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WorksheetsUnit 4: Middle Ages, Renaissance, & Protestant Reformation
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 3600secs
What caused the Dark Ages to begin?
The Crusades
The Fall of Rome
The Black Death
The Mongol Invasion
Raids from groups like the Vikings led people to turn to land owning nobles, which began this economic and political system
Feudalism
Authoritarianism
Communism
Transcendentalism
A _____ is a land grant given to a knight or peasant
a gift
a fief
a right
Feudalism is a political and economic system. In the Middle Ages, it worked because it provided something that people needed. What did people need?
Education
Protection
Freedom
After the fall of the Roman Empire, Western Europe
faced a decline in unity, trade and education.
was conquered by the Byzantine Empire.
became the leader in literature and technology.
became the leader in literature and technology.
What was manorialism?
The knights code of honor
The economic system of feudalism
The social structure of feudalism
The jobs done by groups of Christian monks
What religion did the Frankish kingdom practice?
Christianity
Islam
Hinduism
Shintoism
Feudalism developed because of the _________.
Need for protection and no central government.
Need for trade routes and networks.
need for a military to protect from the Muslims.
need for more land to be distributed.
The image most accurately reflects which system?
Monasticism
Manorialism
Chivalry
Heresy
A person who is given land in exchange for a pledge of loyalty and military support.
fief
vassal
serf
knight
As a result of the decentralization of power in Western Europe due to Feudalism, the Church became more involved in
Spreading Classical Greco-Roman knowledge
Conducting trade with Asia
Providing social needs such as education and hospitals
Redistributing land from the nobles to the peasants
The Lay Investiture struggle between the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII resulted from the
Great Schism of 1054 and the rise of the Eastern Orthodox Church
power struggle between church and state regarding the appointment of bishops
Pope's involvement in the Crusades
Church's collected of tithes to build gothic cathedrals
The city of Jerusalem is important to what three major religions?
Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam
Islam, Christianity, and Hinduism
Islam, Christianity, and Judaism
What was the most important result of the Crusades?
The Crusades resulted in many new religions to emerge.
The Crusades resulted in the Holy Roman Empire's permanent possession of Jerusalem.
The Crusades caused the Holy Roman Empire to isolate themselves from the rest of the world.
The Crusades led to trade and new kinds of knowledge.
What were the Crusades?
A military expedition by the Muslims to conquer the European Christians.
A military expedition by the European Christians to regain Holy Land from Muslims.
A war started by the serfs, who were tired of being ruled by kings.
Conflict between manors.
Cul/Soc. How did trade reintroduce Western-Europe to the lost knowledge of the Greeks and the Romans (Greco-Roman)?
Diffusion between Western-European travelers and Middle-Eastern Muslims reintroduced lost and new knowledge.
Crusader knights pillaged not only booty but also ancient scrolls from schools in the Middle-East.
What caused this change in European population?
The Crusades
The Black Death
Norman Conquest
The Mongols
What was the impact of the Black Death?
The Black Death had no significant impact on society or the economy.
The Black Death led to an increase in population and economic prosperity.
The Black Death resulted in improved healthcare and sanitation practices.
The Black Death caused a decline in population, labor shortages, economic disruption, and social changes.
What was the Hundred Years' War?
A war between England and Scotland from 1337 to 1453.
A conflict between France and Spain from 1337 to 1453.
A series of battles between England and Germany from 1337 to 1453.
A series of conflicts between England and France from 1337 to 1453.
The innovation in farming radically increased food production.
Two-Field System
Three-Field System
Use of mules instead of horses
One-Field System
Example of a work written in the vernacular (or local language) by Dante.
The Divine Comedy
The Decameron
The Prince
The Book of the Courtier
What is the three-field system is about
Finding an empty plot of land
two fields with crops and leaving an empty one to replenish
buying three land
plant three crops in plot of land
What is the rebirth on learning and culture called?
Rebirth and Science
Scientific Method
Renaissance
Italy
What is humanism?
Focus on human rights
the creationism
the theory of evolution
focus on human achievement
In what country did the Renaissance start?
Italy
Greece
France
Germany
Which is NOT a reason the Renaissance began in Italy?
Rich trading ports
They never had the Black Plague
Wealthy city states could support arts
It was the heart of the old Roman Empire
What do we call a man (or woman) who excels in many aspects of life (academic, cultural, artistic, religious)?
Renaissance Man
Classical Man
Jack of all Trades
The Enlightened Man
Which family, known primarily for banking, ruled Florence during the Renaissance?
the Medici
the Capulet
the Scala
the Montague
Humanism was inspired by what types of writings?
