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Medieval Period

Total questions: 77

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The first churches were built using what plan?

a)

Gothic

b)

Romanesque

c)

Cross

d)

Transept

2.

What style was inspired by the architecture of the early Roman Empire and was known for its round arches and blunt, heavy walls.

a)

Gothic

b)

Renaissance

c)

Medieval

d)

Romanesque

3.

A long wide aisle down the middle of a church.

a)

nave

b)

apse

c)

cloister

d)

transept

4.

Semicircular area at the end of the nave opposite the main entry

a)

apse

b)

nave

c)

tympanum

d)

transept

5.

Monks painted manuscript paintings using gold leaf known as _____.

a)

madonna

b)

pieta'

c)

illuminations

d)

gargoyles

6.

People born into a royal family.

a)

infidels

b)

vassals

c)

troubadours

d)

nobles

7.

These churches are light and graceful with pointed arches.

a)

Romanesque

b)

Monasteries

c)

Gothic

d)

Byzantine

8.

These were used to brace the high walls of the gothic churches.

a)

cloister

b)

frieze

c)

tympanum

d)

buttress

9.

Grotesque flying monster that projects out from the upper portions of huge Gothic churches.

a)

tyrants

b)

gargoyles

c)

demons

d)

vassals

10.

Medieval art was ...

a)

Realistic

b)

Stiff and 2 dimensional

c)

used aerial perspective

d)

made to decorate homes

11.

The decorative relief sculptures above a Gothic church door

a)

cloister

b)

buttress

c)

nave

d)

tympanum

12.

An economic and political system that developed during the middle ages.

a)

Caste System

b)

Feudalism

c)

monarchy

d)

Dictatorship

13.

Highest rank in a feudalistic society.

a)

Duke

b)

Lord

c)

King or Queen

d)

Vassal

14.

Established the principle that everyone is subject to the law, even the king, and guarantees the rights of individuals, the right to justice and the right to a fair trial.

a)

Phi Delta Chi

b)

Magna Carta

c)

Nicene Creed

d)

Monroe Doctrine

15.

In a feudalistic society this person controlled the land.

a)

King

b)

Vassal

c)

Serf

d)

Lord

16.

Lesser than a Lord; he pledged service and loyalty to a greater Lord in a military capacity in return for land.

a)

vassal

b)

serf

c)

peasant

d)

Duke

17.

A mounted armed trained warrior of noble birth.

a)

serf

b)

knight

c)

vassal

d)

lord

18.

Knights adopted this code requiring them to be brave, loyal and true to their word.

a)

chivalry

b)

fief

c)

sacrament

d)

troubadour

19.

Highest rank within a monarchy; just below a princess.

a)

Duke

b)

Earl

c)

Countess

d)

Duchess

20.

Within a monarchy; the highest rank under a prince.

a)

Lord

b)

Earl

c)

Count

d)

Duke

21.

Land granted to a Vassal from a Lord in exchange for loyalty and service.

a)

nave

b)

tympanum

c)

fief

d)

sacrament

22.

A person who works the land for a share of the yield and protection.

a)

Count

b)

Earl

c)

Duke

d)

Serf or peasant

23.

To deprive a person of membership to the church.

a)

deploy

b)

excommunicate

c)

exorcism

d)

cloister

24.

Rule of giving 10% of income to the church.

a)

rosary

b)

charity

c)

sanctuary

d)

tithe

25.

Society ruled by a King or a Queen.

a)

Democracy

b)

Dictatorship

c)

Monarchy

d)

Socialism

26.

A traveling poet or musician.

a)

Jester

b)

Troubadour

c)

Squire

d)

Vassel

27.

Sacred rituals of the church.

a)

confessions

b)

last rights

c)

fiefs

d)

sacrament

28.

In medieval times people who were not Christian Faith were called this.

a)

barbarians

b)

Goths

c)

infidels

d)

scoundrels

29.

The claim that Popes have supreme power over secular rulers.

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Papal Supremacy

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Protestant Reformation

30.

The British Royal family resides in this castle.

a)

Windsor Castle

b)

Eileen Donan Castle

c)

Dover Castle

d)

Alnwick Castle

31.

