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History Test

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did the Peasants' Revolt take place

a)

1354

b)

1381

c)

1954

d)

1568

2.

In the second outbreak of the Black Death, what did the doctors do?

a)

They gave them Penicillin

b)

They made them laugh

c)

They injected them with rat blood

d)

They burst their buboes

3.

How old was Richard when he became King?

a)

20

b)

98

c)

10

d)

30

4.

Who was the Queen of England in 1588?

a)

Elizabeth

b)

Jane

c)

Mary 8

d)

Jean

5.

Who killed Thomas Becket?

a)

The peasants of Henry

b)

King Philip

c)

King Henry 2

d)

The Knights of Henry

6.

The first group of poor in Elizabeth's rule were called...

a)

Helpless Poor

b)

Peasants

c)

Less Privileged

d)

I dunno

7.

How did William control the country?

a)

By killing disobedient people

b)

By jailing and hanging them

c)

The Feudal system

d)

Nothing

8.

What was the name of the Mongol state in Russia?

a)

The Golden Horn

b)

The Golden Horde

c)

Andalusia

d)

Jihad

9.

What is Jihad?

a)

A community of friends

b)

The Muslim Holy war

c)

A lot of money

d)

A community of Muslims

10.

Who founded the Ottoman Empire?

a)

Umna

b)

Osman

c)

King Henry

d)

King Phillip

11.
Person who started the Protestant Reformation
a)
Martin Luther
b)
John Calvin
c)
King Henry VIII
d)
Jesuits 
12.
What did the first Protestants protest against?
a)
the humanist philosophy
b)
decrees by King Henry VIII
c)
corruption in the Catholic Church
d)
the reformation of government
13.
What factors weakened the Catholic Church 
a)
Selling of indulgences by the Pope
b)
The Pope and clergy living like royalty 
c)
The church becoming too rich 
d)
all of the above 
14.

Martin Luther believed all of the following EXCEPT?

a)

taught peopled could talk directly with God

b)

read the Bible on your own

c)

against selling of indulgences/excommunication

d)

Counter Reformation

15.
Who was Martin Luther?
a)
A German Monk
b)
An Italian Monk
c)
An anarchist
d)
An athiest
16.
In 1066 William of Normandy won the nickname "William the Conqueror" and became King of England after which battle?
a)
Battle of  London
b)
Battle of Paris
c)
Battle of Canterbury
d)
Battle of Hastings
17.

Who brought the idea of feudalism to England?

a)

William the Conqueror

b)

King Henry IV

c)

Pope Gregory VII

d)

Charlemagne

18.
Who won the battle of Hastings?
a)
the Normans
b)
the Saxons
c)
the Vikings
d)
the Tudors
19.

What is William the Conqueror known for?

a)

Conquering England after the Battle of Hastings

b)

Beginning Feudalism in England

c)

Giving his nobles land and them in turn giving knights fiefs of land

d)

Discovering America

e)

United Europe under the Holy Roman Empire

20.

What was the Domesday book?

a)

a book about the end of the world commissioned by William the Conqueror

b)

A record of all the property and holdings in England commissioned by William the Conqueror so he could determine the extent of his lands and wealth

c)

a recipe book with all of the latest French cuisine commissioned by William the Conqueror

d)

a book tracing the family lineage of the English Throne commissioned by William the Conqueror

21.

What did John Ball say when he stirred up the peasants against the lords?

a)

"They are clothed in velvet and rich stuffs while we are forced to wear poor clothing, they have handsome manors while we must brave the wind and rain in the field''

b)

"Do not swear by the moon, for she changes constantly. Then your love should also change."

c)

''Two households, both alike in dignity. In fair Verona, where we lay our scene. From ancient grudge break to new mutiny. Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. Whose misadventured piteous overthrows. Do with their deaths bury their parents' strife.

d)

''Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs"

e)

"But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, who is already sick and pale with grief that thou, her maid, far more fair than she... The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars, as daylight doth a lamp, that birds would sing and think it were not right"

22.

Where was Walter "Wat" Tyler from in England?

a)

Kent

b)

London

c)

Yorkshire

d)

Liverpool

e)

Dover

23.

How old am I?

a)

10

b)

12

c)

It's not your business

d)

14

e)

13