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- 1. Multiple ChoiceA major goal of the Catholic Church during the Crusades (1096-1291) was tounite Arab peoples.Establish Christianity in Western Europe.Capture the Holy Land from Islamic rulers.Strengthen the power of European rulers.
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich group of people were fierce warriors and were known for their ship building and navigation techniques who conquered the British Isles?the Moorsthe VikingsMuslimsFranks
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the historical significance of Justinian's Law Code?It served as the first written legal constitution.It promoted the idea of the king as the primary legal authority.It introduced the ideas of legalism and retribution for crimes.It preserved the Roman legal customs for later Western civilizations.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich practice contributed to the spread of the Black Death in Europe?warfare, as knights carried the disease to Valenciareligion, as pilgrims contracted the disease in Liegeindustry, as laborers spread the disease by the North Seatrade, as merchants brought the disease to Europe from Asia along the Silk Road
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat were the Christian expeditions to win back the Holy Lands called?Punic WarsFeudalismsPlebeiansCrusades
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following did NOT carry the Bubonic Plague to Europe from Asia along the Silk Road?FleasHorsesRatsHumans
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich institution held the most power during the Medieval Times?The MonarchyThe NoblesThe SerfsThe Church
- 8. Multiple ChoiceEuropeans united in a shared belief in what religion from Jesus and Paul?IslamJudaismBuddhismChristianity
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWho was the Frankish king responsible for saving the Papacy from attack and the Pope knighted him Emperor of the Romans?JustinianDiocletianCharlamagneConstantine
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the actual name for the Black Plague?Rodent PlagueBlack MiseryMy life is over PlagueBubonic Plague
- 11. Multiple Choice
Who was the first Holy Roman Emperor from France?
King George
Pope John Paul I
Charlemagne
Constantine
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe Magna Carta signed by King John in 1215:force the king to Limit his power by the NoblesIncreased the power of the monarchEnded FeudalismEnded the Hundred Year's War
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWilliam of Normandy was victorious in 1066 at the _____________.Battle of the MarneBattle of the BulgeBattle of HastingsBattle of the Ardenne Forest
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWho was the Pope that called for the Crusades with "God Wills it"?Pope Urban IIPope Leo XPope Urban IPope Leo V
- 15. Multiple Choice
The crusades were wars between Christians andHindusBuddhistsMuslimsCatholics - 16. Multiple ChoiceThis city was on a crossroads between Europe and the Middle East and was the center of trade between Russia, the Middle East, and China in the Early Middle Ages.CairoConstantinopleParisMoscow
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the Spanish Inquisition started by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella who unified Spain under Christianity?the court created by the Catholic Church to find and try hereticscrusaders who enjoyed torture and executionEuropean monarchs who joined with Spainan organization whose hidden purpose was to increase the political power of the Jewish faith
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThe Magna Carta was...An agreement in 1689 which guaranteed freedom of speech in Parliament and among the English ChurchA document setting a complete Bill of Rights for England and ending the English Civil Warconstitutional document in the 19th century guaranteeing the right to vote to all English subjects and freemenAn agreement between the King John and his barons, which guaranteed certain protections for nobles and English subjects of due process of law
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWho created a unified country or state called Spain by expelling the Muslims and Jews?King Ferdinand & Queen IsabellaKing George & Queen IsabellaHenry VIII & Anne BoleynCharlemagne & Theodora
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe 17-year old peasant woman, who led the French army to several victories in the 100 Years’ War, was canonized as a Saint, and who inspired the battered French troops to keep fighting against the English in the Hundred Years War, wasEleanor of Aquitaine.Catherine of Aragon.Christine de Pisan.Joan of Arc.
- 21. Multiple ChoiceJustinian’s most important achievement washis “Body of Civil Law” also known as "Corpus Juris Civilis" of Justinian's Code.conquests of old Roman Empire.unification of the Middle East.connections to Russia.
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThe Byzantine (Orthodox) Church agreed with which of the following?The use of Latin in servicesPriests could get marriedPriests could not get marriedThe use of icons was always okay
- 23. Multiple ChoiceThe center/seat of power for the Eastern Orthodox (Byzantine) church was in what city?RomeAlexandriaBabylonConstantinople
- 24. Multiple ChoiceThe 'Schism' of the Christian church in 1054 resulted in the formation of:the Eastern Orthodox and Islamic church.the split of Rome into the Western Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church.the Sunni and Shia Muslim sect.the Greek and Russian church.
