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Middle Ages Review 7.27 - 7.33

Total questions: 92

Worksheet time: 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which narrow body of water separates France and England?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

English Channel

d)

Mediterranean Sea

2.

What is located at 1?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

English Channel

c)

Mediterranean Sea

d)

Indian Ocean

3.

What is located at 2?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

English Channel

c)

Mediterranean Sea

d)

North Sea

4.

What is located at 3?

a)

Alps Mountains

b)

Ural Mountains

c)

North European Plain

d)

Carpathian Mountains

5.

What is located at 4?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Mediterranean Sea

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

6.

What is located at 5?

a)

Alps Mountains

b)

Ural Mountains

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Carpathians Mountains

7.

What is located at 6?

a)

Ural Mountains

b)

Alps

c)

North European Plain

d)

Swiss Plains

8.

This mountain range separates Europe and Asia...

a)

Alps Mountains

b)

Carpathian Mountains

c)

Ural Mountains

d)

North European Plain

9.

What is the warm ocean current flowing northeast, under the influence of prevailing winds, from the Gulf of Mexico towards NW Europe and warming its climate?

a)

South Gulf Stream

b)

North Atlantic Drift

c)

South Pacific Drift

d)

Gulf Stream Drift

10.

Who is the leader of the Roman Catholic Church?

a)

the Pope

b)

the Archbishop

c)

the Cardinal

d)

the King

11.

Why were popes able to exercise power over kings during the Middle Ages?

a)

The threat of excommunication

b)

The threat of taxing the king

c)

The threat of jailing the king

d)

The threat of replacing the king

12.

Who typically made an Illuminated Manuscript?

a)

the Pope

b)

the king

c)

nobles

d)

monks

13.

Why were monasteries considered the keepers of knowledge?

a)

they had libraries full of all types of books

b)

they fed the poor

c)

they assisted travelers

d)

they cared for the sick

14.

Monasteries during medieval Europe was MOST important for

a)

Expanding the scientific knowledge brought by the Muslims

b)

Training people to become priests.

c)

Spreading Christianity to rural areas of Europe

d)

Allowing armies to retake Islamic territories

15.

Who was responsible for spreading Christianity across Europe during the Middle Ages?

a)

Kings

b)

Monks and Priests

c)

Peasants

d)

Nobles and Traders

16.

Which of the following did Monks NOT provide for the communities around the monasteries?

a)

take care of the sick in the community

b)

provide horses for travelers passing through the community

c)

help feed the poor in the community

d)

provide education to boys in the community

17.

Which is the BEST description of how medieval monks contributed to Western culture and civilization?

a)

organized and led bands of "Crusaders" who defended Europe from Muslim attackers

b)

their artwork served as the inspiration for the "Renaissance" that developed in Italy.

c)

re-wrote the Bible and changed many of its original stories

d)

helped preserve the learning, writing, and culture of the early Greeks, Romans, and Christians

18.

The first European universities were based on the scholarly contributions of …

a)

Courts

b)

Monasteries

c)

Guilds

d)

Merchants

19.

What institution was a constant and provided stability during the Middle Ages?

a)

Guilds

b)

Feudal Society

c)

the Monarchy

d)

the Roman Catholic Church

20.
What does the term "Renaissance" mean? 
a)
death
b)
rebirth or revival 
c)
destruction
d)
rejection
21.
True or False: Christianity is a polytheistic religion. 
a)
True
b)
False
22.
What were the Crusades?
a)
the Bubonic plague spreading throughout Europe
b)
a series of wars fought between France and England
c)
a series of holy wars to reclaim Jerusalem from the Muslims
d)
the government system Europe operated under during the Middle Ages
23.

Europe is a ______________.

a)

Country

b)

Continent

c)

State

d)

County

24.

Which geographical feature of Europe would make it difficult to trade, migrate, and grow crops?

a)

mountains

b)

grasslands

c)

rivers

d)

plains

25.

Many Medieval cities were located near rivers because

a)

of their ideal transportation routes.

b)

they were a source of food.

c)

they were ideal for trade.

d)

All of the reasons listed.

26.

Iberian Peninsula is located

a)

South of Mediterranean

b)

Central Europe

c)

Eastern Europe

d)

Western Europe

27.

Much of northern and Central Europe is a series of

a)

mountains and rivers

b)

deserts and plateaus

c)

wetlands and oceans

d)

forests and plains

28.

Which mountains do the triangles on this map represent?

a)

the Pyrenees

b)

the Apennines

c)

the Alps

d)

the Himalayas

29.

What is an Archipelago?

a)

A mountain chain

b)

Chain of Islands

c)

A large Island by itself

d)

A cliff on a lake

30.

What mountain chain separates Spain from France?

a)

Alps

b)

Apennines 

c)

Po River

d)

Pyrenees

31.

Brittan had natural boundaries because of what geographical feature?

a)

It is a peninsula

b)

I has no rivers

c)

It is an an Island

d)

It is centrally located in Europe

32.