Classical (Greek/Roman)
Egyptian
Babylonian
Chinese
We was a "Renaissance Man" who painted the Mona Lisa
Da Vinci
Michelangelo
Donatello
Raphael
This individual made significant improvements to the printing press.
Johann Gutenburg
Thomas More
John Van Eyck
Martin Luther
How did humanism contribute to the Renaissance?
Humanism shifted the medieval teaching focusing on God and church to focusing on mankind.
Humanism focused heavily on using art to express the views of mankind toward the divine.
Humanism changed the interest of mankind from themselves to what they can do to appease God's wrath.
Humanism resulted in the migration of artists to Northern Europe to freely paint what they wanted.
How did the printing press contribute to the Renaissance?
It spread Renaissance and humanism ideas from through Europe more rapidly.
It enabled scholars to translate ancient texts like the Bible to English.
It helped educate peasants eliminating the extreme poverty experienced by peasants.
It allowed the Roman Catholic Church to culturally dominate Western thought.
What is meant by Machiavelli's belief that "the end justifies the means"?
the public always acts in its own best interest
leaders may use any method to achieve what is best for the state
pleasing all of the people at any given time is possible
leaders must always act for the common good
Niccolo Machiavelli in The Prince advocated that a ruler should
obtain power from a social contract with the people
place the needs of subjects first
apply Christian teachings to all decisions
employ absolute power to maintain order
Which Renaissance author wrote that for a ruler to maintain power, "it is better to be feared than loved"?
Shakespeare
Machiavelli
Erasmus
Petrarch
Interest in the arts & sciences
Interest in religious and educational reform
Interest in the invention of the printing press
________ is an payment to forgive sins and gain entry to heaven faster (Sold by the Catholic Church to make money)
Catholic Certificate
Heavenly permission
Favored Slip
Indulgence
Catholic Monk who saw problems & corruption with the Catholic Church. Wrote 95 Theses (arguments) and nailed them to the church door in Germany
John Huss
Martin Luther
John Calvin
Martin Charles
What allowed people to read the Theses Martin Luther Wrote? (Hint: social Media of the 1500's)
Scribes
Original Copies
Posted on lots of Church doors
Printing Press
Which of the following is the term to be "Cutoff" from the Catholic Church?
Expelled
Excommunicated
Religiously Fired
Rejected
People who protest the authority of the Catholic Church & Pope are know as...
Lutherans
Protestants
Calvinists
Freudians
_______ = the belief that God has already determined who would go to heaven before you are even born. (Calvinist believed in this)
Indulgence
Predavored
Predestination
Heavenly accepted
Protestant Refomer who starts a church in Switzerland. Believer in Predestination. People who follow this religion are known as "Calvinists"
John Calvin
Martin Luther
Thomas Calvin
Roger Calvin
What is the name of the English King that brought the English Reformation to England, created a strong central government, and divorced his wives over his desire to have a son.
King John III
King Henry VIII
King Luther I
King Hammurabi
What was an important effect of the invention of the printing press?
It increased the literacy rate and use of vernacular in Europe
It led to the increased use of Latin
It led to more people converting to Catholicism
It led to the Kings and Popes having more power over the people
What does vernacular mean?
The language of the people
A type of book
A group of people named Vern
A dictionary in the Renaissance
Martin Luther believed that Christians could reach Heaven only through
The Church
Faith in God
Paying for their sin
Trusting the Popes
The Jesuits were formed to:
educate priests and form schools
fight wars
support the Protestant Reformation
build cathedrals
The growth of Feudalism in Europe during the Middle Ages was primarily caused by the
rivalry between the colonial empries
lack of a strong central government
decline of the Roman Catholic Church
suppression of internationalism
What was the Counter Reformation?
Pope's decision to go to war
Protestants moving to new lands
Printing Bible in other languages
Catholic Church response to the Reformation
At the Council of Trent, it was decided
the churches interpretation of the Bible was final
Christians need both faith and good works for salvation
selling Indulgences as a way to pay for sins was banned
ALL Answers
According to Feudalism the bargain between a lord and a vassal was that the
vassal would build a city on the lord's lands
lord would defend the vassal in battle
lord would grant the vassal land in exchange for military service
vassal would build a monastery in exchange for food
Who were the members of a religious order focused on spreading the ideas of the Catholic Church and followed Ignatius of Loyola?
Benedictines
Franciscans
Jesuits
Dominicans
As a result of Humanism, how did literature change during the Renaissance?
During the Renaissance less writers used satire than writers in the Middle Ages used
There was less emphasis on poetry and writing during the Renaissance compared to the Middle Ages
During the Renaissance more writers wrote about concepts concerning salvation
During the Middle Ages writing was primarily done in Latin, while during the Renaissance writers vernacular
