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WorksheetsMiddle Ages Review
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 21mins
What is another word for "Middle Ages"?
Medieval
Feudalism
Chivalry
Minaret
A political and social order where land is exchanged for loyalty
Medieval
Feudalism
Chivalry
Minaret
In Europe, a higher ranking noble who gives land.
Lord
Vassal
Fief
Serf
In Europe and Japan, a lower ranking noble who receives land.
Lord
Vassal
Fief
Serf
Land that is given to a vassal.
Lord
Fief
Serf
Knight
A vassal who wears armor and fights on horseback in Europe
Knight
Samurai
Serf
Freeman
Code of honor that European knights followed in the Middle Ages.
Chivalry
Bushido
Hammurabi
Feudalism
An group of craftspeople or merchants who allied together to control business
Guild
Serf
Union
Code
In Europe, a peasant who was tied to a fief and could not own property.
Serf
Freeman
Slave
Vassal
In Europe, a peasant who paid for the right to farm land.
Freeman
Serf
Lord
Vassal
City #2 is now called Istanbul, not ________ (its name during the Byzantine Empire).
Constantinople
Octavian
Baghdad
Rome
City #1 is ________, an important city during the Islamic Empires that is now part of Spain.
Cordoba
Jerusalem
Baghdad
Rome
City #3 is ________, an important city for all 3 prominent monotheistic religions emerging from the Fertile Crescent (Judaism, Christianity and Islam).
Baghdad
Jerusalem
Damascus
Mecca
City #4 is ________, where Muhammad fled during an event known as the Hijrah.
Baghdad
Medina
Damascus
Mecca
City #5 is ________, an important city for Islam, where the Kaaba is located.
Baghdad
Medina
Damascus
Mecca
A Muslim house of worship
Mosque
House of Wisdom
Rubaiyat
Medina
Device used to find location by measuring the location of stars. First developed by the Greeks (which is why the name Greek root words!) and greatly advanced during the Islamic Golden Age.
Astrolabe
Minaret
Caliph
Guild
Inventor of algebra and algorithms.
al-Khawarizmi
Ibn Khaldun
al-Razi
Erasmus
Scientist who classified substances as animal, vegetable, or mineral.
al-Razi
al-Khawarizmi
Ibn Khaldun
Aladdin
Marketplace found in Muslim cities. Originally a Persian word, adapted widely from Arabic.
bazaar
mosque
guild
fief
Tower built outside mosques.
Minaret
Astrolabe
Guild
Caliph
Research center in Baghdad where scholars translated Greek, Persian and Indian writings into Arabic.
House of Wisdom
bazaar
House of House
Caliphate
What was the title of the book written by Ibn Sina that describes how diseases spread?
Canon of Medicine
Canon of BOOM
GERMS
Code of Medicine
All of the following are significant causes of the rapid spread of Islam EXCEPT:
Trade Routes
Strong leaders called Caliphs
Tolerance for religions practiced by other "People of the Books" (Jews and Christians)
The Black Plague
Leader of the Islamic Empires after the death of the Prophet. Word means "successor"
Caliph
Emperor
Shogun
King
Warriors from Japan who fought on horseback and wore armor.
Samurai
Daimyo
Kamikaze
Shogun
Ruler in Japan who often had more power than the emperor
Shogun
Daimyo
Samurai
Vassal
The "divine wind" that destroyed the Mongol fleet. This word was also used during WWII.
Kamikaze
Shogun
Haiku
Tsunami
A high-ranking noble from Japan who gave land and exchange for loyalty.
Daimyo
Lord
Samurai
Knight
Which type of natural disaster is most common in Japan?
Earthquakes
Blizzards
Droughts
Divine Winds
The islands of Japan form this type of geographic feature:
Archipelago
Isthmus
Strait
Subcontinent
Which Japanese religion teaches that animals, rocks, and rivers have spirits named Kami?
Buddhism
Christianity
Islam
Shinto
Which religion in Japan taught that people can find inner peace through meditation?
Buddhism
Christianity
Islam
Shinto
Code of honor that Japanese knights followed in the Middle Ages.
Chivalry
Bushido
Hammurabi
Feudalism
What is this an example of?
In three lines we find,
nature's essence intertwined,
beauty is described
Haiku
Shinto
Daimyo
Zen
Series of wars fought by European Catholic Christians against Muslim Turks in an attempt to claim the Holy Land around Jerusalem
Crusades
Caliphs
Chivalry
Feudalism
Disease spread by fleas that killed nearly 1/2 of Europe and China.
Black Death
Spanish Flu
Malaria
Small Pox
Document signed in 1215 that limited the power of the English king.
Magna Carta
Bill of Rights
Bayeux Tapestry
Rubaiyat
Invaded England in 1066. After this battle, the royal family of England now speaks French.
William the Conqueror
Crusaders
Charlemagne
Caliphate
The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, predominantly spoke this language and practiced this religion.
Greek / Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Latin / Polytheism
Latin / Catholic Christianity
The Roman Empire, also known as the Western Roman Empire after it split in two, predominantly spoke this language and practiced this religion.
Greek / Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Latin / Polytheism
Latin / Catholic Christianity
The Holy Roman Empire, which started around 800CE, was predominantly in northern Europe and practiced this religion.
Greek / Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Latin / Polytheism
Catholic Christianity
