WorksheetsLate Middle Ages
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 15mins
What killed a third of the population of Europe in the 1300s?
bubonic plague
invasion of the Turks
religious persecution
wars among kingdoms
Against what group of people did Pope Urban II declare the Crusades?
heretics
Jews
Muslims
renegades
Which choice correctly shows the social order under feudalism?
king, clergy, peasants & serfs, knights
king, knights, clergy, serfs
king, nobles, knights, peasants & serfs
king, knights, nobles, peasants & serfs
What dominated the lives of people in the Middle Ages?
the Roman Catholic Church
the kings
the nobles
the Magna Carta
What was a series of wars by Christian armies to reclaim the Holy Land?
Reconquista
Inquisition
Hundred Years' War
Crusades
Which group made up the largest class of people under feudalism?
clergy and lords
merchants and artisans
vassals and knights
peasants and serfs
Whose selfless actions helped bring about an end to the Hundred Years' War?
King John
Robin Hood
Julius Caesar
Joan of Arc
What positive impact did the Crusades have on Europe?
Europeans converted to Islam and rejected the Christian Church as well as the Pope.
Trade increased between Europe and Asia and new products were introduced in Europe as a result.
The crusades caused the relationship between the Byzantine Empire and Europe to become strained.
Why did Isabella and Ferdinand create the Spanish Inquisition?
They wanted to make all of Spain Christian
They wanted to continue the Crusades
They wanted to spread the plague
How many Crusade wars were there in total?
1
at least 8
4
100
How was the Bubonic Plague (Black Death) primarily spread throughout Europe?
Diseased Air
Fleas on Rats
Food Poisoning
Handshakes
What approximate percentage of the world's population died as a result of the Black Plague?
25%
75%
8%
66%
This Russian ruler centralized power in Moscow with a tsar and expanded the Russian empire.
Vladimir Putin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Ivan the Great
Alexander the Great
Who sacked or looted Constantinople during the 4th Crusade?
Ottoman Turks
Western Crusaders who were left unpaid
Local citizens who were trying to save their stuff
Scandinavian raiders