- 25. Multiple ChoiceThe city of Kiev was an important trading center with the Byzantine Empire for which society?ByzantinesMongolsGermansRussians
- 26. Multiple ChoiceThe Russian Prince that challenged the authority of the Mongols and became Russia's first Czar?Ivan I (Money Bag)Ivan II (The Fair)Ivan III (Grand Prince or The Great)Ivan IV (The Terrible)
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhat is another name for the Eastern Roman Empire?Phoenician EmpireIslamic EmpirePersian EmpireByzantine Empire
- 28. Multiple ChoiceThe Magyars who raided Europe from the Asian steppes eventually settled inPoland-Lithuania and became known as the Poles.Hungary and became known as the Huns.Bulgaria and became known as the Bulgars.Serbia and became known as the Serbs.
- 29. Multiple ChoiceAfter the English Civil War, Charles I was tried and found guilty of treason. What was his punishment?He was exiled to France.He was forced to relinquish the monarchy.He was beheaded.He was allowed to be a non-voting member of Parliament.
- 30. Multiple ChoiceLouis XIV built this as a symbol of his power and wealth who reigned France for 72 years after the War of Spanish Succession?Arc De TriomphePalace of VersaillesEiffel TowerEl Escorial
- 31. Multiple ChoiceThe feudal contract was usually betweena great noble or lord of a manor and his serfs.a noble and the Second Estate.a great lord or noble and the Pope.a knight and the Catholic Church.
- 32. Multiple ChoiceWhose “Body of Civil Law” also known as "Corpus Juris Civilis" became the basis for modern law in England and the West?JustinianJulius CaesarTsar Nicholas IIJoseph Stalin
- 33. Multiple ChoiceWhere was this feudal system during the Middle Ages?ChinaJapanEuropeIndia
- 34. Multiple ChoiceWhere was this feudal system during the Middle Ages?ChinaJapanEuropeIndia
- 35. Multiple ChoiceWhere was this feudal system during the Middle Ages till its independence from Britain as a result of Gandhi's revolution in 1947?ChinaJapanEuropeIndia
- 36. Multiple ChoiceWhere was this feudal system during the Middle Ages?ChinaJapanEuropeIndia
- 37. Multiple ChoiceWhich feudal system allowed a Gentry class to become socially mobile and move up the hierarchy once peasants and merchants bought land or received a education?ChinaJapanEuropeIndia
- 38. Multiple ChoiceWho was a great West African leader of Mali who traded salt and gold with along the Trans-saharan Trade Route who brought Islam to West Africa?Sundiata KeitaPharaoh RamseyShaka ZuluMansa Musa
- 39. Multiple ChoiceWhere did Mansa Musa make a pilgrimage to with 80,000 people?The Holy LandJerusalemMedinaMecca
- 40. Multiple ChoiceSunni Ali was a great warrior that built a powerful army to break away from Mali and form which West African empire?SonghaiGhanaEgyptMali
- 41. Multiple ChoiceWhat ruler of Mali is famous for his lavish trip to Mecca?Shaka ZuluRamses IIMansa MusaHannibal
- 42. Multiple ChoiceWhich Mesoamerican civilization is referred to as the "Mother Culture" because they influenced later cultures?OlmecMayaAztecInca
- 43. Multiple ChoiceWhat Mesoamerican civilization, located on the Yucatan Peninsula, was a collection of independent city-states, linked through trade and disappeared for unknown reasons?AztecOlmecIncaMaya
- 44. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the Aztec capital city which is modern day Mexico City?MexicoTenochtitlanTlatelolcoCalpolli
- 45. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following Mesoamerican civilizations ruled an area that included the Andes Mountains in South America?OlmecsMayansAztecsIncas
- 46. Multiple ChoiceWhich group of people migrated into India through the Khyber pass and introduced sanskrit?HebrewsAryansAssyriansPersians
- 47. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following religions spread from India into Southeast Asia?Islam and JudaismShintoism and TaoismHinduism and BuddhismChristianity and Zoroastrianism
- 48. Multiple ChoiceIn India, what name was used to describe the rigid class system?Mandate of HeavenEight fold pathAryan SystemCaste System
- 49. Multiple ChoiceThe Tang and Song is known as theend of Chinese Civilization.Dynastic Cycle.Golden Age of China.The Great Wall.
- 50. Multiple ChoiceThe Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) acts as a border between which two countries during the modern Cold War but dates back to its vulnerability to invasion as a peninsula near Japan and Mongolia During the Middle Ages?North Korea and ChinaSouth Korea and JapanNorth Korea and South KoreaChina and Russia
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