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Middle Ages Review

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the chief goal of the Crusades?

a)

Reclaim the Jerusalem and the Holy Lands from Muslim control

b)

Spread feudalism to the Middle East

c)

Eradicate smallpox

2.

Who forced whom to sign Magna Carta?

a)

French kings forced Charlemagne

b)

English nobles forced King John

c)

Robin Hood forced the Sheriff of Nottingham

3.

What did Magna Carta guarantee?

a)

Voting rights for women

b)

Basic legal rights

c)

Satisfaction

4.

Which activity was most responsible for the spread of the Black Death to Europe?

a)

Warfare

b)

Jousting tournaments

c)

Trade

5.

Who led the Norman conquest of England?

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

William the Conqueror

c)

William Barrett Travis

6.

What did knights trade in exchange for land?

a)

Military service

b)

Money

c)

Princesses

7.

Who was a Knight sworn to protect?

a)

the Pope

b)

the Patriarch

c)

his feudal lord

8.

During the Middle Ages, who were the lowest-ranking members of the clergy?

a)

priests

b)

bishops

c)

abbots

9.

What are the seven sacraments?

a)

Pillars of Islam

b)

Rituals performed in the Catholic Church

c)

Commandments from the Torah

10.

What present day country did the Holy Roman Empire cover?

a)

Italy

b)

England

c)

Germany

11.

What set of laws did the Church establish?

a)

Canon Law

b)

Cannon Law

c)

Canyon Law

12.

How was Emperor Henry IV punished after he defied the pope?

a)

interdiction

b)

execution

c)

excommunication

13.

During the Middle Ages, what was a grant of land from a lord to a vassal called?

a)

plot

b)

acre

c)

fief

14.

What was the act of taking away a person's right to membership in the Church?

a)

excommunication

b)

expulsion

c)

suspension

15.

Which Carolingian leader reunited Western Europe and was crowned Emperor by Pope Leo III?

a)

Clovis

b)

Charlemagne

c)

Charli XCX

16.

What system of government was based on the exchange of land for protection and services?

a)

manorialism

b)

capitalism

c)

feudalism

17.

Which code were knights expected to follow?

a)

Chivalry

b)

Hammurabi

c)

Justinian

18.

What was the body of rules and regulations governing religious practices such as marriage?

a)

canon law

b)

civil law

c)

criminal law

19.

What was a lord's estate called?

a)

mansion

b)

manor

c)

monastery

20.

What was the name for a community of Christian men who gave up all private possessions to serve God?

a)

monastery

b)

cathedral

c)

mosque

21.

Which leader halted the Muslim invasion of Western Europe at the Battle of Tours?

a)

Earl "The Pearl" Monroe

b)

Tommy "The Duke" Morrison

c)

Charles "The Hammer" Martel

22.

What style of architecture developed during the Middle Ages and used flying buttresses to achieve greater height and light?

a)

Gothic

b)

Greek

c)

Roman

23.

Which pope issued the call for the First Crusade?

a)

Urban Cowboy

b)

Urban II

c)

Urban Meyer

24.

Which Crusade resulted in the capture of Jerusalem by the Christians?

a)

First Crusade

b)

Second Crusade

c)

Third Crusade

25.

King John was forced to sign a document known as ____________________, which restricted the monarch’s power and guaranteed certain basic political rights.

a)

Bill of Rights

b)

Twelve Tablets

c)

Magna Carta

26.

A series of wars launched by popes against the Muslims of Southwest Asia was called the ____________________.

a)

The Avengence

b)

The Crusades

c)

The Battles for Christ

27.

The crisis known as the ____________________ may have been two diseases: bubonic plague and pneumonic plague.

a)

Black Plague

b)

Red Scare

c)

Yellow Fever

28.

Shipbuilding, sailing, and navigational skills allowed the ____________________ to cross the seas in search of targets to raid.

a)

Huns

b)

Vandals

c)

Vikings

29.

A Viking explorer named ____________________ led an expedition to North America.

a)

Leif Erikson

b)

Marshall Eriksen

c)

Christopher Colombus

30.

Although they were not slaves, ____________________ were legally tied to the manor on which they worked and could not leave without permission.

a)

peasants

b)

serfs

c)

share croppers

31.

The era of European history called the ____________________ began with the decline of the Roman Empire.

a)

the Middle Ages

b)

the Renaissance

c)

the Reformation

32.

The land given to a knight for his service to a lord was called a ____________________.

a)

lot

b)

homestead

c)

fief

33.

Under the feudal system, a person who owed service to a lord was called a ____________________.

a)

vassal

b)

serf

c)

noble

34.

The arrangement between Charles the Simple of France and Viking leader Rollo, where Charles gave Rollo land in return for a pledge of loyalty from Rollo, is an example of ____________________.

a)

feudalism

b)

socialism

c)

communism

35.

During the Middle Ages, the ____________________ was the basic economic arrangement.

a)

factory system

b)

manor system

c)

Nutri system

36.

As well as the various obligations they had to the lord, peasant families also owed the Church a ____________________, or Church tax.

a)

fee

b)

offering

c)

tithe

37.

In the political chaos that followed the fall of the Roman Empire, the _____________ provided order and security for the people of Europe.

a)

manor

b)

Church

c)

government

38.

Clovis, king of the _____________, and many of his soldiers converted to Christianity after winning a difficult battle.

a)

Franks

b)

Visigoths

c)

Angles

39.

Charlemagne extended his empire by conquering much of Europe, and through these conquests, he spread _____________ throughout the continent.

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Judaism

40.

Charlemagne thought education was important, and he had _____________ built throughout his empire.

a)

churches

b)

monasteries

c)

schools

41.

Food production increased after about the year 800 when peasants adopted the _____________ system of farming.

a)

fertilizer

b)

three-field

c)

turn row

42.

The Black Death killed approximately _____________ of the population of Europe.

a)

one third

b)

one fourth

c)

one fifth