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WorksheetsMiddle Ages Prep
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
What is Isolationism?
When a country opens trade with many nations.
When a country is controlled by another country.
When a country closes off trade with other countries.
When a country limits the number of people who can work in a country.
Which country influenced Japan the most?
China
England
Asia
Africa
In what areas where the Japanese influenced by China?
Agriculture and sports
Famine and journalism
Geography and architecture
Religion and writing
What role did the samurai play in Feudal Japan?
Warriors who fought for the emperor against outside invaders.
More important than shoguns
Warriors who fought for their daimyos and protected their land.
At the bottom of Japanese feudal society.
When were the Middle Ages (Medieval Times) of Europe?
During the height of the Roman Empire.
After the fall of the Roman Empire.
Before the Roman Empire fell.
During the reign of Julius Caesar
Why did feudalism develop in Western Europe?
To give control to the king.
To allow the church to take control.
To protect the people from invaders.
To allow merchants to trade.
What is the feudal system?
A time for fighting as knights.
A social, political, and economic system in which land (feif) was given from the lord in exchange for service and loyalty from the vassal.
Another name for Charlemagne's Empire
The hierarchy for the knights of the MIddle Ages.
How long did the Middle Ages in Europe last?
100 years
500 years
1000 years
5000 years
Where did feudalism mostly develop in Europe?
Asia, including China and Japan
Africa, mostly in the northern part of the continent
All over the world
Western Europe, especially in France, England, and the Low Countries
What is a manor?
A large estate, often including farms and villages, ruled by the lords.
Where the King lived.
Only the house where the lord lived.
Another name for a country
How did serfs pay the lord for the land?
Serfs did most of the work on the landholdings of the lord.
They sold their surplus to neighboring countries.
They didn't have to pay for their land.
They had a loan from the king.
How did the feudal system work?
Lords granted land to the king in exchange for food and taxes.
Land and protection was given to vassals in exchange for loyalty and labor.
Kings enslaved the entire population of Europe.
Serfs protected the monarch, who granted them land in return for feeding the lords.
Who did most of the physical labor on a medieval manor?
Knights
Lords
Monarch
Serfs
Who was the Carolingian leader that united much of Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire?
Van Halen
Charlemagne
Alexander the Great
King John
In what country did the powerful nobles force King John to sign the Magna Carta because he abused his power?
France
England
Spain
Germany
What concept emerged when King John signed the Magna Carta in 1215?
The king gained more power.
The Catholic Church had no authority in England.
No one was above the law, not even the king.
There would be a system of democracy throughout England.
Who called for Christians in Europe to fight a war against the Muslim Turks?
King John
Richard the Lionheart
William the Conqueror
Pope Urban II
What was a main cause of the Crusades?
Vikings killed Muslim Turks in Constantinople.
European Christians wanted to regain control of their Holy Land.
Christians in Europe wanted control of the Silk Road.
Christians burned Muslim mosques in Spain.
The Crusades were meant to free what city from Muslim control?
Alexandria
Jerusalem
Beijing
Athens
Which was a result of the Crusades?
Increased trade between East and West.
Increased power for the Pope.
Increased cooperation between Christians and Muslims.
Weakened European monarchs.
What establishment led to the first university, hospitals, and orphanages?
Castles
Manors
The King
Monasteries
Why were universities established by the Roman Catholic church?
For a place for the Pope to live.
To educate the knights.
To give money to the poor.
To train and educate priests.
Most people in Middle Ages Europe followed what religion?
Christianity
Shintoism
Islam
Judaism
Which statement best describes the role of the Roman Catholic Church in Europe during the Middle Ages?
The Church encouraged individuals to question authority.
Church leaders were only involved in spiritual activities.
The Church gained influence as people became more interested in secular affairs.
The Church provided a sense of stability, unity, and order.
How did monasteries preserve Christian writings?
Held religion classes for the poor.
Copied the Bible and other religious writings by hand.
Provided each person with a copy of the Kuran.
They didn't preserve Christian writings.
What was a result of the Black Death during the late Middle Ages?
African populations decimated by the disease.
African culture destroyed from force slave captures.
War in Western Europe.
Dramatic shortages of labor and people throughout Europe.
What happened in Europe after the Black Death?
Feudalism declined.
Europe became the most powerful continent.
People entered into feudal agreements for protection.
All monarchs in Europe and Asia died.
How did the Bubonic Plague spread in the 14th century?
Infected food.
Airborne virus
Rats with infected fleas.
Weather systems.
Which type of person might have brought the Plague to Europe?
Farmer from Africa
King from Africa
Merchant from Asia
Tourist from the Americas
From which direction did the "Black Death" spread?
East to West
North to South
South to North
West to East
What does this diagram represent?
Social class during Middle Ages Europe.
Educational achievements of monasteries.
Accumulated natural resources of Europe.
Democratic leadership in North America.
Who would make the statement in this graphic organizer?
Lord
Priest
Serf
King
What event during the Middle Ages is this map displaying?
Alexander the Greats conquest of Asia.
The spread of Christianity.
The Crusades
Roman expansion.
What were the Crusades?
A series of wars between Christians and Muslims.
A long period of peace between Christians and Muslims.
A short war between Christians and Jews.
A short war between Christians and Hindu people.
