Middle Ages Vocabulary
Challenge
Submitted by
C. Stephen Ingraham
2009
Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
The time of medieval Europe
from 500 CE. - 1,500 CE. Is
known as
a)The Byzantine Empire
b) The Golden Age
c) The Middle Ages
d) The Age of Augustus
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The Roman laws made simpler and
more understandable by Byzantine
Emperor Justinian were known as
a)Justinian Code
b) The Just Rules
c) Code of Hammurabi
d) Pharaoh’s Monopoly.
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The complete control of the
means of production is called
a) Justinian Code
b) The Just Rules
c) Code of Hammurabi
d) Monopoly.
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The Paintings and pictures using
bits and pieces of colored glass
or stone are
a) mosaics
b) icons
c) pictographs
d) hieroglyphics.
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The officially accepted Christianity
of the Byzantine Empire and
centered in Constantinople is
a)orthodox b) catholic
c) patriarchs d) caliphs.
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The holy pictures of Jesus and
the saints are called
a) mosaics
b) icons
c) pictographs
d) hieroglyphics.
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The Byzantine church
leaders were known as
a) orthodox
b) catholic
c) patriarchs
d) popes.
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The word meeting universal
or “all embracing” is
a)orthodox b) catholic
c) patriarchs
d) caliphs.
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The leader of the Christian
church based in Rome is
called
a) Crusaders
b) pope
c) caliph
d) patriarch.
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The idea that all the Christians of
every kingdom formed a community
is called
a) The Kingdom of God
b) The Middle Kingdom
c) The Kingdom of Christ
d) Christendom.
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The Christian volunteers who fought
to free the holy land from the Seljuk
Turks who were Muslims are
a)crusaders
b) popes
c) caliphs
d) patriarchs.
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The Semi-dry plains of grass
lands are
a) Steppes
b) Muslim Deserts
c) Qur’ans
d) Swamps
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The holy book of Islam is
a) Torah
b) Muslim Law
c) Qur’an d) Bible.
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The religion of the followers of
Muhammad’s teaching and
Islam.
a) Hindu
b) Muslim
c) Qur’an
d) Buddhism.
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This means submitting to God’s
will or following the Qur’an.
a) Islam
b) Muslim Law
c) Qur’an
d) Bible.
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The Muslim religious leaders who
are successors to Muhammad.
a) orthodoxs
b) catholics
c) patriarchs
d) caliphs.
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The Muslims who remain loyal to
the descendants of the fourth
caliph are called
a) Orthodox
b) Sunni
c) Catholic
d) Shiite
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The Muslims who accept the changing
dynasties of caliphs or successors to
Muhammad are known as
a)Orthodox b) Sunni
c) Catholic d) Shiite
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The Muslim houses of
worship are
a) manor
b) minarets
c) mosques
d) vassals.
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The towers on mosques where
Muslims are called to worship
five times a day are
a)manor
b) minarets
c) Mosques d) vassals.
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A large block of land made up of
forests, meadows, a church, a
village, and the castle of the noble,
who owned it all is called
a)manor
b) minarets
c) mosques d) vassals.
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The peasant farmers who worked
the noble’s land and were tied to
the land of a Noble.
a) muslims
b) serfs
c) vassal
d) caliphs
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People who pays rent to the
landowner are called
a) muslims
b) tenant
c) vassal
d) caliphs
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A noble who agrees to perform
service for the king in time of war
in exchange for use of the land is
known as a
a)muslim b) tenant
c) vassal d) caliph.
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A written agreement (with the
king & vassal) is a
a) covenant
b) contract
c) inscription
d) minaret.
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The system of trading protection
for loyalty is known as the
a)fatal system
b) feudal system
c) nation-state system
d) city-state system.
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A sickness causes by bites from fleas on
rats is known as Black Death or the
a) fatal death
b) inoculation
c) sickness-state
d) bubonic plaque.
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A government with a strong central
government, laws, single ruler,
language, customs, & standing army
is called
a) fatal system b) feudal system
c) nation-state d) city-state.
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The list of 63 demands of the English
nobles forcing King John to follow
All laws like everyone else.
a) code of Hamurrabi
b) The Justinian Code
c) common law
d) Magna Carta
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A system of laws based upon court
decisions, doctrines, customs, and
usages rather than written laws is
known as
a) code of Hamurrabi
b) Ten Commandments
c) common law
d) Magna Carta