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Late Middle Ages

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What city did all the crusades have to go through?

a)

Paris

b)

Venice

c)

Vienna

d)

Constantinople

2.

Why did peasants move to the cities?

a)

to avoid the plague

b)

to join the army

c)

to become nobility

d)

for jobs that had higher wages

3.

How did they get rid of the human waste?

a)

They had flushing toilets

b)

Peasants had to empty buckets

c)

It was thrown out of the windows into the street

d)

There was a service that came by and picked it up

4.

A series of holy wars between Christians and Muslims over the Holy Land

a)

Crusades

b)

King

c)

Nobility

d)

Knight

e)

Peasant

5.

Someone who buys and sells goods in large quantities

a)

Merchant

b)

Manor

c)

Trade

d)

Plague

e)

Reconquista

6.

The buying, selling, or exchanging goods

a)

Trade

b)

Manor

c)

Merchant

d)

Plague

e)

Reconquista

7.

A disease that causes death and spreads quickly to a large number of people

a)

Plague

b)

Manor

c)

Merchant

d)

Trade

e)

Reconquista

8.

King forced to sign the Magna Carta in 1215 by which he agreed to accept limits on his power as king

a)

King John

b)

Manor

c)

Merchant

d)

Trade

e)

Plague

9.

Who called for the Crusades, and why?

a)

Ferdinand and Isabella to eradicate heresy

b)

Pope Urban II to reclaim the Holy Land

c)

Seljuk Turks to halt the spread of Islam

d)

William, Duke of Normandy, to extend French rule

10.

Which of these contributed to the end of feudalism and the Middle Ages?

a)

decline of the merchant class

b)

expansion of clergy

c)

growth of cities

d)

shift of power from kings to local lords

11.

What did the Magna Carta do?

a)

extended property rights to peasants

b)

made the king subject to the rule of law

c)

organized barons into a parliament

d)

restored and organized English common law

12.

What purpose did the Reconquista serve?

a)

to drive non-Christians out of Spain

b)

to expel the Crusaders from Jerusalem

c)

to extend European rule into the Holy Land

d)

to reclaim the Iberian Peninsula for the Holy Roman Empire

13.

Which event in the Late Middle Ages led to a significant decrease in the population of Europe?

a)

A) The Black Death

b)

B) The Hundred Years' War

c)

C) The Renaissance

d)

D) The Reformation

14.

What was the primary economic system in Europe during the Late Middle Ages?

a)

A) Capitalism

b)

B) Feudalism

c)

C) Socialism

d)

D) Mercantilism

15.

Which invention during the Late Middle Ages greatly improved the spread of information?

a)

A) The printing press

b)

B) The steam engine

c)

C) The compass

d)

D) The telescope