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Middle Ages Overview - Medieval Europe

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Ancient times are from?

a)

15000 B.C. 3600 B.C.

b)

3600 B.C. - 500 A.D.

c)

500-1500 A.D.

d)

1500 A.D. - Present

2.

Medieval times are from?

a)

15000 B.C. 3600 B.C.

b)

3600 B.C. - 500 A.D.

c)

500-1500 A.D.

d)

1500 A.D. - Present

3.

Modern times are from?

a)

15000 B.C. 3600 B.C.

b)

3600 B.C. - 500 A.D.

c)

500-1500 A.D.

d)

1500 A.D. - Present

4.

Which of the following is not a subdivision of the Middle ages?

a)

Early Middle Ages

b)

Low Middle Ages

c)

High Middle Ages

d)

Late Middle Ages

5.

During the Middle Ages what was the strongest unifying force in Western Europe?

a)

The Roman Catholic Church

b)

The Eastern Orthodox Church

c)

The Byzantine Empire

d)

The Umayyad Caliphate

6.

What board name is given to those who repetitively sacked the Western Roman Empire after its decline in a series of waves?

a)

Barbarians

b)

Vikings

c)

Magyars

d)

Infidels

7.

The birth of Islam was in the

a)

5th Century

b)

6th Century

c)

7th Century

d)

8th Century

8.

What was the first Islamic caliphate which stretched from Portugal to Pakistan?

a)

Abbasid Caliphate

b)

Fatimid Caliphate

c)

Umayyad Caliphate

d)

The Ottoman Empire

9.

What group of barbarians left marks all over Rome? Which gives us the word which is a derivative of their name.

a)

Anglo Saxons

b)

Franks

c)

Ostrogoths

d)

Vandals

10.

What happened on the Italian Peninsula due to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire?

a)

It depopulated.

b)

Many moved east to Byzantine Empire.

c)

It was hit by many plagues.

d)

It's civil services broke down.

11.

Examples of barbarian assimilation in Western Europe?

a)

Conversion to Christianity.

b)

Adaption of the Law Code (wergild/ordeal).

c)

Destruction of Roman cities.

d)

Merged barbarian languages with Latin languages.

12.

Who was the first Frankish king to convert to Christianity?

a)

Clovis I

b)

Charles 'The Hammer' Martel

c)

Pippin The Short

d)

Charlemagne

13.

Which Frankish king defeated the Umayyad forces at the Battle of Tours?

a)

Clovis I

b)

Charles 'The Hammer' Martel

c)

Pippin The Short

d)

Charlemagne

14.

Which of the following are places the Vikings settled in?

a)

Iceland

b)

Greenland

c)

Northern France (Normandy)

d)

Ireland

15.

Which of the following are places the Vikings were from?

a)

The British Isles

b)

The Iberian Peninsula

c)

The Italian Peninsula

d)

Scandinavia

16.

Which country possibly has a viking influence due to the Viking trade up and downs its rivers?

a)

Germany

b)

Russia

c)

Spain

d)

Italy

17.

What phrase best sums up the vikings?

a)

"Liberty or death"

b)

"Craw away and die"

c)

"Fight or flight"

d)

"Raid and trade"

18.

What barbarian group from the Asian steppe moved into the Hungarian valley between 800-1000 A.D.?

a)

The Vikings

b)

The Huns

c)

The Magyars

d)

The Austrians

19.

What is the name of the decentralized form of local government based on a series of reciprocal relationships between Lords and Vassals?

a)

Feudalism

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Nationalism

d)

Socialsim

20.

Which of the following was not one of the three groups an in medieval, European, feudal society?

a)

Church "Those who pray"

b)

State "Those who debate."

c)

Nobility "Those who fight."

d)

Everyone else "Those who work."

21.

What is the name for European farmers who are bound to the land by the manor lord / nobility?

a)

Slaves

b)

Serfs

c)

Untouchables

d)

Peasants

22.

Which does not describes agricultural practices in Europe during the Middle Ages?

a)

increase in production due to slight global warming.

b)

four field crop rotation

c)

three field crop rotation

d)

improved harnesses that allowed for heavier iron plows.

23.

What effects did the improvements in agriculture have in the Late Middle Ages?

a)

decrease in population

b)

increase in population

24.

What germanic king was proclaimed Holy Roman Emperor after stopping the Magyar invasion into the Holy Roman Empire?

a)

Otto I

b)

Henry V

c)

Ogedei Khan

d)

Joan of Arc

25.

Which of the following was not a crisis in Europe during the 14th century?

a)

Fall of Constantinople

b)

Great Famine (Northern Europe) 1315-1317

c)

Black Death 1340's

d)

Peasant Revolts 1381