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Dark Ages European Middle Ages

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After what event did the "Dark Ages" start?

a)

Fall of Western Roman Empire

b)

The Great Schism of 1054

c)

Battle of Tours, 732

d)

Christianity starting in Western Europe

2.

What do we call the communal system based on obligations that governed the relationship between lords and vassals?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Bushido

c)

Feudalism

d)

Benedictine Rule

3.
Medieval society was based on all of the following EXCEPT...
a)
Germanic Customs
b)
Roman Heritage
c)
Christian Beleifs
d)
Ending Feudalism
4.

What is going on in this picture?

a)

Serfs do hard work for lords who then promise to protect them.

b)

Lords work for serfs once or twice a year on holidays.

c)

Serfs owned their own land and planted flowers.

d)

Knights worked the land when they weren't fighting or drinking.

5.
The area in yellow is called Scandinavia. Who came from there?
a)
Vikings
b)
Chinese
c)
Franks
d)
Eskimos
6.
Which group on the map (in green) settled in Eastern Europe/Hungary?
a)
Vikings
b)
Angles
c)
Saxons
d)
Magyars
7.
These 2 Germanic groups settled in England...
a)
Angles and Saxons
b)
Franks and Visogoths
c)
Angles and Franks
d)
Magyars and Vikings
8.
Why did feudalism develop?
a)
to protect themselves
b)
build an empire
c)
increase trade
d)
encourage Christianity
9.
Who served both the social and religious needs of Medieval people? 
a)
Kings
b)
Knights
c)
Lords
d)
Catholic Priests
10.

A medieval manor was

a)

a self sufficient communal society

b)

owned by the Catholic Church

c)

always located near a trade route or waterway

d)

protected by an army of serfs and papal servants

11.

In a feudal system, lands called 'fiefs' are given to...

a)

Nobles or Vassals

b)

Peasants

c)

Anyone willing to pay

d)

Priests

12.

When Rome fell in AD 476, life in Europe changed. How did life in the early Middle Ages differ from Roman times?

a)

trade increases substantially

b)

people moved from rural areas to cities for entertainment

c)

education and literacy declined

d)

the population increases as a baby boom occurred

13.

Places where monks lived to preserve Greco-Roman cultural achievements

a)

Monasteries

b)

Chapels in Lords' Castles

c)

Convents with their nun wives

d)

Cathedrals

14.
Charlemagne briefly united western Europe when he formed an empire reaching across parts of Italy, Germany, and
a)
Scandinavia
b)
Ireland
c)
Spain
d)
France
15.

Charlemagne did all of the following except

a)

unify western Europe

b)

spread Christianity

c)

build schools

d)

end serfdom

16.
Who was most likely to be educated during the Early Middle Ages?
a)
Priests
b)
Kings
c)
Nobles
d)
Peasants
17.
Which was the most powerful institution in Medieval Europe?
a)
Eastern Orthodox Church
b)
Kings
c)
Roman Catholic Church
d)
Barbarians
18.
A land grant that was given to a vassal from a lord was a
a)
Acre
b)
Yard
c)
Fief
d)
Frank
19.
The _____________, a Germanic group led by Charlemagne became a force in Western Europe
a)
Franks
b)
Angels
c)
Saxons
d)
Vikings
20.
Who was the head of the Roman Catholic Church?
a)
Pope
b)
Priest
c)
Vassal
d)
Feif
21.

The economy of the Middle Ages (work for protection) centered on what living arrangement?

a)

Feudalism

b)

Living inside the castle walls and serving the lords

c)

the manorial system and life on the manor

d)

knights protecting lords and vassals

22.

What is this picture showing?

a)

Lords working on the manor for the holiday as the serfs were allowed family time

b)

Serfs working the manor for their lord

c)

Knights asking the blacksmith for a new weapon

d)

Lords working for the vassals