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WorksheetsLate Middle Ages FC
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Area around Jerusalem that is sacred to Christians, Jews, and Muslims
a)
Holy Land
b)
King
c)
Nobility
d)
Knight
e)
Peasant
2.
A series of holy wars between Christians and Muslims over the Holy Land
a)
Crusades
b)
King
c)
Nobility
d)
Knight
e)
Peasant
3.
Someone who buys and sells goods in large quantities
a)
Merchant
b)
Manor
c)
Trade
d)
Plague
e)
Reconquista
4.
The buying, selling, or exchanging goods
a)
Trade
b)
Manor
c)
Merchant
d)
Plague
e)
Reconquista
5.
A disease that causes death and spreads quickly to a large number of people
a)
Plague
b)
Manor
c)
Merchant
d)
Trade
e)
Reconquista
6.
Long war to drive the Muslims out of Spain
a)
Reconquista
b)
Manor
c)
Merchant
d)
Trade
e)
Plague
7.
King forced to sign the Magna Carta in 1215 by which he agreed to accept limits on his power as king
a)
King John
b)
Manor
c)
Merchant
d)
Trade
e)
Plague
8.
Who called for the Crusades, and why?
a)
Ferdinand and Isabella to eradicate heresy
b)
Pope Urban II to reclaim the Holy Land
c)
Seljuk Turks to halt the spread of Islam
d)
William, Duke of Normandy, to extend French rule
9.
Which of these contributed to the end of feudalism and the Middle Ages?
a)
decline of the merchant class
b)
expansion of clergy
c)
growth of cities
d)
shift of power from kings to local lords
10.
What did the Magna Carta do?
a)
extended property rights to peasants
b)
made the king subject to the rule of law
c)
organized barons into a parliament
d)
restored and organized English common law
11.
What purpose did the Reconquista serve?
a)
to drive non-Christians out of Spain
b)
to expel the Crusaders from Jerusalem
c)
to extend European rule into the Holy Land
d)
to reclaim the Iberian Peninsula for the Holy Roman Empire
12.
What killed a third of the population of Europe in the 1300s?
a)
bubonic plague
b)
invasion of the Turks
c)
religious persecution
d)
wars among kingdoms
13.
As cities grew and trade increased, the ___________________ became more powerful and influential.
a)
kinghts
b)
merchants
c)
freeman
d)
peasants
14.
A group of nobles set out to limit the king's power in 1215. They forced the king to accept a document called the _________________________.
a)
Treatise of Parliament
b)
Magna Carta
c)
Habeas Corpus
d)
Jury of Peers
15.
What social structure organized people after the fall of Rome?
a)
feudalism
b)
mercantilism
c)
protectionism
d)
vassalism
16.
Two important farming inventions of the Middle Ages that made turning over soil faster were the horse collar and
a)
the windmill.
b)
crop rotation.
c)
the wheeled plow.
d)
the village mill.
17.
Originating in central Asia, the Black Death was carried by
a)
ants.
b)
cattle.
c)
fleas.
d)
spiders.
18.
The Black Death spread quickly along which trade route?
a)
China Road
b)
Ivory Road
c)
Silk Road
d)
Trade Road
19.
Which of the following was one effect of the Crusades on Western Europe?
a)
Feudalism became a stronger institution.
b)
Christians and Muslims united.
c)
Wealthy Europeans began to demand Eastern goods.
d)
The economy suffered because trade between western and eastern peoples was no longer possible.
20.
Which of the four Crusades sailed around Spain?
a)
First Crusade
b)
Second Crusade
c)
Third Crusade
d)
Fourth Crusade
21.
How far did Muslim rule reach into Europe?
a)
into France
b)
into Spain
c)
into Italy
d)
across the Byzantine Empire
22.
What city did all the crusades have to go through?
a)
Paris
b)
Venice
c)
Vienna
d)
Constantinople
23.
Why did peasants move to the cities?
a)
to avoid the plague
b)
to join the army
c)
to become nobility
d)
for jobs that had higher wages
24.
What activity is being portrayed?
a)
Manor System
b)
Growth of Trade
c)
War
d)
A Religious Ceremony
25.
How did they get rid of the human waste?
a)
They had flushing toilets
b)
Peasants had to empty buckets
c)
It was thrown out of the windows into the street
d)
There was a service that came by and picked it up
26.
Why were the cities unsafe?
a)
There were too many people living there
b)
They didn't have streetlights
c)
There was no prison system
d)
There were no police
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