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What made English King Alfred so great?
Defeated Muslims
Unified the country
Promoted education
Built a lot of churches
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Tamerlane was a descendant of this cruel leader of the Mongol Empire
Obi Wan Kenobi
Attila the Hun
Kublai Khan
Genghis Khan
3
King Edward I of England led a holy life and was given this title
Edward the English
Edward the Confessor
Edward the Christian
Edward the Saint
4
Who won the Hundred Years War?
France
China
The 13 Colonies
England
5
Kublai Khan employed this Italian explorer for more than 15 years
Leonardo da Vinci
Filippo Brunelleschi
Marco Polo
Michaelangelo
6
What happened to Joan of Arc?
She was burned at the stake
She died in battle
She became Queen
She lived happily ever after as a peasant
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What city did Alaric and the Visigoths sack in 410 AD?
London
Rome
Paris
Budapest
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English monarch Henry the Second ordered the murder of this man
Joan of Arc
Thomas Becket (The Archbishop of Canterbury)
Geoffrey Chaucer
Arthur of Brittany
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Henry the Fowler was the German king who defeated these barbarians
Magyars
Ostrogoths
Vandals
Huns
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King John was forced to sign this document in 1215 AD
The Treaty of Versailles
The Declaration of Independence
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Magna Carta
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Canute the Great was a Danish king who sat on this throne from 1014-1035AD
France
Germany
Spain
England
12
William the Conqueror was victorious at this Battle
Battle of Hastings
Battle of Tours
Battle of Agincourt
Battle of Crecy
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Saladin was a famous Muslim general who captured what city in 1187 AD?
Jerusalem
Calais
London
Rome
14
Byzantine emperor Justinian the Great was well-known for writing a set of laws called
The Code of Justinian
The Rosetta Stone
The Bible
Comic Books
15
Gregory the Great is credited with developing this style of music
Beatbox
Classical Music
Rap
Gregorian Chant
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Who gave Pepin the Short permission to become King of the Franks?
the pope
Charlemagne
Julius Caesar
his wife
17
St. Francis of Assisi was known for taking this type of vow
silence
Nazirite
wedding
poverty
18
Italy was once conquered by this Ostrogoth king.
Charlemagne
Alaric
Genseric
Theoderic
19
Egbert the Saxon was the first man to rule this country as one kingdom.
Italy
France
Spain
England
20
St. Benedict founded this monastic order
Benedictine Order
The Franciscans
The Jesuits
Dominican Order
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What was Charles Martel's nickname after the Battle of Tours?
El Cid
Charles the Great
The Hammer
Chuck
22
The Scottish King Robert Bruce learned a lesson from this tiny creature
Spider
Ladybug
Worm
Bumblebee
23
St. Patrick was known for bringing Christianity to this country
Scotland
Iceland
Greenland
Ireland
24
At the end of the War of the Roses the two Houses merged into this:
The Capulets
The Elizabethans
The Montagues
The Tudors
25
Attila the Hun was also known as this.
Scourge of God
Sword of Tiew
Asian Assassin
Number One Hun
26
Frankish king Clovis was baptized on what holiday in the year 500 AD?
New Year's
Thanksgiving
Easter
Christmas
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King Richard II was given the nickname "lion-hearted" for his bravery in which war?
The Hundred Years War
The War of the Roses
The Crusades
The Trojan War
28
The People's Crusade was led by
Peter the Hermit
Louis IX
Frederick Barbarossa
Richard II
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St. Dominic was a Spanish friar who combatted heresy by improving this
the environment
Public education
Christian education
restaurant service
30
Famous book by Augustine of Hippo
The Odyssey
Confessions
The Cat in the Hat
The Prince
31
The Cid was an 11th century knight and champion of what European country?
Italy
England
Spain
France
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Genseric and the Vandals were known for
opening a monastery
inventing vanilla ice cream
destroying property
cleaning up after themselves
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Pope Gregory VII purified the church and excommunicated this emperor
Henry IV
Henry the Fowler
Charlemagne
Basil II