Middle-Ages in Europe: 500-1500 C.E.

Question 1

This ship’s bow & stern were covered in elaborate carvings, it required 30men rowing with oars.

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Viking ship

Question 2

This period of time signals the end of the Middle-Ages in Europe.

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Renaissance Age

Question 3

In 481 C.E., he becomes king when he unites the Frankish tribes in the Roman province of Gaul.

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Clovis

Question 4

In 870 C.E., the Vikings had conquered all the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms except for ______.

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Wessex

Question 5

In1337, this war began as a fight between England and France for the French crown.

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Hundreds Years War

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thisFrench heroine and later Catholic Saint is Executed by England at the age of 19.

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Joan of Arc

Question 7

LeonardoDa Vinci paints ____________ signaling the end of the Middle-Ages.

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the 'Last Supper'

Question 8

North German trading cities form a guild of fishermen vowing toprotect and bury each other.

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Hanseatic League

Question 9

In 1066this French Duke wins the Battle of Hasting changing England’s kingdom historyforever.

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William the Conqueror

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Inthis conflict the Franks defeat the Muslims turning back Islam from advancinginto Europe.

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the Battle of Tours

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in 1066this French Duke wins the Battle of Hasting changing England’s kingdom historyforever.

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William the Conqueror

Question 12

Muslimswould win this battle with the fall of the LatinKingdom north of Israel.

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Last Crusade

Question 13

______ is a system of government where the king allotted land to lords who pledged loyalty.

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Feudalism

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They werebuilt during the Middle-Ages as fortified homes for kings and nobility.

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castles

Question 15

Inthis conflict the Franks defeat the Muslims turning back Islam from advancinginto Europe.

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Battle of Tours

Question 16

Between835-1044 C.E. name the area where the northern invaders came from in fast movingships.

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Scandinavia

Question 17

inEurope arose _______ a society of foreign students called ‘nations’ that hiredscholars.

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universities

Question 18

The eastern half of the Roman Empire.

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Byzantine Empire

Question 19

This dynasty builtthe Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.

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Umayyad Dynasty

Question 20

This person united theGerman’s and French under one religion, Christianity.

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Charles the Great

Question 21

Hefounded the Mongol Empire.

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Genghis Khan

Question 22

“When the kingdom revolves around the king, then it is difficult to enter but easy to hold”.

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Machiavelli

Question 23

Themajority of people living during the Middle-Ages lived in the country andworked as ________.

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farmers

Question 24

He establisheda navigation school in Lisbon, Portugal.

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Henry the Navigator

Question 25

Thisevent marks the beginning of the Middle-Ages in Europe around 476 C.E.

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fall of Roman Empire

Question 26

In 1215 C.E., King ____ was forced to sign the Magna Carta.

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John Lackland

Question 27

Fatherof the Renaissance and Humanism – a philosophy emphasizing critical thinkingover faith.

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Petrarch

Question 28

A fleet filled with Europeans expelling theMuslim Moors from the Iberian Peninsula.

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2nd Holy Crusade

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Thistreaty limited royal powers, defined feudalobligations between king & barons.

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Magna carta

Question 30

Thefirst _________ of the Middle-Ages fought for Charlemagne as soldiers onhorseback.

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knights

Question 31

In 1189 seven years after the first Holy Crusade he becomes the king of England.

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Richard the Lion-Hearted

Question 32

This period of time signals the end of theMiddle-Ages in Europe.

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Renaissance

Question 33

Portuguesesailor whose crew finished in sea voyage around the world.

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Ferdinand Magellan

Question 34

The peasants in Europe during the Middle-Ages worked hard and grew crops such as ___ and ___ .

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wheat and barley

Question 35

Italian and Jewish merchant’s dominant long-distance trade here after defeating Arab Muslims

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Mediterranean Sea

Question 36

ThisFrench heroine and later Catholic saint is executed by England at the age of 19.

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Joan of Arc

Question 37

Italianbanking family that amassed perhaps the first European million dollars.

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Medici

Question 38

This horribledisease would kill nearly half of the people in Europe.

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Bubonic plague

Question 39

a.k.a. “Fatherand Master of All the Arts”

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Michelangelo

Question 40

He was aleading artist and intellectual of the Italian Renaissance.

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Leonardo da Vinci

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They weremembers of Germanic groups who migrated to S. Britain from Europeforming England.

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Anglo-Saxons

Question 42

Hiscoronation by Pope John XII marks a revival of the Christian emperor lasting 800 yrs.

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Otto

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MuslimCaliph or military & political leader that led Islamic forces during theCrusades.

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Saladin

Question 44

Columbus’favorite ship the Nina was one; he praised her speed, maneuverability and safety.

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caravel

Question 45

_______ series of wars where the Christians of Europe tried to take Jerusalem from the Muslims.

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The Crusades

Question 46

in 481,becomes king when he unites the Frankish tribes in the Roman province of Gaul.

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Clovis

Question 47

Name the dynasty that was positioned on two continents.

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Ottoman Empire

Question 48

In 870 C.E., King Oleg moved the capital of the ____ from Novgorod to Kiev.

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Rus

Question 49

This periodof time after the Middle-Ages; revival of art, literature, andlearning in Europe.

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Renaissance

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This Crusade waslaunched by Pope Urban II capturing Jerusalem massacringMuslims & Jews.

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1st Holy Crusade

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