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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
how long was the 100 year war?
100 years
116 years
112 years
99 1/2 years
who is Joan of arc?
A french teenage peasant girl who rallied the french troops.
William the conquerors daughter
A daughter of the king who was killed in cold blood
A english teenage peasant girl who rallied the english troops.
what was the habeas corpus?
part of the magna carta that said people did not have to pay taxes to the king.
part of the magna carta that said all people did not have the right to keep a slave.
part of the magna carta that said that the king was to only be allowed to execute other countries nobles.
part of the magna carta that said no prisoner could be kept in prison if there was a reason and had a fair trial.
how did the 100 years war change how european armies fight?
New bows made of human skin became effective.
They would use them in more infantry based combat
They used artillery and weapons that use gunpowder (such as canons)
They created and used The Coffee Mill Sharps
Which pope launched the first crusade?
John Paul the Great
Pope urban II
Pope urban
Pope urban III
How did the black death spread through europe?
Fleas ate the blood of rats that carried the black death and then gave it to people.
Rats started to bite people because of the black death taking control of their mind and spreading the disease.
Rats were killed and people would step in the blood of the rats and leave all of the disease everywhere.
rats ate the blood of fleas that carried the black death and then gave it to people.
how long did the black death last?
4 years
5 years
3 years
4 1/2 years
what was the Reconquista?
The effort of christian kingdoms in northern spain to retake land from the moors during the middle ages.
The effort of christian kingdoms in southern spain to retake land from the moors during the middle ages.
The effort of christian kingdoms in western spain to retake land from the moors during the middle ages.
The effort of christian kingdoms in eastern spain to retake land from the moors during the middle ages.
what is a Nation-state?
two or more countries with an alliance.
a country in which people share a common goal.
a country in which people share a common language and culture.
a state that has united with another to create a new state.
what is the spanish inquisition?
an organization of priests in spain that looked for people who refused to work for the king and queen.
an organization of people in spain that works in secret to take power from the king and queen.
an organization of priests in spain that looked for and punished people suspected of secretly practicing their old religion.
an organization of people who met secretly to practice an old religion.
what was the purpose of the spanish inquisition?
it was created to give more power to the king and queen.
it was created to convert people to christianity.
it was created to prepare for an all out war.
it was created to create christianity.
The _________________ was created to force people to convert to christianity.
spanish inquisition
french Inquisition
feudalism pyramid
habeas corpus
what was a big contributor to the spread of the black death?
people lived close together
people refused to move
people refused to stop working
people would know that they had something but still go and meet people
what is one effect that the black death had on europe?
Millions died
all of the people in europe died
people where to scared to go out that it took 5 years for work to start up.
church power increases
how did the feudalism pyramid work?
peasants then vassals then nobles then the king
peasants then nobles the vassals then the knights
peasants then fiefs then shop owners the animals
peasants then vassals the nobles then the queen
what is feudalism?
the system of power
the system of obligations that governed the relationships between lords and vassals.
the system of war
the system of power that separates the church from the king.
what is a lord?
a high priest
the pope
A king that has handed lots of his fortune to another indavidual.
a person who gave land to a knight.
who is a vassal?
a person that wishes to serve the king
a person that works on the battlefield to help the wounded souls rest and be accepted into heaven.
Knights who promised to support a lord in exchange for land
a duo of knights that infiltrate the enemy's defences.
who was william the conqueror?
a english noble who conquered france
a french noble who conquered spain
a english noble who conquered spain
a french noble who conquered england
who was a serf?
a powerful ship captain
a worker that worked unloading things from boats
a worker that was tied to the land that he or she lived
a worker that volunteered to work in the fields in exchange for money
