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Unit 5B Medieval Europe Study Guide

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was an effect on the feudal system because of the Black Death?

a)

System of Feudalism declined

b)

System of Feudalism increased

2.

Which group of people started to lose control of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain) during the Reconquista?

a)

Muslim

b)

Byzantines

c)

Christians

d)

French

3.

Which two countries grew more powerful because of the Reconquista?

a)

Spain and Portugal

b)

France and England

4.

The following are EFFECTS of the _______: Agricultural Improvements, development of towns, increase of trade and commerce, and beginning of a merchant class

a)

Decline of the Monarchy

b)

Decline of Feudalism

c)

Decline in the Pope's authority

d)

Increase in the power of the Monarchy

5.

What types of people joined the Crusades?

a)

Only wealthy people

b)

ALL

c)

Knights

d)

Peasants

e)

Kings

6.

Causes of the Crusades included the following:

- Byzantine Emperor calls for help

- Pope Urban II calls on the West to retake the Holy Land

- ?

a)

Turks conquer Jerusalem and attack Byzantine Empire

b)

Rome attacked Constantinople

c)

Crusades allow many to practice Islam and Judaism

d)

Charlemagne is crowned

7.

What was Pope Urban’s II reason for beginning the Crusades?

a)

To reconstruct Holy Buildings in Rome

b)

To regain the Holy Land from the Muslims

c)

To take back the Byzantine Empire

d)

To cause a war with another religion

8.

What group of people were responsible for spreading the disease through trade routes?

a)

Soldiers from Scandinavia

b)

Merchants from Asia

c)

Rat collectors

d)

African tradesman

9.

What was the result of the French Monarchy in the Hundred Years’ War?

a)

The monarchy grew in power

b)

the monarchy declined in power

10.

What was a positive effect on trade as a result of the Crusades?

a)

New vaccines were developed

b)

Introduced new ideas and products from the East to Europe

c)

The Bubonic Plague began to spread

d)

China was no longer isolated

11.

What caused the population to drop during the Middle Ages in this graph?

a)

Black Death

b)

Massive wars

c)

The 2nd and 3rd Crusade

d)

Reconquista in Spain

12.

During the 3rd Crusade, Richard the Lionheart attempted to retake Jerusalem from which Muslim leader?

a)

Mehmet II

b)

Saladin

c)

Pope Innocent

d)

Genghis Khan

13.

During the Crusades, attitudes towards Jews were very hostile, what is the word that describes this?

a)

Anti-Plagiarism

b)

Anti-Semitism

c)

Anti-Hebrew

14.

The Hundred Years Wars and Henry V’s influence was responsible for the diffusion of which culture and language throughout Europe?

a)

English

b)

Latin

c)

Greek

d)

Spanish

e)

Arabic

15.

Who religious strategy led to the separation of Jews from their homes in Spain during the Middle Ages?

a)

Inquisition

b)

Concordat of Worms

c)

Reconquista

d)

Crusades

16.

What two countries were fighting over France in the hundred years war?

a)

France and England

b)

Spain and Portugal

c)

France and Spain

17.

Who was responsible from France, for turning the tide and pushing the English out of France?

a)

Richard the Lionheart

b)

Joan of Arc

c)

Henry V

d)

Pope Urban II

18.

Banking, trade and other economic successes were an effect of what?

a)

Black death

b)

Red Scare

c)

Yellow Fever

d)

Sars

19.

Weakening the power of the Pope, and Byzantine Empire, strengthening the power of the monarchs, and introducing new trading goods from Europe was an effect of what?

a)

The Fall of Rome

b)

The crusades

c)

New ideas

20.

Avoiding the sick and everything that belonged to them was because of what disease?

a)

The black death

b)

Measles

c)

Chickenpox

d)

Yellow Fever

21.

Which Spanish Monarchs were responsible for the unification of Spain? Choose two

a)

Queen Isabella

b)

King Ferdinand

c)

Henry V

d)

Richard I

22.

What 4 are effects are of the Crusades on Medieval European Society?

a)

Increased demand for foreign goods for the Western Eurpoeans

b)

Anti-Semitism spread through Europe

c)

New cultural ideas are introduced to Western Europe

d)

The Reconquista ends the Iberian Peninsula

e)

Greek and Latin classics are reintroduced to Europe

23.

"In Europe during the Middle Ages, Jews were denied citizenship and its rights, barred from holding posts in government and the military, and excluded from membership in guilds and professions."


This is examples of ________

a)

Anti-Christianity

b)

The Catholic's point of view

c)

Anti-semitism

d)

Attitudes of the sick during the plague

24.

"...Such fear and fanciful notions took possession of the living that almost all of them...was to avoid the sick and everything belonging to them."


What event is described in this source?

a)

Crusades

b)

Reconquista

c)

Spanish Inquisition

d)

Bubonic Plague

25.

What investigation and series of trials led to the removal of the Jewish and eventually the Muslim people in Spain?

a)

Reconquista

b)

Spanish Inquisition

c)

Crusades

26.

Select all the 4 effects of the economy after the Bubonic Plague.

a)

⬇ in prices of food

b)

⬇ demand for food

c)

⬆ wages for workers

d)

⬆ Rats infestation

e)

⬆ demand for labor

27.

Do you feel like you were able to review the last unit to continue into Unit 6A confidently?

a)

I would like a re-test opportunity for Unit 5B

b)

I've got this!