WorksheetsMiddle Ages Overview - Medieval Europe
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Ancient times are from?
15000 B.C. 3600 B.C.
3600 B.C. - 500 A.D.
500-1500 A.D.
1500 A.D. - Present
Medieval times are from?
15000 B.C. 3600 B.C.
3600 B.C. - 500 A.D.
500-1500 A.D.
1500 A.D. - Present
Modern times are from?
15000 B.C. 3600 B.C.
3600 B.C. - 500 A.D.
500-1500 A.D.
1500 A.D. - Present
Which of the following is not a subdivision of the Middle ages?
Early Middle Ages
Low Middle Ages
High Middle Ages
Late Middle Ages
During the Middle Ages what was the strongest unifying force in Western Europe?
The Roman Catholic Church
The Eastern Orthodox Church
The Byzantine Empire
The Umayyad Caliphate
What board name is given to those who repetitively sacked the Western Roman Empire after its decline in a series of waves?
Barbarians
Vikings
Magyars
Infidels
The birth of Islam was in the
5th Century
6th Century
7th Century
8th Century
What was the first Islamic caliphate which stretched from Portugal to Pakistan?
Abbasid Caliphate
Fatimid Caliphate
Umayyad Caliphate
The Ottoman Empire
What group of barbarians left marks all over Rome? Which gives us the word which is a derivative of their name.
Anglo Saxons
Franks
Ostrogoths
Vandals
What happened on the Italian Peninsula due to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire?
It depopulated.
Many moved east to Byzantine Empire.
It was hit by many plagues.
It's civil services broke down.
Examples of barbarian assimilation in Western Europe?
Conversion to Christianity.
Adaption of the Law Code (wergild/ordeal).
Destruction of Roman cities.
Merged barbarian languages with Latin languages.
Who was the first Frankish king to convert to Christianity?
Clovis I
Charles 'The Hammer' Martel
Pippin The Short
Charlemagne
Which Frankish king defeated the Umayyad forces at the Battle of Tours?
Clovis I
Charles 'The Hammer' Martel
Pippin The Short
Charlemagne
Which of the following are places the Vikings settled in?
Iceland
Greenland
Northern France (Normandy)
Ireland
Which of the following are places the Vikings were from?
The British Isles
The Iberian Peninsula
The Italian Peninsula
Scandinavia
Which country possibly has a viking influence due to the Viking trade up and downs its rivers?
Germany
Russia
Spain
Italy
What phrase best sums up the vikings?
"Liberty or death"
"Craw away and die"
"Fight or flight"
"Raid and trade"
What barbarian group from the Asian steppe moved into the Hungarian valley between 800-1000 A.D.?
The Vikings
The Huns
The Magyars
The Austrians
What is the name of the decentralized form of local government based on a series of reciprocal relationships between Lords and Vassals?
Feudalism
Mercantilism
Nationalism
Socialsim
Which of the following was not one of the three groups an in medieval, European, feudal society?
Church "Those who pray"
State "Those who debate."
Nobility "Those who fight."
Everyone else "Those who work."
What is the name for European farmers who are bound to the land by the manor lord / nobility?
Slaves
Serfs
Untouchables
Peasants
Which does not describes agricultural practices in Europe during the Middle Ages?
increase in production due to slight global warming.
four field crop rotation
three field crop rotation
improved harnesses that allowed for heavier iron plows.
What effects did the improvements in agriculture have in the Late Middle Ages?
decrease in population
increase in population
What germanic king was proclaimed Holy Roman Emperor after stopping the Magyar invasion into the Holy Roman Empire?
Otto I
Henry V
Ogedei Khan
Joan of Arc
Which of the following was not a crisis in Europe during the 14th century?
Fall of Constantinople
Great Famine (Northern Europe) 1315-1317
Black Death 1340's
Peasant Revolts 1381