What physical feature separates Europe and Africa?

a)

Caspian Sea

b)

Ural Mountains

c)

Pyrenees Mountains

d)

Mediterranean Sea

33.

Which number is closest to the Iberian Peninsula

a)

3

b)

1

c)

5

d)

7

34.

Feudalism is an example of

a)

a religious empire

b)

local government

c)

an industrial economy

d)

a monarchy

35.

What role did monasteries play in the preservation of knowledge?

(Pick 3)

a)

Could read both greek and latin

b)

They translated philosophy from latin to greek

c)

They translated philosophy from greek to latin

d)

They created manuscripts

36.

How did feudalism develop, and what role did it play in the medieval European economy?

a)

Development of Feudalism: Charlemagne put the people into a hierarchy:

King

Nobles

Knights

Peasants

b)

Role in Economy: Money easily flowed from the king to the nobles. Nobles then paid for knights' armor and peasants seeds and tools.

c)

Role in Economy: Money started at the king and got to the knights who would keep it all for themselves

d)

Influence of Geography: Peasants did not travel because they depended on their noble to give them the money for seeds/food. Knights traveled only where their noble told them to

37.

How did Charlemagne shape and define Europe by creating a new empire?

He made was kind of Empire?

a)
Holy Roman (Catholic) Empire
b)
Christian Empire
c)
Islamic Empire
d)
Greek Empire
38.

Which number on the map represents the Alps mountain range?

a)

number 1

b)

number2

c)

number 3

d)

number 4

39.

Which mountain range separates the continent Europe from Asia?

a)

the Alps Mountain range

b)

the Rocky Mountains

c)

the Ural Mountains

d)

the Himalaya Mountains

40.

Monasteries eventually developed into

a)

governmental offices

b)

universities

c)

the holy church of the manor

d)

where the pope lived

41.

Choose two examples of how Charlemagne's rule impacted Western Europe.

a)

it led the fall of the Western Roman Empire

b)

it weakened the economy

c)

it united much of Western Europe into one empire

d)

it weakened the role of the Catholic church

e)

it increased the influence of the Catholic church

42.

Why did international trade lead to the spread of the Bubonic Plague?

a)

Trade weakened the economy and prevented research to cure the plague

b)

The plague infected many people who used or lived along trade routes

c)

Trade isolated communities and allowed the plague to spread faster

d)

The plague forced people to trade for resources in order to survive.

43.

How did the Bubonic Plague have a negative impact on Europe?

a)

There were more people than jobs to fill so unemployment was high

b)

It drastically decreased the population of Europe.

c)

Increased trade led to increased taxes on the peasant population.

d)

It reinforced the system of feudalism in Europe.

44.

To be put out of the church is called

a)

excommunication

b)

heresy

c)

cast out

d)

heretic

45.

Most religious text and mass were written and spoken in

a)

Hebrew

b)

German

c)

Latin

d)

Italian

46.

A religious man that was devoted to the church and God was called a

a)

nun

b)

monk

c)

man

d)

deacon

47.

Monks lived in

a)

cathedrals

b)

convent

c)

monasterries

d)

abbot

48.

Women who were devoted to God and church were

a)

monks

b)

nuns

c)

preist

d)

Pope

49.

Another term for church officials is

a)

Pope

b)

Nuns

c)

clergy

d)

monks

50.

The head of the Catholic church is the

a)

Bishop

b)

Pope

c)

monk

d)

nun

51.

Who spread Christianity in Western Europe

a)

Charlemagne

b)

Spanish Inquisition

c)

Justinian

52.

Muslims and Christians fighting over HOLY LAND

a)

Crusades

b)

Reconquista

c)

Hundred Years

53.

The people who provided food, services, and taxes when demanded.

a)

Peasants/Serfs

b)

Lords

c)

Squire

d)

Knights

54.

Estates, or large land holdings of nobles in exchange for services to the king

a)

Charlemagne

b)

Manors

c)

Medieval

d)

Carolingian Empire

55.

Warriors on horseback who were the best fighters and protected the king, lords, and serfs/peasants.

a)

Lords

b)

Charlemagne

c)

William the Conqueror

d)

Knights

56.
Which of the following groups DID NOT make up the social structure of feudalism?
a)
Knights
b)
King/Queen
c)
Middle class
d)
Serfs
57.
Caused by  rats carrying diseased fleas from infested trading ships and houses.
a)
Ebola
b)
Leprosy
c)
Black Death
58.
Social structure of the Middle Ages
a)
Caste System
b)
Feudalism
c)
Manorism
59.

A large estate, with a castle, church, fields, and workers

a)

Fief

b)

Manor

c)

Deforestation

d)

Cathedral

60.

It was very clean during the middle ages

a)

true

b)

false

61.
Name of the King of England who had dies, leaving the Englsih crown to be claimed.
a)
Edward the Confessor
b)

Edward the Guy

c)

Edward the Amazing

d)

Edward the One

62.

In which year did the Battle of Hastings take place?

a)

1064

b)

1065

c)

1166

d)

1066

63.

