is what the government of today is modeled after

12.

The _____________ stopped the Muslims from invading Europe.

a)

Battle of Hastings

b)

Battle of Salamis

c)

Hundred Years War

d)

Battle of Tours

13.

Who reunified Europe for the first time since the fall of the Roman Empire?

a)

Charles Martel

b)

Clovis

c)

Charlemagne

d)

William the conquerer

14.

Who makes the laws for the people of England?

a)

Parliment

b)

King

c)

Lords

d)

Senate

15.

Why was the Holy Roman Empire considered "holy"?

a)

It was blessed by the pope

b)

It is where the pope lived

c)

It is ruled by the pope

16.

What feature of the gothic architecture helped hold up the structure?

a)

Large, stained glass pictures

b)

Flying butresses

c)

Small windows

d)

Thick, concrete walls

17.

Paying part of your wages to the church is called __________.

a)

Convent

b)

Papacy

c)

Tithe

d)

Heresy

18.

Which was NOT a reason for people to go off and fight in the Crusades?

a)

To spread christianity

b)

Their religious duty

c)

To gain money and wealth

d)

For the adventure

19.

William of Normandy did what in 1066?

a)

Signed the Magna Carta

b)

Invaded England and lost to Harold at the Battle of Hastings

c)

Ended Feudalism

d)

Invaded England, beat Harold at the Battle of Hastings, and became the first King of England

20.

What was the main goal of the Crusades?

a)

To takeover Constantinople

b)

To regain the Holy Land and Jerusalem from the Muslims

c)

To stop the Muslims from entering Europe

d)

To push the Muslims out of Spain