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Late Middle Ages

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What killed a third of the population of Europe in the 1300s?

a)

bubonic plague

b)

invasion of the Turks

c)

religious persecution

d)

wars among kingdoms

2.

Against what group of people did Pope Urban II declare the Crusades?

a)

heretics

b)

Jews

c)

Muslims

d)

renegades

3.

Which choice correctly shows the social order under feudalism?

a)

king, clergy, peasants & serfs, knights

b)

king, knights, clergy, serfs

c)

king, nobles, knights, peasants & serfs

d)

king, knights, nobles, peasants & serfs

4.

What dominated the lives of people in the Middle Ages?

a)

the Roman Catholic Church

b)

the kings

c)

the nobles

d)

the Magna Carta

5.

What was a series of wars by Christian armies to reclaim the Holy Land?

a)

Reconquista

b)

Inquisition

c)

Hundred Years' War

d)

Crusades

6.

Which group made up the largest class of people under feudalism?

a)

clergy and lords

b)

merchants and artisans

c)

vassals and knights

d)

peasants and serfs

7.

Whose selfless actions helped bring about an end to the Hundred Years' War?

a)

King John

b)

Robin Hood

c)

Julius Caesar

d)

Joan of Arc

8.
A major goal of the Catholic Church during the Crusades (1096-1291) was to -
a)
unite Arab peoples
b)
establish Christianity in Western Europe
c)
capture the Holy Land from Islamic rulers
d)
strengthen the power of European rulers
9.
The ________________________ led to wage increases for peasants due to causing mass shortages of available workforce in feudal society.
a)
Black Plague
b)
Magna Carta
c)
Domesday
d)
Crusades
10.
The ____________________ helped to influence the British Parliament and the American colonies by limiting the power of monarchs and giving representation to the people.
a)
Black Plague
b)
Magna Carta
c)
Domesday
d)
Crusades
11.
The Hundred Years' War was a long lasting war between which two archrivals?
a)
England and France
b)
Texas and Oklahoma
c)
Spain and Portugal
d)
Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy
12.

What positive impact did the Crusades have on Europe?

a)

Europeans converted to Islam and rejected the Christian Church as well as the Pope.

b)

Trade increased between Europe and Asia and new products were introduced in Europe as a result.

c)

The crusades caused the relationship between the Byzantine Empire and Europe to become strained.

13.

Why did Isabella and Ferdinand create the Spanish Inquisition?

a)

They wanted to make all of Spain Christian

b)

They wanted to continue the Crusades

c)

They wanted to spread the plague

14.

How many Crusade wars were there in total?

a)

1

b)

at least 8

c)

4

d)

100

15.

How was the Bubonic Plague (Black Death) primarily spread throughout Europe?

a)

Diseased Air

b)

Fleas on Rats

c)

Food Poisoning

d)

Handshakes

16.

What approximate percentage of the world's population died as a result of the Black Plague?

a)

25%

b)

75%

c)

8%

d)

66%

17.

This Russian ruler centralized power in Moscow with a tsar and expanded the Russian empire.

a)

Vladimir Putin

b)

Mikhail Gorbachev

c)

Ivan the Great

d)

Alexander the Great

18.

Who sacked or looted Constantinople during the 4th Crusade?

a)

Ottoman Turks

b)

Western Crusaders who were left unpaid

c)

Local citizens who were trying to save their stuff

d)

Scandinavian raiders