Assessment 05
Name _______________________________
Circle the best answer to each question.
1.
What was one key result of the signing of the Magna Carta?
A.
B.
C.
D.
2.
What technological advantage helped the English win many early battles of the Hundred Years' War?
A.
B.
C.
D.
3.
They weakened feudalism.
They strengthened monarchy.
They limited individual rights.
The expanded lords' authority.
King Henry II's reforms weakened the power of
A.
B.
C.
D.
7.
Merchants moved to Asian ports.
Serfs had to work for feudal lords.
Feudal lords seized control of guilds.
Workers gained money and power.
What was a major effect of political changes in England in the 1200s?
A.
B.
C.
D.
6.
They led to an increase in trade with countries in Asia.
They encouraged the development of capitalism in European nations.
They led to a shift in power from feudal lords to common people and monarchs.
They weakened the central governments of European nations.
How did Europe's economy change after the bubonic plague wiped out so many people?
A.
B.
C.
D.
5.
well-paid soldiers
strong national identity
the musket
the longbow
Both the plague and the Hundred Years' War had what effect?
A.
B.
C.
D.
4.
Monarchs could not take away anyone's rights and liberties.
Monarchs could not rule over anyone except commoners.
The king could make decisions without anyone else's advice.
The king could live by different laws from commoners.
royal judges and kings.
clergymen and monarchs.
feudal lords and kings.
feudal lords and clergymen.
A historian found a document that included the passage below, knowing only that it was from the 1200s.
In the first place we have granted to God, and by this our present charter confirmed for us and our
heirs forever, that the English church shall be free.... No sheriff or bailiff of ours, or other person,
shall take the horses or carts of any freeman for transport duty, against the will of the said freeman.
What conclusion could the historian draw based on this passage?
A.
B.
C.
D.
8.
Many workers died during the plague. How did their deaths affect those who remained?
A.
B.
C.
D.
9.
At the time the document was written, craftmakers' guilds maintained law and order.
At the time the document was written, freemen had very few rights.
At the time the document was written, the church was the most powerful institution.
At the time the document was written, the government was a democracy.
They were able to demand better pay and more rights.
They could no longer live in cities, so they moved to farms.
They were forced to return to a feudal economy.
They were able to buy their own businesses and get rich.
What was one human activity that contributed to the spread of the bubonic plague?
A.
B.
C.
D.
bathing too often
keeping mice as pets
eating rotten food
trading with Asia
10. What political event in England gave commoners a voice in their government?
A.
B.
C.
D.
King Henry II's legal reforms
King Henry II's Constitutions of Clarendon
King John's Magna Carta
King Edward I's Model Parliament
11. Which group lost the most power as a result of the Hundred Years' War?
A.
B.
C.
D.
serfs
feudal lords
common people
monarchs
Follow the directions to complete the item(s) below.
12. Many important events, such as the bubonic plague, took place in England in the 12th through the 15th
centuries. Choose three key historical events from this period to put on the spectrum below. Order the three
events from the one you believe is least significant to the one you believe is most significant. Label each
event, and create a simple drawing to represent it.
13. Perhaps the most important factor in the decline of feudalism was common people gaining more power. In
the cause-and-effect chart below, fill in four causes that led to the effect of common people having more
power.