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Chapter 14 Formation of Western Europe Test

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which statement best describes the result of the Crusades?
a)
Europeans maintained a lasting control over much of the Middle East 
b)
Islamic influence dominated Europe 
c)
Europeans developed tolerance of Non-Christian religions 
d)
trade between Europe and the Middle East was expanded 
2.

Why is it called the black plague?

a)

Only white people die from it

b)

Only black people die from it

c)

Peoples blood goes black from internal bleeding

d)

Your hair turns black

3.

How is the black plague spread?

a)

Contact with infected people

b)

Coughing

c)

Bites from rats

d)

Bites from rat fleas

4.
What is the official scientific name
a)
Black Death
b)
Bubonic Plague
c)
Black Virus
d)
Bubonic Disease
5.

Why was the disease spreading so fast?

a)

Rat outbreaks everwhere

b)

Poor Living/Hygiene

c)

All of the Above

d)

Traveling with rats in boats

6.
Where do many historians think the plague originated?
a)
Baghdad
b)
China
c)
Italy
7.
Which group got blamed for the plague in some areas of Europe?
a)
Catholics
b)
Christians
c)
Jews
d)
Muslims
8.
These guys had the responsibility of fighting under feudalism
a)
serfs
b)
lords
c)
knights 
d)
peasants
9.

What is another possible way that the Plague Spread according to the work in class?

a)

Through the Air

b)

Through Tribes of Gauls

c)

In Cows

d)

In Pigs

10.

What direction did the plague travel when it reached Europe

a)

South

b)

West

c)

North West

d)

East

11.

What was the chief goal of the Crusades?

a)

to spread Christianity throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa

b)

to recover Jerusalem and the Holy Land from the Muslim Turks

c)

to improve trade among the Europe, Asia, and Africa

d)

to force the Byzantines to become Catholics

12.

What was the effect of the three-field system?

a)

farmers produced more food and villagers had more to eat

b)

farmers could grow crops on one-half of their land

c)

farmers could let their ground lie fallow over the winter

d)

farmers could grow crops on one-third of their land

13.

During the later Middle Ages, where were most serfs likely to search for freedom?

a)

farms

b)

monasteries

c)

towns or cities

d)

the Holy Land

14.

Which group was most responsible for the spread of bubonic plague in Europe?

a)

invaders

b)

Crusaders

c)

traders

d)

French soldiers

15.

Which of the following was the central issue of the Hundred Years' War?

a)

the throne of France

b)

the throne of England

c)

the location of the pope's home

d)

the religion of the French people

16.

What was the most important effect of the Hundred Years' War?

a)

it caused the development of national identities in England and France

b)

it led to Joan of Arc becoming France's patron saint

c)

it destroyed formerly prosperous English towns and villages

d)

it put an end to the three-field approach to farming

17.

What was one negative effect of the Crusades that has continued to the present?

a)

weakening of the feudal nobility

b)

trade between Europe and Asia

c)

hostility between Muslims and Christians

d)

strengthening of papal authority

18.

Why were the Europeans able to begin studying ancient Greek works?

a)

Greek scholars translated the works into English

b)

Greek scrolls containing the writings of philosophers were found in caves

c)

Merchants traded gold to obtain ancient Greek writings from the Assyrians

d)

they gained access to Muslim and Byzantine libraries that contained Greek works

19.

The English king was led the Third Crusade?

a)

Richard the Lion-Hearted

b)

John

c)

Urban II

d)

Philip II

20.

The most famous and respected Muslim leader of his age?

a)

Saladin

b)

Richard the Lion-Hearted

c)

Canute

d)

Hugh Capet

21.

The architectural style most closely associated with the Age of Faith?

a)

Classical

b)

Romantic

c)

Neoclassical

d)

Gothic

22.

The Crusade that resulted in the capture of Jerusalem by the Christians and the creation of four Crusader states?

a)

First Crusade

b)

Second Crusade

c)

Third Crusade

d)

Fourth Crusade

23.

The Crusade that resulted in the signing of a truce and an agreement to allow Christian pilgrims to visit Jerusalem?

a)

First Crusade

b)

Second Crusade

c)

Third Crusade

d)

Fourth Crusade

25.

The pope who issued the call for the First Crusade?

a)

St. Francis of Assisi

b)

Clement VII

c)

Martin V

d)

Urban II

25.

The pope who issued the call for the First Crusade?

a)

St. Francis of Assisi

b)

Clement VII

c)

Martin V

d)

Urban II

26.

Which developments did the most to end the Middle Ages?

a)

longbow, bubonic plague, Hundred Years' War, the Great Schism

b)

Hundred Years' War, Parliament, Inquisition, Reconquista

c)

Crusades, longbow, Battle of Hastings, the Great Schism

d)

guilds, bubonic plague, Inquisition, common law