Ch.17 Test

Question 1

During the Early Middle Ages, two tribes controlled the kingdom of England. They were the ________.

Answer 1

Angles and Saxons

Question 2

_____ is remembered as a wise and fair ruler because he reorganized the government, wanted to stop corruption, clearly explained the duties of royal officials, set strict penalties for counterfeiting, and outlawed duels.

Answer 2

Louis IX

Question 3

In 1469, Prince Ferdinand and Princess Isabella married and united the kingdoms of ______.

Answer 3

Aragon ang Castile

Question 4

In 1547, _______ was the Grand Prince of Moscow and became the first to rule all of Russia.

Answer 4

Ivan IV

Question 5

True or False

William of Normandy and his Norman knights killed King Harold and defeated his forces at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

Answer 5

TRUE

Question 6

True or False

The troops of Ferdinand and Isabella defeated the Muslims and Granada and Navarre which ended Muslim control in Spain.

Answer 6

TRUE

Question 7

True or False
In the early 800s, Charlemagne was the king of the Franks, a group of people who lived in the region that is now Spain and were ancestors of the Spanish people.

Answer 7

FALSE

Question 8

In the 800s, _______ defeated Danish invaders and united the regions of England into one Anglo-Saxon country.

Answer 8

King Alfred

Question 9

King John made laws and decrees that angered the Nobles because they believe the laws were unfair. In 1215, a group of barons and church officials forced King John to agree to a written document about governing in which he gave up some royal power called the ________.

Answer 9

Magna Carta

Question 10

The Spanish Inquisition took place in many Christians countries, including ______, ______, and ________.

Answer 10

France, Germany, Italy

Question 11

The Middle Ages in Europe lasted from about ________.

Answer 11

500 AD to 1500 AD

Question 12

The term Middle Ages comes from _______, which is Latin for “middle” and “age.”

Answer 12

medieval

Question 13

During the 800s, the ruler _______ managed to reunite many small new kingdoms into an empire.

Answer 13

Charlemagne

Question 14

Soon after Charlemagne died in 1814, a political and military system called _______ developed.

Answer 14

feudalism

Question 15

True or False

Knights were professional soldiers who were loyal to their lord.

Answer 15

TRUE

Question 16

True or False

A peasant was the ruler of a kingdom.

Answer 16

FALSE

Question 17

True or False

In the manorialism system, at the center of each fief was the lord’s home, called a plantation.

Answer 17

FALSE

Question 18

A _____ was a person who was allowed to have a house and a plot of land in return for rent paid to their lord.

Answer 18

serf

Question 19

During the High Middle Ages, the economy of Europe began to grow stronger and a ________ class began to arise.

Answer 19

merchant

Question 20

During the Late Middle Ages, the four powerful kingdoms which developed into nation-states were ______, ______, ______, and ________.

Answer 20

England, France, Spain, Russia

Question 21

In the 500s, the Byzantine Empire was Christian and controlled the Holy Land. However, in the 600s, ________ conquered this land.

Answer 21

Muslim Arabs

Question 22

The _______ began in 1095, after the BYzantine emperor asked Pope Urban II for help fighting against the Turks and capturing the Holy Land from the Muslims.

Answer 22

Crusades

Question 23

In 1099, an army made up of mostly French and Norman knights attacked _______, an important city in the Holy Land and captured the city.

Answer 23

Jerusalem

Question 24

From 1337 to 1453, the Hundred Years’ War raged between the French and English, who were fighting over control of ______.

Answer 24

France

Question 25

True or False
In 1071, a new group of rulers, the Seljuk Turks, took over the Holy Land and began to limit Christian use of religious sites.

Answer 25

TRUE

Question 26

True or False
In 1144, Muslim Turks captured three of the Christian states and threatened the other one. This action started the Second Crusade.

Answer 26

FALSE

Question 27

True or False

During the Hundred Years’ War, the French won most of the battles.

Answer 27

FALSE

Question 28

Richard III of England, Philip II of France, and Frederick I of Germany tried to defend the cities Tyre, Tripoli, and Antioch and they also wanted to recapture Jerusalem. So, they started the _____ _________.

Answer 28

Third Crusade

Question 29

After a failed Fourth Crusade, strengthened by their beliefs in God, thousands of ____ traveled to the Holy Land in 1212 in an event called the _______ ______.

Answer 29

them

Children’s Crusade

Question 30

The ______ used advanced weapons, such as the cannons and by 1453 won the Hundred Years’ War.

Answer 30

French