WorksheetsChapter 2 Part 2 Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, who was crowned king of England?
a)
Alfred the Great
b)
King Lear
c)
William the Conqueror
2.
What are some of the ways King Henry II further strengthened the king's power in Britain? Select 3.
a)
He seized lands from the nobles.
b)
He set up a central royal court.
c)
He married Eleanor of Aquitaine and gained her land.
d)
He set up juries of citizens to settle legal disputes.
3.
What are some of the legal system that were set up under Henry II? Select 3.
a)
Grand jury
b)
Trial Jury
c)
Habeas corpus
d)
Decentralized laws
4.
A group of nobles set out to limit the king’s power in 1215. They forced the king to accept a document called the ___________ that protected the rights of the people and gave the nobles a powerful government council.
a)
Treatise of Parliament
b)
Magna Carta
c)
Habeas Corpus
5.
The city of Kiev, in modern-day Ukraine, was invaded during the Middle Ages by the _________.
a)
Vikings
b)
Huns
c)
Mongols
6.
The ruler known as czar, a shortened form of Caesar, when he became ruler of Russia?
a)
Ivan III
b)
Alexi I
c)
Vladimir
7.
The original goal of Crusaders was to recapture which areas? Select 2.
a)
Jeruselam
b)
The Holy Land
c)
Asia Minor
d)
Kievan Rus
8.
How did the Christian military crusades against the Muslims change Western Europe? Select 2.
a)
Europeans gained new knowledge of architecture, mathematics and art.
b)
European systems of government such as feudalism were strengthened
c)
Europeans learned how to make better ships and began to use the compass.
d)
Europeans gained total control over what they considered their holy land.
9.
Which part of Gothic cathedrals allowed the buildings to have thinner walls?
a)
barrel vaults
b)
flying buttresses
c)
stained glass windows
10.
Catholic churches brought each community together every week to celebrate __________.
a)
the sacraments
b)
mass
c)
confession
11.
Kings, popes, and princes created ___________ in the Middle Ages to educate scholars.
a)
industrial schools
b)
universities
c)
grammar schools
12.
Thomas Aquinas's ideas on Natural Law included which of the following? Select 3.
a)
Right to live
b)
Right to learn
c)
Right to party
d)
Right to worship
13.
Many Europeans blamed the plague, or the Black Death, on ____________.
a)
Catholics
b)
rats
c)
the Jews
14.
The Black Death spread quickly along which trade route?
a)
The Silk Road
b)
The Ivory Road
c)
Trans Europe Route
15.
_______ in the Catholic church caused more and more Europeans to question its authority.
a)
Disagreements over language
b)
Corruption
c)
Power struggles
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