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The Making of Christendom

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following was the birth place of Christianity?

a)

Rome

b)

Alexandria

c)

Jerusalem

d)

Athens

2.

Who stopped persecuting Christians in AD 313?

a)

Constantine I

b)

Nero

c)

Augustus

d)

Julius Caesar

3.

Match the following events with the years they occurred.

a)

AD 1054

1.

The Great Schism

b)

AD 313

2.

Persecution of Christians stopped

c)

AD 395

3.

Division of the Roman Empire

d)

AD 380

4.

Becoming official religion

4.

Who was the leader of the Church and considered the representative of (a)   ?

Choose from the below words
Pope
Bishop
King
Emperor
5.

What was the function of the Church in stabilizing European society?

a)

Building roads and bridges

b)

Collecting taxes

c)

Treating patients

d)

Advising kings

6.

Which event marked the end of Medieval Times?

a)

Rise of feudalism

b)

Decline of Church influence

c)

Black Death

d)

Fall of the Eastern Roman Empire

7.

What was the cause of the decline of feudalism?

a)

Control over education

b)

Weakening of manors

c)

Failure of Crusades

d)

Strong kings rising

8.

One reason leading to the fall of manorial system is that peasant choose to left the manor and settled in (a)  

Choose from the below words
towns
city-states
villages
9.

What was the main reason for the decline of Church influence?

a)

Fall of the Eastern Roman Empire

b)

Strong kings rising

c)

Failure of Crusades

d)

Control over education

10.

Who conquered the Eastern Roman Empire in AD 1453?

a)

Vikings

b)

Ottoman Turks

c)

Mongols

d)

Persians

11.

What was a characteristic of the feudal society?

a)

Global trade

b)

Industrial revolution

c)

Rigid class structure

d)

Democratic system

12.

What was the main social function of the Church in Medieval Times?

a)

Building roads and bridges

b)

Collecting taxes

c)

Treating patients

d)

Acquiring political power

13.

What was the role of the Church in cultural inheritance?

a)

Built universities

b)

Developed new technologies

c)

Conducted military campaigns

d)

Preserved classical civilization

14.

What was the impact of the Black Death on European population?

a)

Remained the same

b)

Decreased by 1/3 to 1/4

c)

Increased by 25%

d)

Decreased by half

15.

Which of the following is/are reason(s) leading to the decline of feudal system?

a)

Weakened nobles

b)

Rise of strong kings

c)

Failure of Crusades

d)

Rise of universities

16.

What was the main reason for the decline of the manorial system?

(a)   (b)  
Choose from the below words
Peasants leaving manors
Black Death killed a lot of people
Introduction of modern technology
Decrease in agricultural productivity
Rise of feudalism
Increase in peasant rights
17.

Who was the first Holy Roman Emperor?

a)

Charlemagne

b)

Henry IV

c)

Frederick Barbarossa

d)

Otto I

18.

What impact did the Crusades have on European society?

a)

Strengthened feudalism

b)

Increased Church influence

c)

Encouraged trade and cultural exchange

d)

Caused the decline of manorial system

19.

Please rearrange the following incidents in accordance with the causes and effects.

a)

Peasants left manors in settled in towns and Black Death killed a lot of people.

b)

Drop in population and number of labour,

c)

Manorial system weakened, thus weakening nobles

d)

Strong king rose and took back lands once given to nobles.

e)

Feudal system declined.

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
20.

Which of the following weakened the influence of the Church in Medieval Times?

(a)   (b)  
Choose from the below words
Invention of the printing press
Increased power of the Pope
Decline of feudalism
Rise of Universities
Failure of Crusades