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Historical Events and Concepts Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the political/economic system based on the loyalty of a lesser to a greater noble called?

a)

Chivalry

b)

Feudalism

c)

Anti-semitism

d)

Great Schism

2.

Which church was built during the reign of Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I?

a)

St. Peter's Basilica

b)

Notre Dame

c)

Hagia Sophia

d)

Westminster Abbey

3.

Who took Britain in 1066, leading to the fusion of French and Old English?

a)

Charlemagne

b)

William of Normandy

c)

Justinian I

d)

Mehmed II

4.

In what year did the Bubonic Plague arrive in Europe?

a)

732

b)

1054

c)

1346

d)

1453

5.

What event in 1453 marked the fall of Constantinople?

a)

Battle of Tours

b)

Great Schism

c)

Fall to Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II

d)

Arrival of Bubonic Plague

6.

What year did the Great Schism occur?

a)

732

b)

1054

c)

1346

d)

1453

7.

Which group of Muslims were in the Holy Land during the Middle Ages?

a)

Moors

b)

Seljuk Turks

c)

Ottomans

d)

Abbasids

8.

Who was the pope that called for the first of several wars to retake the Holy Land from Muslims?

a)

Urban II

b)

Gregory VII

c)

Innocent III

d)

Leo IX

9.

What was one of the luxury goods from Asia that Crusades brought to Western Europe?

a)

Spices

b)

Gold

c)

Wool

d)

Iron

10.

Which group protected trade routes connecting the Middle East and East Asia?

a)

Mongols

b)

Romans

c)

Byzantines

d)

Persians

11.

Which nations were spurred to seek alternative routes to Asia after 1453?

a)

Spain, Portugal, France, the Netherlands, and Britain

b)

Italy, Germany, Russia, and Greece

c)

China, Japan, India, and Korea

d)

Egypt, Persia, Arabia, and Turkey

12.

What was the impact of the Mongols on trade routes?

a)

They protected them

b)

They destroyed them

c)

They ignored them

d)

They taxed them heavily

13.

What was a major effect of the Crusades on Europe?

a)

Increased contact with Asian luxury goods

b)

Decline in religious influence

c)

Unification of European nations

d)

Rise of the Roman Empire

14.

What event in 1453 led to European nations seeking new trade routes?

a)

The fall of Constantinople

b)

The discovery of America

c)

The signing of the Magna Carta

d)

The start of the Renaissance

15.

What was a significant result of the Ottoman Turks taking Constantinople?

a)

Search for new routes to the Far East

b)

Expansion of the Mongol Empire

c)

Decline of the Silk Road

d)

Rise of the Byzantine Empire