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Middle Ages Europe Review (Medieval Europe)

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was at the top of the social structure in Medieval Europe?

a)

kings

b)

lords and vassals

c)

peasants and serfs

d)

knights

2.

Who was on the lowest rung of the social classes in Medieval Europe?

a)

Kings

b)

Peasants and Serfs

c)

Knights

d)

Lords and Vassals

3.

Check all that apply to the geography of Medieval Europe.

a)

Desert

b)

Peninsulas

c)

Oceans/Seas

d)

Plains and Rivers

e)

Mountains

4.

Check all that apply to how geography affected the people of Medieval Europe.

a)

they farmed near major rivers

b)

they had dry winds that caused desert

c)

moist westerly winds brought rain for crops and water

d)

many people wanted to live near the rivers so there were wars over the land

e)

the geography caused them to become seafaring fishermen

5.

T/F People in Medieval Europe participated in the sacraments of baptism and communion

a)

true

b)

false

6.

T/F The church had little or no affect on how people lived in Medieval Europe.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Who controlled much of the land and wealth in Medieval Europe?

a)

The King

b)

The peansants

c)

The Church

8.

What was the main form of government in Medieval Europe?

a)

Republic

b)

Hierarchical

c)

Empire

d)

Monarchy

9.

(a)   was a man who lived in monasteries and lived a religious life.

10.

(a)   a monk who created the rules for Benedictine Monks to follow.

11.

(a)   a professor at the University of Paris who believed reason and faith can exist side by side

12.

What is the best form of government, in your opinion?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Republic

d)

Empire

13.

A person who dedicated their entire life in service to the church and society.

a)

Pope

b)

Saladin

c)

friar

14.

Who was the king of England during the Third Crusade, he was also called "Lionheart."

a)

King Richard I

b)

William the Conqueror

c)

St. Francis of Assisi

15.

The Duke of France who conquered England in the Normandy Conquest and became king of England

a)

Benedict

b)

Charlemagne

c)

William the Conqueror

d)

Eleanor of Aquitaine

16.

This man was religious and lived a simple life, he established the Franciscan Order

a)

Francis of Assisi

b)

Pope Urban II

c)

St. Patrick

17.

_____________ is a new kind of style architecture that was more open, had bigger windows, and was taller than buildings previously.

a)

crusade

b)

gothic

c)

arch

18.

Military campaigns to establish Christian control over the Holy Land.

a)

crusades

b)

monarchy

c)

gothic

d)

aqueduct

19.

What location did Pope Urban II call for "soldiers of Christ" to liberate?

a)

Alexandria

b)

Gaul

c)

Carthage

d)

Jerusalem

20.

Who counterattacked to conquer Edessa (this began the Second Crusade)?

a)

Franks

b)

Alans

c)

Muslims

d)

Europeans

21.

T/F The Second Crusade failed.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

What signaled the end of the Third Crusade?

a)

the beginning of an empire

b)

the surrender of the Gauls

c)

a truce between Saladin and Richard I

d)

a battle with William the Conqueror

23.

Check all that are true of the agreement between Saladin and Richard I concerning the Holy Land

a)

Pilgrims free to travel

b)

Saladin would respect crusader lands

c)

Jerusalem would still be controlled by Muslims

d)

Christians would have control over the entire country

24.

Who fought in the Battle of Hastings?

a)

Normans and the English

b)

Greeks and Romans

c)

Franks and Alans

d)

S[pain and Ireland

25.

What ended Anglo-Saxon rule in England?

a)

when the Muslims took control of Jerusalem

b)

the arrival of invaders

c)

the English king Harold and his brothers were killed

d)

taxes drove the economy to destruction

26.

Who was the King of England in 1066?

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Attila the Hun

c)

William the Conqueror

27.

A disease that spread through Europe, a deadly infection in 1347

a)

Bubonic Plague

b)

Dysentary

c)

Hives

d)

Ebola

28.

Check all that true of the Black Death

a)

Christians blamed Jews after the first wave of plague

b)

it spread through trade routes

c)

a cure was discovered

d)

because of desperate need, serfs demanded wages

e)

peasants revolted and feudalism never recovered

29.

T/F The Black Death led to the overthrow of Gaul and Turkey.

a)

True

b)

False, led to the end of the Middle Ages

30.

T/F During the Black Death the church had to hire men who were uneducated and this led to reform in the church.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

An isolated community where monks focus on scripture and prayer.

a)

crusade

b)

friar

c)

monks

d)

monastery

32.

A document that made it clear the king must abide by the laws of the land, too.

a)

The Rosetta Stone

b)

The Emancipation Proclamation

c)

The Magna Carta

33.

After they set laws in place for the King, what body(group) did the English form to make laws in the 1200s?

a)

The Senate

b)

Parliament

c)

The Delian League

34.

What did King John do that led to the creation and signing of the Magna Carta?

a)

Imprisoned Muslims

b)

Imprisoned Christians

c)

Collected high taxes

35.

What is the Reconquista?

a)

the creation of a new state

b)

the movement to drive Muslims from Spain

c)

the attempt to close off sea trade

36.

How did Granada survive an extra few hundred years during the Reconquista?

a)

they hired mercenaries to battle the English

b)

they refused to pay tribute

c)

they paid tribute to the Christian Kingdoms of Spain

37.

Who married to unite the Christian kingdoms and lead to a Spanish state?

a)

Isabella and Ferdinand

b)

Harry and Megan

c)

Harold and Lucy

38.

T/F A consequence of the crusade against the Muslims was the persecution of non-Christians

a)

True

b)

False

39.

Select all that are true of the Hundred Years' War.

a)

Joan of Arc was burned for leading French soldiers in the war

b)

The war caused a deeper patriotism

c)

In 1453 England was defeated

d)

It was a conflict between England and France

e)

Edward II was overthrown

40.

Rome is in the boot of Italy, to the North.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

Britain is a continent to the ________________ of the Mediterranean Sea.

a)

Southwest

b)

Northwest

c)

South

42.

Gaul is to the ____________ of Britain

a)

Northeast

b)

South

c)

Southeast

43.

The head and leader of the Catholic Church.

a)

President

b)

Pope

c)

Friar

44.

Kind of the Franks who built an empire across France, Germany, and Italy. Spread Christianity throughout Europe.

a)

Charlemagne

b)

Benedict

c)

Saladin

45.

This Pope called Europeans to fight for the Holy Land.

a)

Richard I

b)

Urban II

c)

William the Conqueror

46.

A Muslim ruler who took Jerusalem back from the Crusaders

a)

Saladin

b)

Urban II

c)

Eleanor of Aquitaine.

47.

Married King Henry II and fought in the Second Crusade

a)

Hatshepsut

b)

Saladin

c)

Eleanor of Aquitaine

48.

Who was born in Britain and sold into slavery; helped spread Christianity through Ireland.

a)

Charlemagne

b)

St. Patrick

c)

Pope

d)

monks