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Topic 10 Lesson 5: Decline of Medieval Society

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

The Hundred Years' War was a long struggle over who would rule

a)

Spain.

b)

the Holy Roman Empire.

c)

England.

d)

France.

2.

What was one major effect of the bubonic plague?

a)

It killed nearly one third of the population of Europe.

b)

It drove many poor people from cities to manors.

c)

It strengthened the power of the Church.

d)

It led to the expulsion of Muslims and Jews from Spain.

3.

The spread of the Black Death from Asia to Europe was mostly the result of

a)

the Second Crusade.

b)

the Hundred Year's War.

c)

increased trade.

d)

pilgrimages to the Holy Land.

4.

During the Black Death, people looking for scapegoats unjustly blamed

a)

peasants.

b)

the Inquisition.

c)

feudal landowners.

d)

Jews.

5.

What was the main cause of the Peasants' Revolt?

a)

attempts to limit the movement and wages of serfs

b)

failure of authorities to end the bubonic plague

c)

lack of work for peasants on the manors

d)

demands for reform in the Church

6.

What is famine?

a)

an extreme scarcity of food

b)

destructive war between France and England that lasted from 1337 to 1453

c)

a deadly infection spread by fleas that live on rats

d)

epidemic of the Bubonic Plague that killed as many as one third of all Europeans between 1347 and 1352

7.

What is the Hundred Years' War?

a)

destructive war between France and England that lasted from 1337 to 1453

b)

a deadly infection spread by fleas that live on rats

c)

epidemic of the Bubonic Plague that killed as many as one third of all Europeans between 1347 and 1352

d)

unsuccessful revolt by peasants against feudal lords in England in 1381

8.

What was the Bubonic Plague?

a)

a deadly infection spread by fleas that live on rats

b)

epidemic of the Bubonic Plague that killed as many as one third of all Europeans between 1347 and 1352

c)

unsuccessful revolt by peasants against feudal lords in England in 1381

d)

not visible

9.

What is the Black Death?

a)

epidemic of the Bubonic Plague that killed as many as one third of all Europeans between 1347 and 1352

b)

unsuccessful revolt by peasants against feudal lords in England in 1381

c)

not visible

d)

a closely interconnected group of people or things

10.

What is the Peasants' Revolt?

a)

unsuccessful revolt by peasants against feudal lords in England in 1381

b)

not visible

c)

a closely interconnected group of people or things

d)

an extreme scarcity of food

11.

What does it mean to be invisible?

a)

not visible

b)

a closely interconnected group of people or things

c)

an extreme scarcity of food

d)

destructive war between France and England that lasted from 1337 to 1453

12.

What is a network?

a)

a closely interconnected group of people or things

b)

an extreme scarcity of food

c)

destructive war between France and England that lasted from 1337 to 1453

d)

a deadly infection spread by fleas that live on rats