What was the second strategy of the Normans against the English?

a)

They came at the English from behind

b)

They fooled the English to believe that they were in retreat

c)

They pretended to be dead

d)

They pretended to surrender

64.

What did William became known as after his victory?

a)

William the Great

b)

William the Conqueror

c)

William the Lion-heart

d)

William the Fearless

65.

What year was the Battle of Hastings?

a)

476 AD

b)

1066 AD

c)

980 AD

d)

346 BC

66.

What was Edward the Confessor"s problem when it came to the English throne?

a)

He had no wife

b)

He was a bad King

c)

He had no heir

d)

He hated William

67.

A warrior in armor who fought on horseback.

a)

apprentice

b)

serf

c)

knight

d)

monk

68.
What term means a grant of land given by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty?
a)
Convent
b)
Monastery
c)
Fief 
d)
Divine Right of King
69.

What was the Domesday book?

a)

a book about the end of the world commissioned by William the Conqueror

b)

A record of all the property and holdings in England commissioned by William the Conqueror so he could determine the extent of his lands and wealth

c)

a recipe book with all of the latest French cuisine commissioned by William the Conqueror

d)

a book tracing the family lineage of the English Throne commissioned by William the Conqueror

70.

During which period was Christianity rapidly spreading?

a)

The Renaissance

b)

The Middle Ages

c)

The Industrial Revolution

d)

The Modern Era

71.

How is a King's power different from the Pope's?

a)

A) A King's power is spiritual, while the Pope's is temporal.

b)

B) Pope's power is absolute, while the Kings's is elected.

c)

C) A King's power is hereditary and political, while the Pope's is spiritual and elected.

d)

D) A King's power is limited to one country, while the Pope's is limited to the Vatican.

72.

During which period was Christianity rapidly spreading?

a)

The Renaissance

b)

The Middle Ages

c)

The Industrial Revolution

d)

The Modern Era

73.

By the middle ages, what was the religious affiliation of a majority of Europe?

a)

Members of the Protestant Church

b)

Members of the Catholic Church

c)

Followers of Islam

d)

Practitioners of Paganism

74.

What is one of the responsibilities of the people towards the king?

a)

To entertain the king

b)

To provide food for the king

c)

To pay taxes

d)

To write laws

75.

What kind of power do kings have over the people?

a)

Limited power

b)

No power

c)

Complete power

d)

Shared power

76.

What is the role of the Pope?

a)

Military leader

b)

Spiritual leader

c)

Economic advisor

d)

Educational reformer

77.

What power does the Pope have?

a)

The power to declare war

b)

The power of excommunication

c)

The power to heal

d)

The power to perform miracles

78.

What is the purpose of Religion?

a)

To organize community events

b)

To tell you what happens when you die

c)

To provide a political structure

d)

To offer education on science

79.

What was the role of religion for people dealing with anarchy, fighting, and famine?

a)

A source of conflict

b)

A means of political power

c)

A sense of ease

d)

A method of distributing food

80.

What power do kings have?

a)

The power to control the weather.

b)

The power to control what happens to you at the moment.

c)

The power to control animals.

d)

The power to control time.

81.

How is a King's powers different from the Pope's according to the essential question?

a)

Kings had the ability to control what happens to you after you die.

b)

Popes had the ability to control what happens to you after you die.

c)

Kings had more military power than the Popes.

d)

Popes were elected by the people, unlike Kings.

82.

How are Popes selected?

a)

They are appointed by government officials

b)

They are elected officials

c)

They inherit the position

d)

They are chosen by a lottery system

83.

Who else is believed to choose the Popes besides their election?

a)

The general public

b)

God

c)

A council of priests

d)

The previous Pope

84.

What is the first position you need to achieve in order to become the Pope?

a)

Nun

b)

Priest

c)

Deacon

d)

Bishop

85.

What is the role of the Pope?

a)

They are the head of the Catholic Church

b)

They are the advisors to the head of the Catholic Church

c)

They are the treasurers of the Catholic Church

d)

They are the messengers of the Catholic Church

86.

What is the second position you need to attain to become priest?

a)
Bishop
b)
Deacon
c)
Cardinal
d)
Pope
87.

What is the role of the Pope?

a)

Military leader

b)

Spiritual leader

c)

Economic advisor

d)

Educational reformer

88.

What power does the Pope have?

a)

The power to declare war

b)

The power of excommunication

c)

The power to heal

d)

The power to perform miracles

89.

Was there feudalism in Medieval Europe

a)

yes

b)

no

90.

What was the order of the hierarchy

(a)  

91.
What 13th century document established the rights listed below?
- Basic rights of citizens
- Rule of law
- Representative assemblies
a)
the Constitution
b)
Napoleonic Code
c)
the Communist Manifesto
d)
the Magna Carta
92.

In a courtroom, which group decides if someone is innocent or guilty of a crime?

a)

a King or Queen

b)

a President

c)

Parliament

d)

a jury