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WorksheetsWH1 - Medieval Europe/Renaissance
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 28mins
The Germanic Tribe who created Western Europe's first kingdom after the fall of the Roman Empire
Vandals
Franks
Visigoths
Vikings
Charlemagne is responsible for which dynasty?
Merovingian
Frankish
Carolingian
Medicii
The political system that developed in Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire was known as
Feudalism
Manorialism
Socialism
Communism
The economic system that developed in Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire was known as
Feudalism
Manorialism
Socialism
Communism
Which individuals served the religious and social needs of the people during the Middle Ages?
Lords
Serfs
Knights
Parish priests
Because of the significance of the church in Western Europe during the Middle Ages, it is sometimes called the Age of
God
Discovery
Faith
Reason
For the first 500 years after the fall of the Roman Empire, Western Europe experienced a decline in learning and prosperity, which is why the period is sometimes referred to as the
Dark Ages
Sad Ages
Age of Despair
Medieval Period
Which of the following had the most power and influence in the Middle Ages?
Kings
Lords
Knights
Church
Who opened schools, maintained libraries, copied books, created illuminated manuscripts, housed travelers, and healed the sick?
Knights
Lords
Monasteries
Serfs
Someone who received a grant of land in exchange for military service was called a
Serf
Knight
Lord
Priest
Laborers and peasants who worked on a lord's property and were not allowed to leave were known as
Serfs
Knights
Servants
Slaves
Which of the following crowned Charlemagne as the Holy Roman Emperor?
Vassals
Nobility
Pope
Monks
Knights were also known as
Serfs
Soldiers
Peasants
Vassals
Knights lived by a code called
Bushido
Chivalry
Honor
Knightdom
After Charlemagne's death, his empire was split among his three sons with the
Treaty of Verdun
Treaty of Rome
Treaty of Charlemagne
Treaty of the Sons
Which of the following is a piece of land given to a wealthy noble by the king?
Vassal
Manor
Monastery
Fief
A self-sustaining religious community
Parrish
Monastery
Cathedral
Fief
Who stopped the Muslims at the Battle of Tours
Pope Gregory I
Clovis
Charles Martel
Charlemagne
Who created schools and encouraged learning?
Pope Gregory I
Clovis
Charles Martel
Charlemagne
Who had monks develop Carolingian script?
Pope Gregory I
Clovis
Charles Martel
Charlemagne
Who built roads to unite his empire?
Pope Gregory I
Clovis
Charles Martel
Charlemagne
Who spread Christianity to England?
Pope Gregory I
Clovis
Charles Martel
Charlemagne
Who was the first Germanic leader to convert to Christianity?
Pope Gregory I
Clovis
Charles Martel
Charlemagne
Who revived Roman culture?
Pope Gregory I
Clovis
Charles Martel
Charlemagne
Which group was known for shipbuilding (longboats) and quick raids throughout Europe?
Vikings
Magyars
Angles and Saxons
Muslims
Which group invaded English and Celtic lands?
Vikings
Magyars
Angles and Saxons
Muslims
Which group seized Spain and Sicily and raided Rome?
Vikings
Magyars
Angles and Saxons
Muslims
Which group were nomadic horseback riders who sold conquered peoples into slavery?
Vikings
Magyars
Angels and Saxons
Muslims
Which group is credited with the true first discovery of North America?
Vikings
Magyars
Angles and Saxons
Muslims
Which group merged to form the Anglo-Saxon people?
Vikings
Magyars
Angles and Saxons
Muslims
Which group came from the Scandinavian Peninsula?
Vikings
Magyars
Angles and Saxons
Muslims
Which group wanted to spread their religion and end Christianity?
Vikings
Magyars
Angles and Saxons
Muslims
Which group came from Central Asia and settled in modern day Hungary?
Vikings
Magyars
Angles and Saxons
Muslims
Which group wrote eddas (poems) and sagas (long tales)?
Vikings
Magyars
Angles and Saxons
Muslims
Which event marked the establishment of the church's authority over the monarchs in Europe?
The start of the Dark Ages
The development of feudalism and manorialism
The crowning of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope
The start of the Carolingian Dynasty
What formed in Europe as an attempt by monarchs to preserve their power by removing power from the church?
Nation-States
Republics
Alliances
Countries
The Magna Carta was written in order to...
Unite the nation-states of Europe
Overthrow the Church
Strengthen the Church
Limit the power of the king
The Crusades started for which of the following reasons?
Muslims and Christians wanted to expel the Jews from the Holy Lands
Christians wanted to put an end to Islam
The Catholic Church wanted to gain control of Jerusalem
Muslims wanted to put an end to Christianity
What was the truce offered to King Richard by the Muslim leader Saladin?
Islam will leave Europe alone if they stop trying to take Jerusalem
Muslims and Christians share control of Jerusalem
Christians can have Jerusalem as long as they leave Mecca alone
Muslims will retain control of Jerusalem but will allow Christians to journey there for pilgrimage
The Bubonic Plague/Black Death originated in...
Central Italy
Northern Europe
East Asia
South Africa
The Black Death weakened the power of the...
Kings
Catholic Church
Lords
Nation-States
Created the Estates Systems
King John
Phillip IV
Pope Urban II
Phillip II
Started the Crusades
King Richard
Ferdinand and Isabella
Saladin
Pope Urban II
Muslim leader who reclaimed Jerusalem from the Christians during the Crusades
Saladin
William the Conqueror
Hugh Capet
King John
United England and France after the Battle of Hastings
Henry II
William the Conqueror
Ferdinand and Isabella
Phillip II
Responsible for the Reconquista of Spain from the Muslims and the start of the Inquistion
Joan of Arc
Saladin
Pope Urban II
Ferdinand and Isabella
Unifies France against the English, helps the French win the Hundred Years War
Hugh Capet
Joan of Arc
Phillip II
Phillip IV
Responsible for the creation of the Magna Carta because he was so terrible
King John
Henry II
William the Conqueror
Phillip IV
Starts the Capetian Dynasty
Hugh Capet
Phillip II
Phillip IV
Joan of Arc
Creates bailiffs to oversee courts and collect taxes
Henry II
Phillip II
Phillip IV
King John
Creates the Common Law system
William the Conqueror
Ferdinand and Isabella
King John
Henry II
The Hundred Years War was fought between
Italy and France
Catholics and Muslims
France and England
Spain and England
Renaissance means what?
Reasoning
New Beginnings
Rebirth
Enlightenment
During the Renaissance, people focused less on the ______ and more on the __________
church, individual
government, church
people, government
king, people
The Renaissance sought to revive which two cultures?
Persian and Greek
Persian and Egyptian
Greek and Roman
Egyptian and Roman
