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Middle Ages Test Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A continent to the north of Africa connected to Asia in western Russia.

(a)  

2.

A mountain range that separates Eastern Europe from Asia.

(a)  

3.

The northern part of the Great European Plain

(a)  

4.

The longest river in Europe.

(a)  

5.

Europe’s second-longest river.

(a)  

6.

The main river of the busiest inland system of waterways in the western part of Europe.

(a)  

7.

The clearing of land, which causes the loss of forests and less fertile land.

(a)  

8.

What major landform separates Europe from Asia?

(a)  

9.

A book made in 1086 that helped King William keep track of all of the people and property in England.

a)

Bible

b)

Domesday

c)

Torah

d)

Quran

10.

The southernmost and largest part of the island of Great Britain.  

(a)  

11.

A period in European history that lasted from about 500 to 1500A.D.

(a)  

12.

742-814 A.D. King of the Franks who was later crowned Emperor of the Former Roman Empire in Western Europe.

a)

Charlemagne

b)

William the Conqueror

c)

King John

d)

Aleric

13.

English king whose lords forced him to agree to the Magna Carta in 1215 which limited royal power.

a)

Charlemagne

b)

William the Conqueror

c)

King John

d)

Aleric

14.

1028-1087 Norman king who conquered England in 1066.

a)

Charlemagne

b)

William the Conqueror

c)

King John

d)

Aleric

15.

A northwestern region of Europe; includes the nations of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway.

(a)  

16.

The location where the Magna Carta was signed. 

(a)  

17.

An English charter that limited royal power.

(a)  

18.

What title did Pope Leo III give Charlemagne?

(a)  

19.

Feudalism was a system, in part, that helped Europeans fight back… who was  

          an enemy that they defended against?

(a)  

20.

She was one of the few medieval women to earn a living by writing.

a)

Christine de Pisan

b)

King John

c)

William the Conquerer

d)

Christine de Robertson

21.

A man who devotes his life to religion and lives in a monastery.

(a)  

22.

A woman who devotes her life to religion and lives in a convent.

(a)  

23.

A community where monks live, study and pray.

a)

convent

b)

monastery

c)

manor

d)

fief

24.

A community where nuns live, study, and pray.

a)

convent

b)

monastery

c)

manor

d)

fief

25.

A person who teaches religion to people with different beliefs. 

a)

manorism

b)

monk

c)

missionary

d)

philosopher

26.

A king or queen who is a supreme leader

(a)  

27.

A person who lived on and farmed feudal land

(a)  

28.

A feudal warrior trained and prepared to fight on horseback

(a)  

29.

A knight’s code of behavior

a)

serf

b)

chivalry

c)

manners

d)

mission

30.

A group of craftspeople or merchants who are united by a common interest

(a)  

31.

A woman of nobility 

(a)  

32.

A social, political, and economic system used in the Middle Ages, was based on land for service. 

(a)  

33.

In the middle ages, a system whereby the planting of crops on manor lands alternates between three fields. 

(a)  

34.

 Whose army swept out of Arabia and conquered two-thirds of the Christian world?

(a)  

35.

A Roman province on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

a)

Rome

b)

Palestine

c)

Chang' An

d)

Genoa

36.

A city near the middle of the western coast of Italy.

a)

Rome

b)

Palestine

c)

Chang' An

d)

Genoa

37.

A capital city in Central Asia on the Silk Road.

a)

Rome

b)

Palestine

c)

Chang' An

d)

Genoa

38.

A seaport town in Italy.

a)

Rome

b)

Palestine

c)

Chang' An

d)

Genoa

39.

Byzantine emperor who appealed to the pope for Christian knights to fight against the Turks.

a)

Alexius Comnenus

b)

Pope Urban II

c)

Marco Polo

d)

King John

40.

Pope who issued a plea to free the Holy Land, Palestine, from the Turks... launching the crusades.

a)

Alexius Comnenus

b)

Pope Urban II

c)

Marco Polo

d)

King John

41.

Venetian merchant, world traveler, and writer who remained in China as a guest for 17 years.

a)

Alexius Comnenus

b)

Pope Urban II

c)

Marco Polo

d)

King John

42.

A disease that spreads quickly.

(a)  

43.

Major military expeditions by Christians to win back control of Palestine (Holy Land) and protect the Byzantine Empire.

(a)  

44.

A trading route that connected Europe and the lands of the former Roman Empire with China.

(a)  

45.

An epidemic spread to humans by fleas from rats.

(a)