Medieval History

Question 1

St Patrick was the first missionary to _______?

Answer 1

Ireland

Question 2

How did Clovis betray his promise to Chlodoric?

Answer 2

Clovis arrested Chlodoric for murder and executed him, taking the kingdom for himself.

Question 3

Who brought Western Christianity to the Franks after his conversion?

Answer 3

Clovis

Question 4

Clovis received the fleur-de-lis symbol from ________, who told him that the symbol’s three leaves represented the three persons of the Trinity.

Answer 4

An agnel

Question 5

What was a hair shirt and why was it worn?

Answer 5

Monks wore shirts made of scratchy hair to keep them in a constant state of discomfort lest they forget Christ’s suffering.

Question 6

Eire was a name the Romans used for what place?

Answer 6

Ireland

Question 7

Who was crowned “Emperor of the Romans” by the pope in AD 800?

Answer 7

Charlemagne

Question 8

What happened on September 4, 476?

Answer 8

the Fall of Rome

Question 9

The _______ was the prophet Muhammad and his followers’ migration from Mecca to Medina

Answer 9

Hegira

Question 10

The people of Rome held their chariot races on what long public racetrack?

Answer 10

Circus Maximus

Question 11

What was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?

Answer 11

Constantinople

Question 12

The ________________ Laws insisted that no woman could inherit Frankish property.

Answer 12

Salic

Question 13

The _____ Riots were ignited by a dispute of two rival sports teams

Answer 13

Nika

Question 14

What is a hand‐copied book with hand‐drawn illustrations?

Answer 14

Illuminated Manuscript

Question 15

What are the four river valleys that birthed the earliest known civilizations?

Answer 15

The Tigris, Euphrates, Yellow and Indus River Valleys

Question 16

Who is the Emperor, when he dedicated the Hagia Sophia Cathedral in 537, said “Solomon, I have outdone thee!”?

Answer 16

Justinian

Question 17

The end of the Pax Romana, the division of the empire into East and West, the transfer of the empire’s capital from Rome to Constantinople and the invasions of the barbarian Germanic tribes all contributed to what event?

Answer 17

The Fall of Rome

Question 18

______ Trees and Mistletoe were especially sacred to the Druids.

Answer 18

Oak

Question 19

What is a flying Butress?

Answer 19

A wall support that leaves the ground before it touches the wall that it supports.

Question 20

The Hippodrome was what City’s version of the Circus Maximus?

Answer 20

Constantinople

Question 21

The Frankish Kings of the Merovingian Dynasty depended on what high officials?

Answer 21

Majordomos (Mayors of the Palace)

Question 22

The Muslims might have conquered Gaul as well as Hispania if Charles Martel had not defeated them at the 732 Battle of _____?

Answer 22

Tours

Question 23

Like the Latin name _________ the name Berber meant “babbling.”

Answer 23

Barbarian

Question 24

For about three centuries, _____________’s Wall marked the Roman Empire’s northernmost border.

Answer 24

Hadrian’s

Question 25

The modern‐day nation of Denmark lies on the ________________ Peninsula and the surrounding islands.

Answer 25

Jutland

Question 26

The Vikings built two main types of ships, ________________ and ________________.

Answer 26

Longships and Knarrs

Question 27

In 1215, King John’s barons rebelled against him and forced him to seal a charter of liberties called the ____________________________.

Answer 27

Manga Carta

Question 28

The Normans interpreted the appearance of ____________ in early 1066, as a sign that God was displeased with Harold for breaking the oath that he had made to William.

Answer 28

Halley’s Comet

Question 29

At his trial, William Wallace insisted that he couldn’t possibly be a traitor to King Edward I. Why?

Answer 29

Because Wallace had never sworn any oath of loyalty to Edward.

Question 30

What two roses did King Henry VII combine to create the Tudor Rose?

Answer 30

He combined the Red Rose of Lancaster and the White Rose of York to create the Tudor Rose

Question 31

List some of the differences that led to the Great Schism between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church.

Answer 31

East and West differed over language; over the use of leavened bread for Holy Communion; over whether or not priests should be allowed to marry; over the proper way to hold a church service; and over the filioque. The most important difference was over the authority of the pope.

Question 32

What was the Domesday Book?

Answer 32

The Domesday Book was a tax record filled with detailed information about every English property’s boundary lines, buildings, people and so on. This information allowed the government to decide exactly how much each property was worth, and how much tax each property owed.

Question 33

The Knights Templar were supposed to be a religious order of fighting monk/knights. How did they get involved in banking?

Answer 33

The Knights Templar were responsible for guarding Christian pilgrims who were on their way to the Holy Land. Most pilgrims who undertook this journey carried a lot of donation money with them, and they were often robbed. The Templar banks began as a solution to this problem. Instead of carrying a lot of money along with them on their journeys, pilgrims could deposit their money in Templar banks, then withdraw it after they reached the Holy Land.

Question 34

What country to the north of Skagerrak Strait?

Answer 34

Norway

Question 35

________________ is now Istanbul, capitol of Turkey.

Answer 35

Constantinople

Question 36

The Muslims tried to take France, but Charles Martel stopped them at the Battle of __________

Answer 36

Tours

Question 37

Who built the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople?

Answer 37

Emperor Justinian I

Question 38

Why did Boniface insist on chopping down Donar’s Oak?

Answer 38

Because the local pagans used Donar’s Oak as an idol to the Norse god Thor. Boniface believed that as long as Donar’s Oak stood as an idol to Thor, the pagans would never convert to Christianity.

Question 39

What was simony?

Answer 39

Simony was the practice of buying and selling important church offices.

Question 40

The nation of _____________ was developed from the eastern third of Charlemagne’s empire.

Answer 40

Germany