WorksheetsEurope Early History
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 44mins
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were
Roman emperors.
Roman philosophers.
Greek emperors.
Greek philosophers.
Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire under
Alexander the Great.
Constantine I.
Julius Caesar.
Caesar Augustus.
Which of the following choices best completes the timeline?
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Pax Romana
Age of Exploration
During the Middle Ages, what were workers organizations that controlled the quality of work and prices?
monasteries
manors
guilds
towns
In Medieval Europe, what was the dominant social system based on land ownership and farming?
Democracy
Meritocracy
Feudalism
City-States
What was the bubonic plague in Europe in the 1300s known as?
Black Death
Malaria
Columbian Exchange
Smallpox
Leonardo da Vinci is best known for the ____, a portrait of a strangely smiling young woman in Florence.
Ginevra de' Benci
The Peasant Wedding
Mona Lisa
Portrait of Baldassare Catiglione
Why were the Middle Ages given their name?
They were a transition period between ancient and modern times.
They came just before the Dark Ages.
They are neither young nor old.
They refer to the midpoint of civilization's history.
European explorers and settlers distributed people, diseases, and ideas around the world in a process called the
Protestant Reformation
Renaissance
Columbian Exchange
Crusades
The Vikings were excellent seafarers, and they sailed their ____ great distances to explore and trade.
caravels
longships
battleship
fire ships
The Protestant Reformation was a movement to
bring a Protestant king to the throne of England.
change the Catholic Church.
elect a Protestant pope.
change the Protestant Church.
Books became more numerous and less expensive because of the invention of the printing press using
a typewriter.
metal movable type.
water-based ink.
vellum parchment.
Beginning around 1350, the period of renewed interest in education, art, and science was called
the Renaissance.
the Middle Ages.
the Protestant Reformation.
feudalism.
A castle was often part of a
church.
convent.
manor.
monastery.
Democracy was born in
England.
Egypt.
Greece.
Rome.
The Europe of ancient Greece and Rome is called
the Roman Empire.
the European Empire.
Classical Europe.
Pax Romana.
The mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome was painted by
Johannes Gutenberg.
Michelangelo Buonarotti.
Vasco de Gama.
Leonardo da Vinci.
Alexander the Great conquered and spread the culture of
Greece.
the Byzantine Empire.
the Ottoman Empire.
Rome.
In Medieval Europe, young workers who hoped to join a guild became
apprentices.
vassals.
tinkers.
serfs.
Martin Luther was
an explorer.
a leader of the Catholic Church.
a leader of the Protestant Reformation.
a philosopher.
Which of the following best completes the diagram of feudal society?
minstrels
vassals
serfs
consuls
The "father of printing in the Western world" who used movable metal-type was
John Locke.
Geoffrey Chaucer.
John Calvin.
Johannes Gutenberg.
A philosopher who believed that government should serve and protect the people and their freedom was
John Calvin.
John Locke.
Geoffrey Chaucer.
Martin Luther.
Which of the following statements accurately describes feudalism?
Under feudalism, kings gave land to nobles in exchange for their military service.
The rise of feudalism marked the end of the Medieval Age.
Feudalism served to spread Christianity throughout Western Europe.
Feudalism began as a way to protect those on pilgrimages to Jerusalem.
Which city was one of the earlier centers of the Renaissance?
Florence
Athens
Constantinople
Sparta
Which of the following statements explains Martin Luther's conflict with the Roman Catholic Church?
Luther believed that pilgrimages to the Holy Land were too costly.
Luther believed that Church official should not sell indulgences or pardons for people's sins.
Luther believed that Church leaders were paid too much.
Luther believed that women should be able to become priests.
Which of the following was the first known democracy?
Macedon
Rome
Cyprus
Athens
Which statements most accurately describes John Locke's belief about government?
The ruler must have absolute power over the people.
If rulers fail to rule wisely, then the people must remove them from office.
The best form of government is a contract between the ruler and the people.
The best form of government is a mix between socialism and feudalism.
Who were the Vikings?
warriors from Scandinavia
people conquered by the Romans
pirates from Northern France
servants to the Normans
Which body of water is most important in Southern Europe?
Mediterranean Sea
North Sea
Norwegian Sea
Black Sea
What is feudalism?
the period of transition between ancient and modern times
the period after the Renaissance
the system of order that developed during the Middle Ages
the tithe given to the church
