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Unit 7: Medieval Europe LT1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the head of the Medieval Christian Church?

a)

The Pope (Bishop of Rome)

b)

The King

c)

The Cardinals

d)

Archbishops

2.

What do we call the head of a monastery & a convent?

a)

The Pope

b)

Monks and Nuns

c)

Abbot and Abbess

d)

Friars and Beguines

3.

Arrange the following in the correct order of authority (from highest to lowest)

a)

Bishop

b)

Cardinal

c)

Village Priests

d)

Pope

e)

Archbishop

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
4.

Select the reasons as to why people joined the Crusades (you may choose multiple)

a)

Crusaders would be promised eternal life

b)

All Crusaders who took part would be provided their own village to govern

c)

Crusaders would be offered economic benefits such as forgetting their debts

d)

Some Crusaders may have been forced by their feudal lords to take part

e)

Taking part in the Crusades was the last step to being promoted from squire to knight

5.

What are some things that monks and nuns do within their monasteries/convents? (Check all that apply)


(a)  
a)

Create manuscripts of the Bible

b)

Pray

c)

Labor in the fields

d)

Remain in silence

6.

What is the name of the treaty that separated the Holy Roman Empire into 3 parts?

a)

The Catholic Accords

b)

The Treaty of Rome

c)

The Concordat of Worms

d)

The Treaty of Verdun

7.

What are some characteristics of Gothic architecture? (select all that apply)

a)

Pointed arches

b)

Stained glass windows

c)

Flying Buttress

d)

Rib vaults

e)

Spiked roofing

8.

What was the duty of the Cardinals?

a)

To control and administrate parishes (churches)

b)

To elect the Pope

c)

To oversee and make sure the Abbot was doing his job correctly

d)

To deliver the sacraments

9.

Who was in charge of delivering sacraments (sacred rituals) to members of the church?

a)

Village Priests

b)

Monks and Nuns

c)

The King

d)

The Abbot or Abbess

10.

Why was Jerusalem important? (select all that apply)

a)

It was the homeland for Jews

b)

It is where the 3 major faiths believed that the world's richest resources were

c)

For Muslims, it is where the Prophet Muhammad ascended into heaven

d)

Christians believed it is where Jesus Christ’s birth and death took place

11.

What is it called when Christians were cut off from the church and disallowed from receiving the sacraments?

a)

Banished

b)

Schism

c)

Execution

d)

Excommunication

12.

The objective of the Crusades were to...

a)

convert Muslims and Jews to Christianity

b)

gain access to trading routes in the East

c)

recover the Holy Land from Islamic rule

d)

destroy all non-Christian powers from Europe to Asia

13.

Select the 3 things that monks & nuns had to vow to.

a)

Purity

b)

Silence

c)

Obedience

d)

Poverty

e)

Prayer

14.

Who is known to be the greatest King of the Franks? He would also go on to be named the Holy Roman Emperor...

a)

Pepin the Short

b)

King Clovis I

c)

Charlemagne

d)

Charles Martel

15.

Anti-Semitism was prejudice towards which group in the Middle Ages?

a)

Germanic tribes

b)

Muslims

c)

Jews

d)

Peasants

16.

Kings appointing church officials is know as....

a)

lay investiture

b)

Monarchial election

c)

democracy

d)

simony

17.

True or False: Pope Urban II called for volunteer knights to take part in the Crusades.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Select the following things that led to corruption within the Medieval Christian Church

a)

Monks and nuns ignored the oath of poverty

b)

The Church sometimes sold church positions to the highest bidder

c)

The King would sometimes disguise as the Pope

d)

Nobles would oftentimes hold church officials captive to control them

19.

In what way were Beguines and Friars different from nuns and monks?

a)

Beguines and Friars were only Jewish while nuns and monks were Catholic

b)

They were actually the same, nuns and monks were just ranked lower

c)

They did not have to vow to anything

d)

They interacted with the outside world rather than staying within their monasteries or convents

20.

Which of the following were results from the Crusades? (select all that apply)

a)

The Eastern and Western Christians officially unified into one church after the Great Schism

b)

Trade increased between Europe and the Middle East

c)

The Pope lost power while European kings gained power

d)

Tensions increased between Muslims, Christians, and Jews

e)

The system of Feudalism came to an end