WorksheetsTopic 10 Lesson 5: Decline of Medieval Society
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
The Hundred Years' War was a long struggle over who would rule
Spain.
the Holy Roman Empire.
England.
France.
What was one major effect of the bubonic plague?
It killed nearly one third of the population of Europe.
It drove many poor people from cities to manors.
It strengthened the power of the Church.
It led to the expulsion of Muslims and Jews from Spain.
The spread of the Black Death from Asia to Europe was mostly the result of
the Second Crusade.
the Hundred Year's War.
increased trade.
pilgrimages to the Holy Land.
During the Black Death, people looking for scapegoats unjustly blamed
peasants.
the Inquisition.
feudal landowners.
Jews.
What was the main cause of the Peasants' Revolt?
attempts to limit the movement and wages of serfs
failure of authorities to end the bubonic plague
lack of work for peasants on the manors
demands for reform in the Church
What is famine?
an extreme scarcity of food
destructive war between France and England that lasted from 1337 to 1453
a deadly infection spread by fleas that live on rats
epidemic of the Bubonic Plague that killed as many as one third of all Europeans between 1347 and 1352
What is the Hundred Years' War?
destructive war between France and England that lasted from 1337 to 1453
a deadly infection spread by fleas that live on rats
epidemic of the Bubonic Plague that killed as many as one third of all Europeans between 1347 and 1352
unsuccessful revolt by peasants against feudal lords in England in 1381
What was the Bubonic Plague?
a deadly infection spread by fleas that live on rats
epidemic of the Bubonic Plague that killed as many as one third of all Europeans between 1347 and 1352
unsuccessful revolt by peasants against feudal lords in England in 1381
not visible
What is the Black Death?
epidemic of the Bubonic Plague that killed as many as one third of all Europeans between 1347 and 1352
unsuccessful revolt by peasants against feudal lords in England in 1381
not visible
a closely interconnected group of people or things
What is the Peasants' Revolt?
unsuccessful revolt by peasants against feudal lords in England in 1381
not visible
a closely interconnected group of people or things
an extreme scarcity of food
What does it mean to be invisible?
not visible
a closely interconnected group of people or things
an extreme scarcity of food
destructive war between France and England that lasted from 1337 to 1453
What is a network?
a closely interconnected group of people or things
an extreme scarcity of food
destructive war between France and England that lasted from 1337 to 1453
a deadly infection spread by fleas that live on rats
