WorksheetsMiddle Ages
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 25mins
_____________ is a political and social order that developed during the Middle Ages when royal governments were no longer able to defend their subjects; nobles offered protection and land in return for service
Capitalism
Socialism
Feudalism
Buddhism
Under feudalism, a man who served a lord in a military capacity was called a _______________.
Lord
Knight
Vassal
Sith
Under feudalism, a member of the heavily armored cavalry was called a ___________.
Lich King
Knight
Warrior
Monk
___________________: in the Middle Ages, the ideal of civilized behavior that developed among the nobility; it was a code of ethics that knights were supposed to uphold
Honor
Servitude
Chivalry
Humility
Why were Vikings able to expand throughout Europe?
They were excellent shipbuilders and sailors and were warriors who loved adventure.
Their gods were superior.
They were more tactical.
They had significantly more people which made it easier to dominate the Europeans..
Because of their revolutionary ____________, Vikings were able to penetrate Europe far inland.
Seige Equipment Engineering
Shipbuilding
Archery
Iron forging
Due to the Viking Threat, ____________ became the system of government, which offered protection to Europeans in exchange for service.
Communism
Socialism
Feudalism
Capitalism
___________ in medieval Europe, an agricultural estate that a lord ran and peasants worked.
Crib
Vassalage
Manor
Castle
___________a peasant, or farmer, who is tied to the land and ruled by a lord.
Hobo
Serf
King
Lord
How was the life of a serf different from the life of a free peasant? What were serfs’ duties to their lords? What restrictions did the lord have in his treatment of the serfs?
The lords often beat their serfs and forced them to serve as fodder for arrows.
Serfs were legally bound to the land. They had to give labor services, such as working the lord’s land and paying rent, and the lords had certain legal rights over their serfs.
Serfs had less rights than slaves.
Serfs were no different from lords or free peasants.
What was the Spanish Inquisition?
Wars between Spain and Asia
Muslims and Jews were to accept baptism as Christians or would face exile.
The Spanish Conquest
How did the Crusades fail?
Crusaders failed to keep control of Jerusalem
Crusaders failed to conquer Egypt
Crusaders never won a battle in the Holy Land
Crusaders destroyed trade relations between East/West
Which Pope called the Crusades to recover the Holy Lands.
Urban II
Paul VI
Francis
Peter
What was one of the positives effects of the Crusades?
Exchange of goods and ideas
Jerusalem was given to the Jews
The Crusaders lowered crime wherever they went
Muslims and Christians began to merge beliefs
What was the result of the First Crusade?
The crusaders captured and gained control of Jerusalem.
The crusaders were defeated and returned home.
The crusaders never made it to Jerusalem.
The First Crusade had the intended goal of capturing which city?
Jerusalem
Cairo
Mecca
Rome
Which of the following was a lasting effect on Europe as a result of the Crusades?
many Muslims moved to Europe
many Europeans converted to Islam
Europe became more isolated
trade between Europe and the East increased
Who was the head of the Christian Church in the Western Empire?
Patriarch
Pope
Which of the following is true of the Black Death?
The virus was carried by rats and transmitted by fleas
was also known as the Bubonic Plague
The virus was carried by rats and transmitted by fleas c. It sometimes started with tumors that would grow under the armpit and groin
Allof the above are true.
Which of the following is the term that describes the land given to a knight for his service?
serf
fief
vassal
castle
Which one of these things did Charlemagne not do during his rule
Promoted education
Provide unity and a government for much of Western Europe
Spread Christianity
Charlemagne did all of these things
In 1208, what official department was created within the Roman Catholic church to investigate heresies?
Inquisition
Crusades
Benedictines
Concordants
All of the following are EFFECTS of the Crusades EXCEPT
Cultural Diffusion
Growth of Intolerance
Strengthening of the feudal system
Increased Mediterranean trade
The most powerful barbarian kingdom to emerge in the aftermath of the fall of Rome in the west
Goths
Vandals
Vikings
Franks
Who signed the Treaty of Verdun?
Charlemagne's sons
Charles Martel's sons
Charlemagne's grandsons
Charles Martel's grandsons
The Merovigian leader in 481 who united the Frankish tribes was?
Clovis
Henry IV
Charles Martel
Charlemagne
All of the following were steps to becoming a Knight EXCEPT...?
Page
Squire
Apprentice
Based on the Knights code, he fought for all of the following EXCEPT
his lady
his lord
his possessions
What reasons lead to the Black Death spreading quickly across Europe
poor bathing habits
little knowledge of medicine
unsanitary living conditions
all these answers are correct
The ethnic background of the Vikings was______.
Asian
Muslim
Roman
Germanic
what was the purpose of the Inquisition?
To eliminate criminals
To eradicate heresy
To combat the poverty
To create a new lifestyle
What did the Inquisitors use to "extract" a confession?
questions
new methods
torture and punishments
dialogue