He is a Scottish knight hero who became one of the main leaders during the First War of Scottish Independence from England.

a)

Joan of Arc

b)

William Wallace

c)

Geoffrey Chaucer

d)

Charlemagne

32.

The part of the church that crosses the nave.

a)

apse

b)

cloister

c)

alter

d)

transept

33.

Within the apse of the church; where the sacraments take place.

a)

cloister

b)

nave

c)

alter

d)

transept

34.

Three piece panel painting held together with hinges

a)

tympanum

b)

capital

c)

tryptic

d)

gargoyle

35.

These support braces are on the outside of a Gothic church and have space between church and support beams.

a)

buttress

b)

cloisters

c)

flying buttress

d)

tympanums

36.

Decorative window found within Gothic churches.

a)

Circle

b)

Flower

c)

Rose

d)

Oval

37.

Covered walkways found around Churches.

a)

cloister

b)

tympanum

c)

nave

d)

tryptic

38.

A young man who assists a Knight; a knight in training.

a)

Serf

b)

Barron

c)

Squire

d)

Duke

39.

The estate of a lord.

a)

castle

b)

fief

c)

manor

d)

abode

40.

A member of nobility that rules a territory in a Kings’s stead.

a)

Duke

b)

Friar

c)

Earl

d)

Monk

41.

Venetian that explored and wrote of his travels. Was an ambassador for Kublai Khan.

a)

Genghis Khan

b)

Donald Trump

c)

Marco Polo

d)

William Wallace

42.

Competition between knights

a)

polo

b)

curling

c)

fencing

d)

jousting

43.

This type of sculpture became popular in the Gothic Architecture.

a)

In the Round

b)

Low Relief

c)

High Relief

d)

mosaic

44.

This Paris cathedral burned in 2019.

a)

Westminster

b)

Chartres

c)

Salisbury

d)

Notre Dame

45.

Name this architectural element

a)

groin vault

b)

ribbed vault

c)

barrel vault

d)

cloister

46.

From Transylvania [now in Romania]—died 1476, whose cruel methods of punishing his enemies gained notoriety in 15th-century Europe.

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Genghis Khan

c)

Vlad the Impaler

d)

Richard Lionhearted

47.

This technique was used by the barbers as a medical cure.

a)

Giving Blood

b)

Blood letting

c)

Blood Transfusion

d)

Blood Drinking

48.

Like monks in that they are devoted to a religious life. The difference is that these men live and work among regular people in society.

a)

Vassel

b)

Infidels

c)

Heretic

d)

Friars

49.

He rose from humble beginnings to establish the largest land empire in history. After uniting the nomadic tribes of the Mongolian plateau (NE Asia) he conquered huge chunks of central Asia and China.

a)

Richard Lionhearted

b)

Genghis Khan

c)

King Edward III

d)

Charlemagne

50.

The Maid of Orléans", is considered a heroine of France for her role during the Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years' War and was canonized as a Roman Catholic saint. She was handed to the English who put her on trial on trumped up charges and they burned her at the stake at age 19

a)

Madilynne Flowers

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Florence Nightingale

d)

Joan of Arc

51.

Gothic architectural element

a)

Groin Vault

b)

Transept

c)

Barrel Vault

d)

Cloister

52.

1455-1485 Civil wars that was fought between two Noble families who wanted to be King of England. House of Lancaster VS House of York

a)

100 Years War

b)

Battle of Hastings

c)

War of the Roses

d)

Battle of the Bulge

53.

person who went through stages of training and was a candidate for membership in a craft guild

a)

marksman

b)

page

c)

squire

d)

apprentice

54.

Known as lionhearted; King of England; great warrior; 3rd crusade; anti-Semitic… Jews were killed and homes burned because of his prejudices; he soon found that some of those killed were excellent people and he had fallen in approval, so he condemned those who killed the men and had their houses burned down.

a)

King Kong II

b)

King Edward III

c)

King Richard I

d)

King Aaron II

55.

Poet, Author - Father of English Literature; The Canterbury Tales

a)

Brad Chavira

b)

Geoffrey Chaucer

c)

Nathaniel Hawthorn

d)

James Joyce

56.

A fool, was historically an entertainer during the medieval and ... Much of the entertainment was performed in a comic style and many made contemporary jokes in word or song.

a)

Imbecile

b)

Jester

c)

Joker

d)

Heretic

57.

