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Middle Ages Study Guide

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a grand jury?

a)

A jury which decides if people should be accused of a crime

b)

A trial jury decided whether a person was innocent or guilty

2.

What is a trial jury?

a)

A trial jury decided whether a person was innocent or guilty

b)

A jury which decides if people should be accused of a crime

3.

What is a document?

a)

An original or official paper used as the basis or proof of something

b)

Work jointly toward the same end.

c)

Correct in all details.

d)

A conflict between Christians and Muslims during the 11th and 13th century.

4.

What does it mean to be accurate?

a)

Correct in all details.

b)

A law that was throughout the kingdom.

c)

A jury which decides if people should be accused of a crime

d)

A conflict between Christians and Muslims during the 11th and 13th century.

5.

What is a crusade?

a)

A jury which decides if people should be accused of a crime

b)

A trial jury decided whether a person was innocent or guilty

c)

Correct in all details.

d)

A conflict between Christians and Muslims during the 11th and 13th century.

6.

What is a common law?

a)

A law that was throughout the kingdom.

b)

Work jointly toward the same end.

c)

An original or official paper used as the basis or proof of something

d)

A conflict between Christians and Muslims during the 11th and 13th century.

7.

William the Conqueror was the Duke of.........

a)

Normandy

b)

The United States

c)

Denmark

d)

Spain

8.

In the fall of 1066, William and his army of Norman knights landed in England. They defeated Harold and his foot soldiers at the Battle of.....

a)

Hastings

b)

Normady

c)

Tours

d)

WW1

9.

To decide taxes, he carried out the first census since Roman times. Every person, and farm animal in England was counted and recorded in the ..........

a)

Domesday Book

b)

Bible

c)

Journal

d)

Diary

10.

After the death of William, English kings further strengthened their power. From 1154 to 1189, King ....... ruled England as well as most of Wales, and Ireland.

a)

Henry ll

b)

Henry l

c)

John ll

d)

Pope Urban

11.

The courts created a body of ............., or law that was the same throughout the whole kingdom.

a)

Common Law

b)

Laws

c)

Documents

d)

Journal

12.

Henry's son ......became king of England in 1199.

a)

John

b)

Henry ll

c)

Henry lll

d)

Quantivius lll

13.

In 1215, the nobles met with King John at............, a nearby meadow. There they forced John to put his seal on a document called the Magna Carta, or the Great Charter. The Magna Carta placed limits on the king's power. The king could collect taxes only if a group of nobles called the Great Council agreed.

a)

Runnymede

b)

Scotland

c)

Ireland

d)

United Kingdom

14.

The growth of Parliament marked an important step toward ................. government.

a)

Representative

b)

Judicial

c)

Legislative

d)

Combined

15.

In 1071, what army defeated the Byzantines and seized control of most of the Byzantine lands in Asia Minor?

a)

Slavs

b)

Anglo-Saxons

c)

Muslim Turks

d)

Mongols

16.

The Byzantine emperor asked ______ for military aid to save his Christian empire from Muslim forces.

a)

Pope Leo I

b)

Pope John I

c)

Pope Frederick I

d)

Pope Urban II

17.

The Pope hoped to unite the Roman Catholic Church with the ________________ Church

a)

Eastern Orthodox

b)

Western Orthodox

c)

Western Orthodox

d)

Southern Orthodox

18.

In the late 800s vikings from ___________ attacked Britain.

a)

Scandinavia

b)

Ireland

c)

Britain

d)

Scotland

19.

The _____________put a limit on the king's power.

a)

Magna Charta

b)

Document

c)

Journal

d)

Diary

20.

In ....... the last Anglo- Saxon of England died without an heir.

a)

1066

b)

1089

c)

1290

d)

1100

21.

Anglo- saxons learned new skills from Norman .......

a)

Weavers

b)

Knitters

c)

Cobblers

d)

Cooks

22.

In 843 ............... empire was split into three parts

a)

Charlemagne's

b)

King Henry ll

c)

Pope Urban ll

d)

Louis the Pious

23.

The common law helped unite ...........

a)

England

b)

Normandy

c)

Africa

d)

Iceland

24.

William was a ........ lord in France and Scotland

a)

Feudal

b)

Common

c)

Great

d)

Important

25.

People did not adhere to the rules William the Great applied.

a)

True

b)

False