make a quiz on medieval Europe

Question 1

What period does the term ‘medieval Europe’ refer to?

Answer 1

The Middle Ages, approximately from the 5th to the late 15th century.

Question 2

True or False: The Black Death occurred in the 14th century.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What title was given to the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire?

Answer 3

Emperor

Question 4

Fill in the blank: The ______ was a series of religious wars initiated by the Latin Church in the medieval period.

Answer 4

Crusades

Question 5

Who was the famous female leader during the Hundred Years’ War?

Answer 5

Joan of Arc

Question 6

What document, signed in 1215, limited the powers of the English king?

Answer 6

Magna Carta

Question 7

What were guilds in medieval towns?

Answer 7

Associations of craftsmen and merchants.

Question 8

What architectural style is characterized by pointed arches and flying buttresses?

Answer 8

Gothic architecture

Question 8

Fill in the blank: The ______ Wars were fought between England and France from 1337 to 1453.

Answer 8

Hundred Years’

Question 9

Multiple Choice: Which plague devastated Europe in the 14th century?

Answer 9

The Bubonic Plague/Black Death

Question 10

money lending

Answer 10

usury

Question 11

Which Pope called for the First Crusade?

Answer 11

Pope Urban II

Question 12

asked king for rights/privileges to trade

Answer 12

charter

Question 13

money for investment

Answer 13

capital

Question 14

• pope
• action: excommunicated English and French kings
• effects: dies and English and French will gain power after he dies

Answer 14

Innocent III

Question 15

• pope
• action: banned lay investiture
• effect: excommunicated Henry IV because Henry went against the church and he said that Henry was disrespectful

Answer 15

Gregory VII

Question 16

• emperor
• action: led the army to Rome
• effects:
  Pope got power to appoint bishops
  Rulers had the right to decide what lands the bishop would rule
  Concordat of Worm

Answer 16

Henry IV

Question 17

the process by which rulers rather than the pope appoints a bishop

Answer 17

lay investiture

Question 18

invaded England and took over

Answer 18

Battle of Hastings

Question 19

all lords pledged loyalty/military service

Answer 19

Salisbury Oath

Question 20

helped Willam’s government set up a tax system

Answer 20

Domesday Book

Question 21

ordered juries to report crime/disputes; heard cases

Answer 21

Circuit Court Judges

Question 22

decided what cases went to trial

Answer 22

Grand Jury

Question 23

made verdicts for cases

Answer 23

Trial Jury

Question 24

single legal law code for entire country

Answer 24

Common law

Question 25

- Limited the king's power - Increased the nobles power - Eventually gave the people more rights - Acted as a written guarantee

Answer 25

Magna Carta

Question 26

England's legislature

Answer 26

Parliament

Question 27

no arrest without proper legal procedures

Answer 27

Due process

Question 28

no imprisonment without a change

Answer 28

Habeas corpus

Question 29

captured Jerusalem and was the main aim of the Crusade

Answer 29

Saladin

Question 30

a series of Christian holy wars conducted against nonbelievers

Answer 30

Crusades

Question 31

killer disease that caused swellings on the body, black spots, fever, and vomiting = death

Answer 31

Black Death

Question 32

- wrote stories about the Black Death in The Decameron while he was in Florence - Said the reason for the plague was God punishing the people and influence of heavenly bodies

Answer 32

Boccaccio

Question 33

everyday language

Answer 33

vernacular

Question 34

said earth was center of universe

Answer 34

ptolemy

Question 35

not following church laws

Answer 35

heretics