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Middle Ages: growth and crisis

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mediaval streets were most commonly:

a)

Wide and well paved.

b)

Narrow with crowded houses.

c)

The same as in the old Roman cities.

d)

There were not such thing as streets

2.

The word burg refers to:

a)

The Jewish neighboughood of a town.

b)

A social group that emerged in the city of Burgos.

c)

A monastery of a military order.

d)

A fortified town.

3.

Which map is a better example of a medieval town?

a)
b)
c)
d)
4.

Craftsmen working in the same proffesion joined together to form:

a)

Guilds

b)

Moneychangers

c)

A huge and powerful master, terror of kingdoms.

d)

Fairs

5.

Moneylending was a practice only done by:

a)

Christians

b)

Muslims

c)

Jews

d)

Dwarves

6.

Peasants worked for the nobles and paid a:

a)

Rent

b)

Currency

c)

Interest

d)

Bitcoin

7.

The Diet was how the parliament was called in:

a)

France

b)

The Holy Roman Empire

c)

Castile

d)

Mordor

8.

The king presided over the parliament, formed by:

a)

The clergy, the nobility and the peasants.

b)

The representatives of cities, the clergy and the jedis.

c)

The clergy, the nobility and the Pope.

d)

The clergy, the representatives of cities and the nobility.

9.

The oldest medieval parliament recorded was:

a)

The Cortes of León

b)

The English Parliament

c)

The Galactic Senate

d)

The Roman Senate

10.

The medieval parliaments were:

a)

A religious conclave.

b)

A democratic institution.

c)

A waste of time.

d)

An advisory council.

11.

We refer to the conflicts between Pope and emperor as:

a)

The Eastern Schism.

b)

The Investiture Controversy.

c)

The Celtiberian Wars

d)

The Western Schism.

12.

Italian cities such as Venice or Florence were governed as:

a)

Colonies

b)

Empires

c)

Kingdoms

d)

Republics

13.

The Investiture Controversy was finally resolved at the:

a)

Concordat of Worms

b)

Concordat of Estrasbourg

c)

Concordat of Genoa

d)

Concordat of Winterfell

14.

The Hanseatic League was:

a)

A regional football league from Poland.

b)

An assembly of English and French merchants

c)

A confederation of trading German cities

d)

A confederation of Italian banking families.

15.

We usually refer to the period of colder climate that started in the 14th century as:

a)

The Great Famine.

b)

Those Wonderful Years.

c)

The Great Snowy Period.

d)

The Little Ice Age.

16.

The Black Death had a particularly heavy impact in:

a)

Somewhere in La Mancha.

b)

Mountainous areas, due to severe climate.

c)

Cities, as their sanitary conditions were poor.

d)

Branson, Missouri.

17.

During the crisis, lords had to raise taxes to mantain their income. This and other abuses caused:

a)

Happines amongst peasants.

b)

Peasants revolts, like the Jacquerie in France or Wat Tyler’s rebellion in England .

c)

Anti Jewish riots in different parts of Castile and Aragon.

d)

Some minor problems that were solved with dialogue an empathy.

18.

Joan of Arc led the victoruious French at the end of the Hundred Year's War and she finally was:

a)

Burnt for heresy.

b)

Filled with gratitude.

c)

Named Duchess of Brittany

d)

Sent to the crusades.