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WorksheetsLate Middle Ages
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
What city did all the crusades have to go through?
Paris
Venice
Vienna
Constantinople
Why did peasants move to the cities?
to avoid the plague
to join the army
to become nobility
for jobs that had higher wages
How did they get rid of the human waste?
They had flushing toilets
Peasants had to empty buckets
It was thrown out of the windows into the street
There was a service that came by and picked it up
A series of holy wars between Christians and Muslims over the Holy Land
Crusades
King
Nobility
Knight
Peasant
Someone who buys and sells goods in large quantities
Merchant
Manor
Trade
Plague
Reconquista
The buying, selling, or exchanging goods
Trade
Manor
Merchant
Plague
Reconquista
A disease that causes death and spreads quickly to a large number of people
Plague
Manor
Merchant
Trade
Reconquista
King forced to sign the Magna Carta in 1215 by which he agreed to accept limits on his power as king
King John
Manor
Merchant
Trade
Plague
Who called for the Crusades, and why?
Ferdinand and Isabella to eradicate heresy
Pope Urban II to reclaim the Holy Land
Seljuk Turks to halt the spread of Islam
William, Duke of Normandy, to extend French rule
Which of these contributed to the end of feudalism and the Middle Ages?
decline of the merchant class
expansion of clergy
growth of cities
shift of power from kings to local lords
What did the Magna Carta do?
extended property rights to peasants
made the king subject to the rule of law
organized barons into a parliament
restored and organized English common law
What purpose did the Reconquista serve?
to drive non-Christians out of Spain
to expel the Crusaders from Jerusalem
to extend European rule into the Holy Land
to reclaim the Iberian Peninsula for the Holy Roman Empire
Which event in the Late Middle Ages led to a significant decrease in the population of Europe?
A) The Black Death
B) The Hundred Years' War
C) The Renaissance
D) The Reformation
What was the primary economic system in Europe during the Late Middle Ages?
A) Capitalism
B) Feudalism
C) Socialism
D) Mercantilism
Which invention during the Late Middle Ages greatly improved the spread of information?
A) The printing press
B) The steam engine
C) The compass
D) The telescope
