Week 13 World History: European Middle Ages 500-1200

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This world history resource focuses on the European
Middle Ages from 500 to 1000 and includes quiz questions
and answers and video links to related topics.

I utilized World History: Patterns of Interaction (Holt McDougal) for our world history textbook. It has multiple options for different learning styles and covers a wide array of information.

This quiz accompanies Chapter 13: pages 350-375.

Directions for the quiz:

• Scroll down and click on the thumbnail to enlarge to full screen.
• Click on the graphic to advance to the next screen.
• Choose an answer for each question.
• Compare your answers with those provided.

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Below are free videos to accompany chapter 13: 

• The Middle Ages in 3 ½ Minutes
• Crash Course: Medieval Europe
• Stains Benedict & Scholastica
• Charlemagne
• Feudalism in Medieval Europe
• Life in a Medieval Village
• Chivalry in the Middle Ages
• What was it like to be a Knight in Medieval Times
• Medieval Music - Troubadours
• Women in the Middle Ages
• Medieval Christian Church
• Investiture Conflict Rulers vs the Centralized Church

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World History Week 13 European Middle Ages 500-1200

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The European Middle Ages, occurring around 500 to 1500,
is also known as the ______ Period.
Answer choices include: Medieval, Edwardian, Stone Age, Victorian

The correct answer is Medieval.

Germanic people who invaded the western half of the Roman Empire
during the Middle Ages were mostly illiterate.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is true.

A brother and sister, ____ & ____, were very devoted to their
monastery/convent and wrote guidelines for living.
Answer choices include: Thich & Teresa, Bede & Elizabeth,
Cesare & Delores, Benedict & Scholastica

The correct answer is Benedict & Scholastica.

By 800, who was the most powerful king in Western Europe
and was crowned “Roman Emperor” by Pope Leo III?
Answer choices include: Charles Martel, Pepin the Short, Charles the Bald, Charlemagne

The correct answer is Charlemagne.

Which Viking explorer reached North America around the year 1000?
Answer choices include: Eric Bloodaxe, Leif Ericson, Clovis, Thorfinn Skullsplitter

The correct answer is Leif Ericson.

Skilled fighters on horseback who defended their lord’s land for fiefs were called ____.
Answer choices include: knights, rooks, bishops, pawns

The correct answer is knights.

Peasants who by law had to live on particular plots of land
where they were born while working for their lord were called ____.
Answer choices include: vassals, merchants, serfs, slaves

The correct answer is serfs.

Which of the following was usually obtained outside of a manor?
Answer choices include: vegetables, salt, grains, fuel

The correct answer is salt.

For which of the following were peasants NOT required to pay taxes?
Answer choices include: Church tithes of 10%,
Grain ground in their lord's mill, Weddings, They had to pay all of these

The correct answer is: They had to pay for all of these.

The average life expectancy for a medieval serf was about __ years.
Answer choices include: 25, 35, 55, 85

The correct answer is 35.

Most peasants during the medieval period sought to revolt against unfair living conditions.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is false.

Medieval knights adhered to the code of chivalry by
devoting themselves to all of the following EXCEPT:
Answer choices include: his heavenly lord, his peasants, his chosen lady, his feudal lord

The correct answer is his peasants.

A ____ was a siege weapon that resembled a giant slingshot.
Answer choices include: trebuchet, mentlet, tortoise, battering ram

The correct answer is trebuchet.

Released in 1915, ____ was the first epic film.
Answer choices include: Braveheart, Gladiator, Birth of a Nation, Star Wars

The correct answer is: Birth of a Nation.

Traveling musicians who performed at castles and courts were called _____.
Answer choices include: merry men, jesters, troubadours, jokers

The correct answer is troubadours.

Peasant women’s lives were mainly focused on
attending church services and hygienic practices. Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is false.

Which was the highest rank of clergy in feudal Europe?
Answer choices include: Priest, Bishop, Emperor, Pope

The correct answer is Pope.

The correct answer is interdict.

Two punishments established for people accused of
violating canon law were excommunication and ____.
Answer choices include: interdict, sacrament, intermission, execution by cannon

Pope Gregory VII excommunicated and later
forgave a young German emperor named ____.
Answer choices include: Otto, Henry IV, Charlemagne, Rollo

The correct answer is Henry IV.

What official compromise stated that only the Church
could appoint a bishop but the emperor could veto the appointment?
Answer choices include: Concordat of Worms, Preamble of the Constitution,
Parliamentary Procedure, Ninety-five Theses

The correct answer is Concordat of Worms.

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