Test01-Europe and middle ages Flashcards
When did the Western Roman Empire come to an end?
a) 476 B.C.
b) A.D. 476
c) A.D. 1066
d) A.D. 1492
b) A.D. 476
The Christian Church in the Eastern and Western Roman Empires split into which two groups?
a) Catholics and Protestants
b) Muslims and Hagia Sophia
c) Istanbul and Constantinople
d) Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox
d) Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox
In the early Middle Ages, books were
a) plentiful
b) copied by hand
c) rare
d) both b and c
d) both b and c
The Middle Ages were once called the Dark Ages because
a) people forgot things that were known by Greeks and Romans
b) people didn’t use fire
c) the ash from a volcanic eruption blocked out sunlight
d) there were no street lamps
a) people forgot things that were known by Greeks and Romans
Who urged monks to find God in useful work?
a) St. Benedict
b) Hildegard
C) Joan of Arc
D) Charlemagne
a) St. Benedict
The brilliant but cruel Hun general who spared Rome was named
a) Ostrogoth
b) Attila
c) Gaul
d) Leo
b) Attila
In A.D. 800, who became the first Roman emperor since 476?
a) Frank
b) Romulus
c) Charlemagne
d) Nero
c) Charlemagne
Which is the correct order, from highest to lowest?
a) peasant, serf, lord
b) serf, peasant, knight
c) lord, knight, peasant
d) knight, serf, lord
c) lord, knight, peasant
The Code of Chivalry was a set of rules for
a) knights
b) serfs
c) merchants
d) ladies
a) knights
What is the name of the system of government in which land is exchanged for loyalty and services?
a) fiefdom
b) feudalism
c) medieval
d) vassalage
b) feudalism
What was a guild?
a) a system of using gold leaf to make illuminated manuscripts
b) another name for a monastery
c) an organization of landowners to make sure serfs didn’t try to escape
d) a group of people who made rules for operating their craft in a city
Serfs on a manor estate
a) were required to work in the lord’s fields as well as their own
b) could leave anytime they wanted
c) were worse off than slaves
d) could become lords if they worked hard
a) were required to work in the lord’s fields as well as their own
What farming system helped the soil recover from one year to the next by leaving some farmland fallow?
a) three-field
b) irrigation
c) fertilizing
d) terracing
a) three-field
Which event occurred in 1066?
a) William of Normandy won the Battle of Hastings
b) Trial by jury became the law in England
c) The Magna Carta was signed
d) Charlemagne was crowned emperor
a) William of Normandy won the Battle of Hastings
What was the Domesday book?
a) St. Benedict’s book of rules
b) instructions on how to build churches
c) a list of who lived in England and how much they owed in taxes
d) a warning of the end of the world
c) a list of who lived in England and how much they owed in taxes
