Middle Ages Review Game S16

Question 1

Who is believed to be the first European to reach North American shores?

Accepted Answer

Leif Erikson

Question 2

Importance of Jerusalem: Considered the Temple Mount

Accepted Answer

Judaism

Question 3

Who created the first empire in western Europe since the Western Empire fell?

Accepted Answer

Charlemagne

Question 4

What architecture featured flying buttresses, more space, and large, stained-glass windows?

Accepted Answer

Gothic

Question 5

The disease that killed 1/3 to 1/2 of Europe's pop. was spread primarily through which mammal?

Accepted Answer

rats

Question 6

Who defeated the Muslims in the Battle of Tours?

Accepted Answer

Charles Martel

Question 7

Importance of Jerusalem: The only capital of this religion state

Accepted Answer

Judaism

Question 8

Importance of Jerusalem: Jesus spent most of his life in Jerusalem

Accepted Answer

Christianity

Question 9

The group questioned and dealt with people accused of heresies.

Accepted Answer

Inquisition

Question 10

A ___ was used to know if a knight was a friend or foe, especially in battle.

Accepted Answer

coat of arms

Question 11

The causes of the Hundred Years War were all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

Religion

Question 12

Importance of Jerusalem: The Dome of the Rock

Accepted Answer

Islam

Question 13

Feudalism helped to do all of the following EXCEPT: ____.

Accepted Answer

the population decreased

Question 14

Monks (Men) lived in _____ and nuns (women) lived in _______.

Accepted Answer

abbots/convents

Question 15

Who left the monastery and brought religion to town?

Accepted Answer

Friars

Question 16

This person created a council known as the Estates-General.

Accepted Answer

Phillip IV

Question 17

What was the SPECIFIC name of the disease that caused widespread panic in the Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

The Bubonic Plague

Question 18

Conflicts in the Church included all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

the Byzantine Empire and the Catholic Church became friends

Question 19

Importance of Jerusalem: Where the original temple once stood.

Accepted Answer

Judaism

Question 20

Importance of Jerusalem: Location of the binding of Isaac

Accepted Answer

Judaism

Question 21

Importance of Jerusalem: Jesus was born in nearby Bethleham

Accepted Answer

Christianity

Question 22

Importance of Jerusalem: Location of the Last Supper

Accepted Answer

Christianity

Question 23

Feudalism was based on ties of loyalty and duty among members of the ____.

Accepted Answer

nobility

Question 24

This person created a body of common law.

Accepted Answer

Henry II

Question 25

This person asked Europe's nobles to begin a holy war, or crusade, against the Muslims.

Accepted Answer

Pope Urban II

Question 26

This person united England and halted the Vikings's attacks.

Accepted Answer

King Alfred of Wessex

Question 27

What was considered to be the heart of medieval life?

Accepted Answer

the manor

Question 28

These are ideas that go against the Church and are considered to be a crime.

Accepted Answer

Heresies

Question 29

One motive for going on the crusade was ____.

Accepted Answer

control of the holy land

Question 30

Who kicked both the Muslims and the Jews out of Spain?

Accepted Answer

Ferdinand and Isabella

Question 31

This person fought wars against England to gain feudal lands in western France.

Accepted Answer

Phillip II

Question 32

This person created a council known later as the Parliament.

Accepted Answer

Edward I

Question 33

Importance of Jerusalem: Called their holy city (God's promised land)

Accepted Answer

Judaism

Question 34

Knights followed the code of _____, which told them how to be loyal and treat others fairly.

Accepted Answer

chivalry

Question 35

Which two leaders started fighting over who could appoint high-ranking Church officials?

Accepted Answer

Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII

Question 36

Knights trained for battle by participating in ____.

Accepted Answer

tournaments

Question 37

Who were the most powerful people in the Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

nobles

Question 38

Importance of Jerusalem: The Dome of the Rock

Accepted Answer

Islam

Question 39

A lower-ranking noble who served a lord in return for protection: _____.

Accepted Answer

vassal

Question 40

The event where Muslims and Jews were kicked out of Spain was called _______.

Accepted Answer

Reconquista

Question 41

Who was the strongest Germanic group after the fall of the Western Roman Empire?

Accepted Answer

The Franks

Question 42

Who wrote the Divine Comedy?

Accepted Answer

Dante

Question 43

The Magna Carta contained all of the following except ____.

Accepted Answer

the pope would become the new king

Question 44

Who was the unlikely hero who led France during the Hundred Years War?

Accepted Answer

Joan of Arc

Question 45

The rise of trade and cities created what class?

Accepted Answer

the middle class

Question 46

This person was forced to sign the Magna Carta.

Accepted Answer

King John

Question 47

Who is Catholicism's most famous saint?

Accepted Answer

Mary

Question 48

This person led a group of Muslims who recaptured Jerusalem.

Accepted Answer

Saladin

Question 49

___ is the discrimination of Jews.

Accepted Answer

Anti-Semitism

Question 50

What architecture featured small windows, rectangular buildings, and barrel vaults?

Accepted Answer

Romanesque

Question 51

A concordat, such as the Concordat of Worms, is ___________.

Accepted Answer

an agreement between the pope and the ruler of a country

Question 52

The Vikings were _____.

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 53

Who wrote the Canterbury Tales?

Accepted Answer

Chaucer

Question 54

A ____ is a piece of land given from the lord to his vassal.

Accepted Answer

fief

Question 55

A knight's armor included a piece which had many metal chains linked together called ____.

Accepted Answer

mail

Question 56

Importance of Jerusalem: Jesus was crucified on Cavalry Hill

Accepted Answer

Christianity

Question 57

Importance of Jerusalem: Where Muhammad ascended into Heaven

Accepted Answer

Islam

Middle Ages Review Game S16

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Middle Ages Review Game S16

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