He was a German goldsmith, inventor, printer, and publisher who introduced printing to Europe with the introduction of mechanical movable type printing press.

a)

Johannes Gutenberg

b)

William Wallace

c)

Geoffrey Chaucer

d)

Jedidiah Butcher

58.

This disease is also known as the Black Death.

a)

Small Pox

b)

Bubonic Plague

c)

German Measles

d)

Malaria

59.

An Italian poet, writer and philosopher. Wrote The Divine Comedy which consist of .....

a)

Revelations, Armageddon, Purgatory

b)

Mathew, Luke, John

c)

Inferno, Purgatory & Paradise

d)

Inferno, Armageddon, Paradise

60.

Also known as Karl and Charles the Great, and Holy Roman Emperor. He was a medieval Emperor who ruled much of Western Europe from 768 to 814. In 771, he became king of the Franks, a Germanic tribe in present-day Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and western Germany.

a)

Carter Monroe

b)

Charlemagne

c)

King Richard I

d)

William the Conquerer

61.

An Italian painter and architect whose work was hugely influential in the history of Western art.

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Dante Alighieri

c)

Giotto di Bondone

d)

Samuel Hayden

62.

He obtained the British throne by pulling a sword (Excalibur) from an anvil sitting atop a stone that appeared in a churchyard on Christmas Eve. In this account, as foretold by Merlin, the act could not be performed except by "the true king," meaning the divinely appointed king or true heir of Uther Pendragon.

a)

King Gavin

b)

King Richard

c)

King Edward

d)

King Arthur

63.
Which of the following is the correct hierarchy (ranking) of Feudal society in Medieval Europe? TOP to BOTTOM
a)
knights, peasants, church officials & nobles, king
b)
king, knights, church officials and nobles, peasants
c)
king, church officials and nobles, knights, peasants
d)
peasants, knights, church officials and nobles, king
64.
What was the meaning behind the high peaks in Catholic Churches?
a)
Reaching towards heaven
b)
Cheaper to build
c)
Artwork
d)
The Pope said so
65.

Heretic is someone who has

a)

divisions of jobs and skills in a society

b)

a belief that is rejected by official Church doctrine

c)

person who dies for their beliefs

d)

an influence from the past

66.

Doctrine

a)

a set pf principles or beliefs

b)

treat some people differently from others

c)

association of people who have a common interest

d)

to bring chaos, disorder, or ruin

67.

As a thanks for their service, some knights were given

a)

Nothing

b)

A horse

c)

A holiday

d)

Land

68.

The ceremony to become a knight was called:

a)

Dubbing

b)

Knighting

c)

Ceremonial orders

d)

Nobility rights

69.
The term medieval means...
a)
Middle Age
b)
Late Age
c)
Early Age
d)
Renaissance
70.
The Middle Ages began ...
a)
after the fall of the Roman Empire.
b)
when Muhammad died.
c)
on the Silk Road.
d)
in the Arabian Peninsula
71.
The Fall of the Roman Empire caused which of the following:
a)
Chaos in Europe.
b)
Instability in Europe.
c)
Loss of protection from invaders.
d)
All of the Above.
72.

What characteristic of Byzantine Art makes it different than art from the other Middle Age periods?

a)

heavy black outlines

b)

rich colors

c)

uses gold and halos

d)

religious icons

73.

These roads were created to transport goods from the East to the West and so forth during the Middle Ages.

a)

Silk Road

b)

Khao San Road

c)

Abbey Road

d)

Royal Road

74.

A young noble boy who serves another noble.

a)

duke

b)

earl

c)

squire

d)

page

75.

An instrument developed by a Muslin that could be used in contrast with celestial objects to tell time and location.

a)

compass

b)

astrolabe

c)

abacus

d)

bessemer

76.

Grandson of Genghis Khan, he increase the Mongolian Empire by conquering all of China. He made Marco Polo an ambassador.

a)

Kublai Khan

b)

Qin Shi Huang

c)

Conrad Davis

d)

Nan of Zhou

77.

The first castles were made of wood and were called ______ castles.

a)

Shell

b)

Bailey

c)

Concentric

d)

follies