World History
Middle Ages Test
1. Europe became a feudal society because
a. Europeans needed to defend themselves against constant raids and invasions.
b. overpopulation required that a more efficient agricultural system be developed.
c. skilled craftspeople had emerged as farming techniques improved.
2. The pope’s influence in the Middle Ages resulted from
a. the economic influence of the Papal States.
b. the fact that nearly everyone in Europe was Christian.
c. the powerful army he headed under General Charlemagne.
3. How did Charlemagne ensure that his counts remained loyal and did their jobs well?
a. by ensuring that they received excellent educations
b. by setting up a system of rewards and punishments administered by inspectors
c. by sending monks to convert them to Christianity
4. Vikings began raiding northern Europe because
a. they wanted to stop attacks on Scandinavia.
b. they wanted to spread their religion.
c. Viking farmers could not grow enough food.
“Hear you my Lord. . . that I. . . shall be to you both faithful and true, and shall owe my
Fidelity unto you, for the Land that I hold of you, and lawfully shall do such Customs and
Services, as my Duty is to you, at the times assigned. So help me God and all his Saints.”
—from The Manner of Doing Homage and Fealty
5. The excerpt from The Manner of Doing Homage and Fealty is an example of
a. a Domesday passage.
b. an oath of loyalty.
c. a serf’s contract.
6. The excerpt from The Manner of Doing Homage and Fealty might have been said by a
a. queen.
b. Viking.
c. knight.
7. The goal of the First Crusade was to
a. take Jerusalem and the Holy Land away from the Muslims.
b. take Jerusalem and the Holy Land away from the Byzantines.
c. convert Muslims to Christianity.
8. Which of the following was an effect of the Crusades?
a. Important trade routes were destroyed.
b. European kings gained more political power.
c. Knights gained political power.
9. Merchants asked the king for special charters for towns because
a. they wanted charters granting religious freedom.
b. the merchants did not want to pay fees to feudal lords.
c. the Crusades made Europe less safe, so rural people banded together for protection.
10. The Black Death led to
a. the collapse of the medieval manor system.
b. massive witch hunts throughout Europe.
c. greater religious tolerance in Western Europe.
11. Based on the map titled “The First Crusades, 1095–1204,” Crusaders from England on the
Third Crusade primarily traveled to the Holy Land by
a. foot.
b. wagon train.
c. boat.
12. Based on the map titled “The First Crusades, 1095–1204,” which of the following describes
the route taken by Crusaders on the First Crusade?
a. Crusaders traveled by boat through the Mediterranean Sea to the Holy Land.
b. Crusaders traveled overland first to Constantinople and then to Edessa or Jerusalem.
c. Crusaders traveled by boat first to Constantinople and onward to Jerusalem.
13. Based on the map titled “The First Crusades, 1095–1204,” where did the Second Crusade
begin and end?
a. It began in Venice and ended in the Holy Land.
b. It began in France and ended in the Holy Land.
c. It began in Central Europe and ended in Constantinople.
14. The photograph titled “Interior View” is an example of
a. Gothic architecture.
b. a medieval guild.
c. a medieval manor.
15. Study the photograph titled “Interior View.”
What advance in engineering made this type of
architecture possible?
a. the flying buttress
b. illumination
c. interior column supports
16. Which of the following was one effect of the Crusades?
a. Trade decreased.
b. Relations between religious groups became more strained.
Interior View
c. The feudal system strengthened.
17. What was the Hanseatic League?
a. speakers of the vernacular
b. a group of northern German cities and towns that worked together to promote and
protect trade
c. a guild of troubadours that allowed women to join
18. What was the art of illumination?
a. decorating written manuscripts with pictures or designs
b. composing music in Latin
c. traveling from court to court to spread news
19. What is another name for the plague that devastated Europe in the mid-1300s?
a. the Black Death
b. the Danse Macabre
c. the Mongol Hordes
20. Castles were built for what particular purpose?
a. comfort
b. convenience
c. defense
26 manorial system
a
Large woven wall hanging
27 monasteries
b
The economic system of medieval western Europe
28 tapestry
c
Homes for monks frequently targeted in Viking raids
29 coins
d
30 credit
e
Its use increased at trade fairs and led to the creation
of Europe’s first banks
Increasingly used to pay wages and taxes in the
Middle Ages
31 fief
a
A person who owed service to his lord
32 friars
b
Members of new religious orders who lived and
preached in towns
33 vassal
c
A person learning the basic skills of a craft
34 apprentice
d
A peasant who was legally tied to the manor on
which he worked
35 serf
e
The land given to a knight for his service to a lord
36 Domesday Book
a
Term in office of a pope
37 Gothic style
b
38 Hanseatic League
c
39 Holy Land
d
40 pontificate
e
Design of medieval churches that made them taller
and brighter than earlier churches
Survey taken of English residents and their
possessions
Goal of the Crusades was to take control of this from
the Muslims
A group of cities and towns in Germany that worked
together to promote and protect trade
41 Moors
a
Muslims
42 Papal States
b
43 Parliament
c
English law-making body made up of members of the
nobility and clergy
Legal procedures supervised by special judges to try
suspected heretics
44 the Inquisitions
d
Vikings
45 Norsemen
e
Region in central Italy ruled by the pope
46 Richard the Lion-Hearted
a
47 Geoffrey Chaucer
b
48 Joan of Arc
c
French heroine of the Hundred Years’ War, burned at
stake
Failed to take control of Jerusalem during the Third
Crusade
Muslim leader of the Holy Land during the Third
Crusade
49 Dante Alighieri
d
Wrote The Canterbury Tales
50 Saladin
e
Wrote The Divine Comedy