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Middle Ages Review

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is another word for "Middle Ages"?

a)

Medieval

b)

Feudalism

c)

Chivalry

d)

Minaret

2.

A political and social order where land is exchanged for loyalty

a)

Medieval

b)

Feudalism

c)

Chivalry

d)

Minaret

3.

In Europe, a higher ranking noble who gives land.

a)

Lord

b)

Vassal

c)

Fief

d)

Serf

4.

In Europe and Japan, a lower ranking noble who receives land.

a)

Lord

b)

Vassal

c)

Fief

d)

Serf

5.

Land that is given to a vassal.

a)

Lord

b)

Fief

c)

Serf

d)

Knight

6.

A vassal who wears armor and fights on horseback in Europe

a)

Knight

b)

Samurai

c)

Serf

d)

Freeman

7.

Code of honor that European knights followed in the Middle Ages.

a)

Chivalry

b)

Bushido

c)

Hammurabi

d)

Feudalism

8.

An group of craftspeople or merchants who allied together to control business

a)

Guild

b)

Serf

c)

Union

d)

Code

9.

In Europe, a peasant who was tied to a fief and could not own property.

a)

Serf

b)

Freeman

c)

Slave

d)

Vassal

10.

In Europe, a peasant who paid for the right to farm land.

a)

Freeman

b)

Serf

c)

Lord

d)

Vassal

11.

City #2 is now called Istanbul, not ________ (its name during the Byzantine Empire).

a)

Constantinople

b)

Octavian

c)

Baghdad

d)

Rome

12.

City #1 is ________, an important city during the Islamic Empires that is now part of Spain.

a)

Cordoba

b)

Jerusalem

c)

Baghdad

d)

Rome

13.

City #3 is ________, an important city for all 3 prominent monotheistic religions emerging from the Fertile Crescent (Judaism, Christianity and Islam).

a)

Baghdad

b)

Jerusalem

c)

Damascus

d)

Mecca

14.

City #4 is ________, where Muhammad fled during an event known as the Hijrah.

a)

Baghdad

b)

Medina

c)

Damascus

d)

Mecca

15.

City #5 is ________, an important city for Islam, where the Kaaba is located.

a)

Baghdad

b)

Medina

c)

Damascus

d)

Mecca

16.

A Muslim house of worship

a)

Mosque

b)

House of Wisdom

c)

Rubaiyat

d)

Medina

17.

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.

a)

Astrolabe

b)

Minaret

c)

Caliph

d)

Guild

18.

Inventor of algebra and algorithms.

a)

al-Khawarizmi

b)

Ibn Khaldun

c)

al-Razi

d)

Erasmus

19.


Scientist who classified substances as animal, vegetable, or mineral.

a)

al-Razi

b)

al-Khawarizmi

c)

Ibn Khaldun

d)

Aladdin

20.

Marketplace found in Muslim cities. Originally a Persian word, adapted widely from Arabic.

a)

bazaar

b)

mosque

c)

guild

d)

fief

21.

Tower built outside mosques.

a)

Minaret

b)

Astrolabe

c)

Guild

d)

Caliph

22.

Research center in Baghdad where scholars translated Greek, Persian and Indian writings into Arabic. 

a)

House of Wisdom

b)

bazaar

c)

House of House

d)

Caliphate

23.

What was the title of the book written by Ibn Sina that describes how diseases spread? 

a)

Canon of Medicine

b)

Canon of BOOM

c)

GERMS

d)

Code of Medicine

24.

All of the following are significant causes of the rapid spread of Islam EXCEPT:

a)

Trade Routes

b)

Strong leaders called Caliphs

c)

Tolerance for religions practiced by other "People of the Books" (Jews and Christians)

d)

The Black Plague

25.

Leader of the Islamic Empires after the death of the Prophet. Word means "successor"

a)

Caliph

b)

Emperor

c)

Shogun

d)

King

26.

Warriors from Japan who fought on horseback and wore armor.

a)

Samurai

b)

Daimyo

c)

Kamikaze

d)

Shogun

27.

Ruler in Japan who often had more power than the emperor

a)

Shogun

b)

Daimyo

c)

Samurai

d)

Vassal

28.


The "divine wind" that destroyed the Mongol fleet. This word was also used during WWII.

a)

Kamikaze

b)

Shogun

c)

Haiku

d)

Tsunami

29.

A high-ranking noble from Japan who gave land and exchange for loyalty.

a)

Daimyo

b)

Lord

c)

Samurai

d)

Knight

30.

Which type of natural disaster is most common in Japan?

a)

Earthquakes

b)

Blizzards

c)

Droughts

d)

Divine Winds

31.

The islands of Japan form this type of geographic feature:

a)

Archipelago

b)

Isthmus

c)

Strait

d)

Subcontinent

32.

Which Japanese religion teaches that animals, rocks, and rivers have spirits named Kami?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Christianity

c)

Islam

d)

Shinto

33.

Which religion in Japan taught that people can find inner peace through meditation?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Christianity

c)

Islam

d)

Shinto

34.

Code of honor that Japanese knights followed in the Middle Ages.

a)

Chivalry

b)

Bushido

c)

Hammurabi

d)

Feudalism

35.

What is this an example of?

In three lines we find,

nature's essence intertwined,

beauty is described

a)

Haiku

b)

Shinto

c)

Daimyo

d)

Zen

36.

Series of wars fought by European Catholic Christians against Muslim Turks in an attempt to claim the Holy Land around Jerusalem

a)

Crusades

b)

Caliphs

c)

Chivalry

d)

Feudalism

37.

Disease spread by fleas that killed nearly 1/2 of Europe and China.

a)

Black Death

b)

Spanish Flu

c)

Malaria

d)

Small Pox

38.

Document signed in 1215 that limited the power of the English king.

a)

Magna Carta

b)

Bill of Rights

c)

Bayeux Tapestry

d)

Rubaiyat

39.

Invaded England in 1066. After this battle, the royal family of England now speaks French.

a)

William the Conqueror

b)

Crusaders

c)

Charlemagne

d)

Caliphate

40.

The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, predominantly spoke this language and practiced this religion.

a)

Greek / Eastern Orthodox Christianity

b)

Latin / Polytheism

c)

Latin / Catholic Christianity

41.

The Roman Empire, also known as the Western Roman Empire after it split in two, predominantly spoke this language and practiced this religion.

a)

Greek / Eastern Orthodox Christianity

b)

Latin / Polytheism

c)

Latin / Catholic Christianity

42.

The Holy Roman Empire, which started around 800CE, was predominantly in northern Europe and practiced this religion.

a)

Greek / Eastern Orthodox Christianity

b)

Latin / Polytheism

c)

Catholic Christianity