WorksheetsMedieval Europe/Byzantine Quiz
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 12mins
In Western Europe, which development came first & was the cause of the other 3?
Travel became unsafe because of violence
The Roman Empire was invaded and collapsed.
Cities, towns, and villages were abandoned
Warfare disrupted trade throughout Europe.
Why did feudalism develop in Western Europe?
To bring some order out of the chaos created by the fall of Rome.
So people in the cities would know who was running the government.
The church was losing power and failed to protect the lords.
Barbarians created this system to help control Rome.
What did the caste system and the feudal system have in common?
A strong belief in social equality
A strong emphasis on getting rich
Encouragement of trade between neighboring countries
A division of society into hereditary social classes
Manorialism developed because travel was dangerous which disrupted trade. Manors, therefore, had to be __________
Owned by Christians to avoid extra taxes
self-sufficient
Prepared to protect and defend at all times
Near cities and towns
The Byzantines requested the Pope aid them after being attacked by the _______ .
Slavs
Venetians
Seljuk Turks (Ottomans)
Mongols
How did the followers of Eastern Orthodoxy differ from Roman Catholics?
The rejected the teaching of the New Testament.
They refused to show images of Jesus, Mary, and the Saints in their churches-only calligraphy was allowed
The built large churches where people could worship together.
They saw their Patriarch, not the Pope as the true head of the church.
Why was Justinian Code such an important legal advance?
The law code established a woman, Theodora, as head of the empire.
It simplified and shortened the old Roman law code.
It spread Christianity by requiring everyone to follow Roman Catholicism.
established New Rome in Constantinople under an imperial government.
A major goal of the Catholic Church during the Crusades was to ______.
Capture the Holy Land from Islamic rulers
Establish Christianity in Western Europe
Unite Arab peoples
Strengthen the power of European rulers
Which statement best describes the role of the Roman Catholic Church in Western Europe during the Middle Ages?
Church leaders were limited solely to spiritual activities
The Church encouraged individuals to question authority
The Church gained influence as the world became more secular
The Church provided a sense of stability, unity, order, and hope.
The Crusades were meant to free the city of _________ from Muslim control.
Alexandria
Jerusalem
Beijing
Athens
Which 2 forces controlled people's lives the most?
Gothic and Romanesque
Church and Feudalism
Crusades and Plague
Magna Carta and Robin Hood
This illustration of a medieval manor shows that-
main crop was barley
manor was economically self-sufficiet
serfs owned the fallow land
church was unimportant to daily life
What building is shown in the picture
St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome
St. Basil’s Basilica in Moscow
Hagia Sophia in Istanbul [Constantinople]
The Kaaba in Mecca
The Pope was unseated from his position of authority over the Catholic Church.
It ended a long period of trade between Europe and the Middle East.
Contact with the cultures of the Middle East brought about a decline in European art, music, and literature.
What geographic advantage did Constantinople have?
It was impossible to attack from the water because it was not located on water.
It had an abundant supply of farmland and food in its immediate vicinity.
It was located at a crossroads of Europe and Asia and was strategically located for extensive trade.
Its high altitude prevented most diseases from affecting the population.
