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WorksheetsMiddle Ages Quiz 1
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
What event do historians typically use to mark the end of the Western Roman Empire?
The Norman Conquest
The start of the Crusades
The removal of the last Western Roman emperor from power.
The conquest of Constantinople
By the 500s C.E. in Europe...
A series of Germanic kingdoms had replaced the Western Roman Empire.
A series of Persian kingdoms had replaced the Western Roman Empire.
A series of Turkish kingdoms had replaced the Western Roman Empire.
A series of Viking kingdoms had replaced the Western Roman Empire.
What are the general beginning and ending dates for the European Middle Ages?
500 B.C.E. to 100 B.C.E.
100 C.E. to 500 C.E.
500 C.E. to 1500 C.E.
2050 C.E. to 3000 C.E.
Why was the Hundred Years War a significant event in the history of the European Middle Ages?
France conquered England as a result of the war.
It resulted in the establishment of the German Empire.
Europeans gained permanent control of Jerusalem for Christians.
It marks the first effective use of gunpowder weapons in a European war.
Who unintentionally started the Protestant Reformation by arguing against the sale of indulgences by the Roman Catholic Church?
John Smit
Joan of Arc
Martin Luther
Charles Darwin
All of the following were elements that blended in the years from 300 to 650 C.E. to form the culture of Medieval western and central Europe, except
The Roman legacy.
Germanic culture.
Islamic customs.
Roman Catholic beliefs.
The name given by modern historians to the Eastern Roman Empire is the __________________ Empire.
Austro-Hungarian
Ottoman
Holy Roman
Byzantine
Approximately how much longer did the Roman Empire in the East last than the Roman Empire in the West?
300 years
1000 years
100 years
500 years
_________________________ was the easily dependable capital of the Byzantine Empire located along the strategically important waterway separating Europe and Asia called the _________________.
Constantinople, Bosporus Strait
Baghdad, Tigris River
Budapest, Danube River
Alexandria, Nile River
All of the following are true of the Byzantine emperor Justinian, except
He reconquered Jerusalem for Christians during the First Crusade.
He put down a major revolt against his rule.
He ordered officials to compile a great legal code incorporating the best of Roman laws and precedents.
He re-conquered much of the territory of the former Roman Empire in the West.
The Byzantine Emperor Justinian ordered the reconstruction of ___________________. It would be the greatest Christian Church for most of the Middle Ages and influenced the construction of many Christian churches and mosques (Muslim houses of worship).
the Hagia Sophia
the Taj Mahal
Topkapi Palace
the Hermitage
The plague that killed millions of Europeans at various times during the Middle Ages was
leprosy.
dysentery.
smallpox.
the bubonic plague (“black death”).
The main dispute that led to the Great Schism of 1054 C.E.(Eastern Christians’ separation from the Roman Catholic Church), was
Eastern Christians believed that Jesus was purely human.
Eastern Christians believed Baptism was an unnecessary sacrament.
Eastern Christians believed icons should not be used in worship.
Eastern Christians believed the pope was not the head of the Christian Church.
After years of bloody conflicts in the late 700s and early 800s C.E., Byzantine leaders allowed the use of _____________ (holy images) in religious worship.
Icons
scriptures
prayers
hymns
The new religious group resulting from the Great Schism of 1054 C.E. was the
Anglican Church.
Eastern Orthodox Church.
Lutheran Church.
Presbyterian Church.
Which group created the largest empire of the Early Middle Ages?
The Vandals
The Huns
The Franks
The Jutes
The figure who is considered the founder of the French Christian nation and whose name is the origin of the French royal name Louis was
Charlemagne.
Alaric.
Charles Martel.
Clovis.
Charles Martel (“the Hammer”)
defeated the Visigoths in Rome in 410 C.E.
created the largest empire in Europe of the Early Middle Ages.
expelled the Moors from Spain.
defeated the Moors (Spanish Muslims) at the Battle of Tours near Paris in 732 C.E.
What group controlled Arabia, much of the Middle East, North Africa, and Spain by the early 700s C.E.?
Vikings
Muslims
Canadians
Magyars
The term Reconquista refers to
the establishment of the Holy Roman Empire.
the Roman Catholic attempt to convert pagans to Roman Catholicism.
the movement by Spanish leaders to expel Jews and Muslims from Spain from 711 to 1492 C.E.
the formation of the Merovingian Empire during the Early Middle Ages.
All of the following are true of Charlemagne, except
He created the largest empire of the Early Middle Ages.
After restoring the pope to power, the pope crowned Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor (a symbolic title) in 800 C.E.
He heavily promoted learning and scholarship.
He rebuilt the Hagia Sophia, the greatest Christian church for most of the Middle Ages.
He forced many people to convert to the Roman Catholic form of Christianity.
The main focus of people’s lives during the European Middle Ages was
conquest.
Christianity.
technological advancement.
academics.
The most important impact of the Carolingian Renaissance fostered by Charlemagne, king of the Franks, was that
Charlemagne ordered his subjects to learn perfect Greek so that they could better worship God.
Charlemagne had monks preserve ancient Greek and Roman texts by copying them into manuscripts.
Charlemagne ordered the creation of an influential legal code that included the best parts of Roman law.
Charlemagne's scholars convinced the Roman Catholic Church that the sun was the center of the universe.
One of our greatest sources of information about the ancient Greeks and Romans is
texts copied by Medieval monks in illuminated manuscripts during the reign of Charlemagne.
texts copied by Medieval monks in illuminated manuscripts during the reign of Clovis..
texts copied by Medieval monks in illuminated manuscripts during the reign of Charles Martel.
texts copied by Medieval monks in illuminated manuscripts during the reign of Attila the Hun.
All of the following were groups who attacked Europe during the Dark Ages (800 to 1100 C.E.), except
Vikings.
Magyars.
Huns.
Muslims.
Where did the Vikings originally come from?
Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark)
The region that is now Poland
Canada
Greenland
What was the overall goal of the crusades?
To gain control of Arabia for Christians.
To regain permanent control of Jerusalem for Christians.
To gain control of Afghanistan.
To gain control of Silk Road trade routes.
All of the following are events discussed in class that mark the end of the European Middle Ages, except
The conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks
The High Renaissance
The start of the Crusades
The start of the Protestant Reformation
What did the people of the group historians call Byzantines call themselves all the way until the end of their history?
Lombards
Vandals
Romans
Vikings
What two countries evolved from the eastern and western portions of Charlemagne’s Carolingian Empire?
Britain and Denmark
Italy and Greece
France and Germany
Portugal and Spain
