Dark Ages, Fuedalism, and Renaissance TEST

Question 1

When was the fall of Rome?

Answer 1

476 A.D

Question 2

Literacy rate in the dark ages:

Answer 2

1%

Question 3

What city was the center of the Italian Renaissance?

Answer 3

Florence

Question 4

The capital of the eastern half of Rome was:

Answer 4

Constantinople

Question 5

The eastern half of Rome was called:

Answer 5

Byzantine

Question 6

The two longest rivers in the Western Europe are:

Answer 6

Rhine and Danube

Question 7

The three biggest Mountain ranges in Western Europe are:

Answer 7

The Alps, Pyrenees, and Urals

Question 8

In order from top to bottom, what does the FUEDAL hierarchy triangle look like?

Answer 8

Monarch, vassal, knight, and serf

Question 9

Name three reasons why it is called the Dark Ages:

Answer 9

Bad times, 1% literacy rate, no artifacts

Question 10

Name three Germanic tribes:

Answer 10

Answers vary, but: Huns, Angles-Saxons, and Burgundinns are three.

Question 11

The first-born son inheriting the wealth was:

Answer 11

Primogeniture

Question 12

Thinking about your thinking and learning is:

Answer 12

Metacognition

Question 13

Physical features of the land are:

Answer 13

Topography

Question 14

Mr. D calls it Manorialism, historians called it:

Answer 14

Feudalism

Question 15

Wars between Christians and Muslims were called:

Answer 15

Crusades

Question 16

A highly contagious disease spread by fleas on rats was called:

Answer 16

Black Death or Black Plague

Question 17

An armed soldier on horseback was called:

Answer 17

Knight

Question 18

The rebirth of learning was The:

Answer 18

Renaissance

Question 19

The spread of elements from one culture to another is:

Answer 19

cultural diffusion

Question 20

Priests, bishops, archbishops, and cardinals are:

Answer 20

clergy

Question 21

Ten percent of one’s income paid to the church was known as:

Answer 21

tithe

Question 22

the architect who designed and built the dome on the Florence cathedral. (Santa Maria del Fiore or ll Duomo)

Answer 22

Brunelleschi

Question 23

the Frankish king who brought about the end of the Dark Ages.

Answer 23

Charlemagne

Question 24

The most famous of all Renaissance artists who also was an engineer, sculptor, and inventor.

Answer 24

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 25

Most widely recognized painter (ceiling of the Sistine Chapel) and sculptor (The David) of the Renaissance.

Answer 25

Michelangelo

Question 26

A wealthy family who were international bankers. Supported Renaissance artists.

Answer 26

Medici

Question 27

A German monk who wanted the Catholic Church to reform its practices.

Answer 27

Martin Luther

Question 28

A Roman emperor who built Constantinople.

Answer 28

Constantine

Question 29

a peasant who belonged to the land and was controlled by a manor lord (vassal) was not a slave.

Answer 29

serf

Question 30

a warrior who agreed to become the subject of a ruler in exchange for a manor.

Answer 30

Vassal

Question 31

people who study the works of Ancient Greece and Rome.

Answer 31

Humanist

Question 32

In order from top to bottom, what does the CHURCH hierarchy triangle look like?

Answer 32

The pope, cardinals, archbishops, bishops, monks, priests, and people