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The Middle Ages

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do we call it when nobles protect people in return for services, like fighting or farming?

a)

medievalism

b)

feudalism

c)

charity

d)

enterprise

2.

Europe's kingdoms were divided into hundreds of feudal territories called:

a)

mansions

b)

Things

c)

fiefs

d)

counties

3.

Knights followed rules of behavior called:

a)

chivalry

b)

feudalism

c)

the Thing

d)

medeivalism

4.

What caused the Middle Ages to begin in the first place?

a)

a meteor

b)

terrible diseases scourged the land

c)

the Roman Empire fell apart

d)

sea levels rose

5.

In the middle of all the chaos of the early Middle Ages, a powerful king arose among the Franks, and made things sort of stable for a while. He was called:

a)

King Arthur

b)

King Tut

c)

King Charlemagne

d)

King Martel

6.

A guild is:

a)

a substance jewelers use to coat gold and make it really shiny

b)

a kind of money

c)

an organization of people belonging to a trade, like blacksmithing

d)

a king who is also a preist

7.

The plague was caused by:

a)

sewage in the drinking water

b)

bacteria carried by fleas, which infested rats

c)

bad smells

d)

bad food

8.

The plague spread by:

a)

traders in ships and caravans, which carried rats from one part of the world to another

b)

strong winds during winter time

c)

infected food being sold at markets, and carried to other villages and lands

d)

osmosis

9.

Which of the following was an effect of the plague in Europe, in the 1300s?

a)

people could make money from labor, because there were fewer people available to do work.

b)

food prices went down, because there were fewer people who needed food

c)

trade declined because fewer people meant less demand for things

d)

all of these

10.

A young French woman who led French forces to victory against the English.

a)

Brittany of Versailles

b)

Giselle of Paris

c)

Joan of Arc

d)

Voufou de Fou Fou