WorksheetsMiddle Ages Tasks Cards
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
When did the Middle Ages/Medieval Times occur?
1000 - 100 BC
500 BC - 500 AD
1 AD - 1500 AD
500 - 1500 AD
What Emperor united most of western Europe and laid down the foundations for modern France and Germany?
Charlemagne
Alexander the Great
Frederick the Great
Constantine
What system of values, such as loyalty and honor, were knights in the Middle Ages expected to follow?
Courtly Love
Chivalry
Bushido
Warrior Ethos
The fall of what empire signaled the start of the Middle Ages?
Roman
Greek
Spanish
Mongol
What military campaign was approved by the Catholic Church to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims in the 11th to 13th centuries?
Inquisition
Reconquista
Granada War
Crusades
What pandemic killed 75-200 million people between 1346 and 1353?
A. Influenza
Spanish Flu
Black Death
Plague of Athens
What name was given to a group of
people all working in the same trade?
Union
Guild
Freemasons
Cartel
What act within a ceremony confers knighthood to an individual?
Dubbing
Accolade
Adoubement
All of the above
What document stated that the king is not above the law of the land and the people shall not completely be controlled by their rulers?
Magna Carta
Pact of Vilnius
Bill of Rights
Declaration of the Rights of Man
What social system had land owned by kings or lords, but held by vassals in return for their loyalty and protection?
Manorialism
Mercantilism
Imperialism
Feudalism
What name was given to a soldier who received honor and land in exchange for serving his lord?
Bishop
Samurai
Knight
Squire
What name was given to a nobleman acting as an attendant to a knight before becoming a knight himself?
Bishop
Samurai
Knight
Squire
What name described a person granted fiefdom (land) by their lord or king in exchange for protection?
Noble
Vassal
Lord
Serf
What name described people living in small communities who were ruled by a local lord or vassal?
Nobles
Vassals
Lords
Serfs
What entertainers travelled from town to town to earn money?
Troubadours
Minstrels
Jongleurs
All of the above
What name was given to travelling preachers who vowed to poverty and chastity in service to society?
Friars
Monks
Deacon
Peasants
What name is given to people who give up their life and possessions to live simply in a monastery with prayer, study, and helping the poor?
Friars
Monks
Deacon
Peasants
What name was given to farmers or agricultural workers of low status?
Vassals
Artisans
Peasants
Squires
