WorksheetsPreTest: Middle Ages Europe
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Why was the time immediately following the fall of Rome called the Dark Ages?
Emperors kept tight control of the people.
Literacy rates declined and languages changed.
Artwork from Greece, not Rome, survived.
Building declined, no new structures were made.
Which of Justinian’s actions reflects the close connection between church and state in the Byzantine Empire?
He built large churches such as the Hagia Sophia.
He developed and published Christian laws.
He relocated the capital from Rome to Byzantium.
He was crowned head of the church by the Pope.
What is the historical significance of Justinian's Law Code?
It served as the first written legal constitution.
It promoted the idea of the king as the primary legal authority.
It introduced the ideas of legalism and retribution for crimes.
It preserved the Roman legal customs for later Western civilizations.
What Frankish King fought against the Moors, eventually defeating them with a new professional military structure?
Clovis
Charles Martel
Abul Rakhman
Justinian
Which of the following statements accurately describes Feudal Relationships in the Middle Ages?
Kings gave land or money to nobles in exchange for their military service.
The relationship between monks and their laity throughout Western Europe.
Warriors went on crusade in order to invade the holy land and take back Jerusalem.
The patriarchal relationship between men and women, in which men were subservient to women.
How did Viking ships allow them to make successful raids on European towns?
They were the first to invent the lateen sail to catch winds
They were larger than other ships and could carry more men
They were able to cross the open sea and sail up rivers
They were equipped with long range cannons
The church had great power over people during the Middle Ages because the church...
protected them during wars
it provided an education
controlled food production
decided people's salvation
The manor economy was based on
trade among many villages
farming and self-sufficiency
metalworking
herding and weaving
What language was used by the Eastern Orthodox Church?
Latin
Greek
Arabic
English
Which practice contributed to the spread of the Black Death in Europe?
warfare, as knights carried the disease to Valencia
religion, as pilgrims contracted the disease in Liege
industry, as laborers spread the disease by the North Sea
trade, as merchants brought the disease to the Mediterranean Sea
The Hundred Years War was fought between which two nation-states?
France and Spain
England and Germany
France and Germany
France and England
Threats of revolution from colonial governors
Which of the following nations was the most CENTRALIZED of the new European States?
France
Holy Roman Empire
Italy
Spain
Which of these allowed for the centralization of Spain?
Beating the Mongols at the Battle of Mar La Tour
The merger of Ferdinand and Isabella's lands
The Spanish defeated the French, separating their two kindgoms
Merging the kingdom with that of the Moorish Caliphate
Who were the Franciscans?
Monks who sought to reform the church through piety and brotherhood
Scholars who wanted to merge church and secular learning
Conquerors who protected the Holy Grail
Monks who engaged in the inquisition
Which of the following was an outcome for peasants in Europe after the Black Death c. 1340 CE?
wages went down because people were dying
more land was available and wages increased
social unrest decreased, as people stopped talking to each other
trade routes never recovered, leading to anarchy
