Middle Ages
  • 1. What was the name of the disease that killed nearly half the people of Europe?
A) Influenza
B) Typhus
C) Malaria
D) Small Pox
E) The Black Death
  • 2. What document did the King of England sign that said the people had rights and that the king was not above the law?
A) The Liber Instrumentorum
B) The Cartulary
C) The Charter of Liberties
D) The Magna Carta
E) The Constitution
  • 3. What were the wars between the Holy Roman Empire and the Muslims called?
A) The Ottoman Wars
B) War of the Roses
C) The Islamic Wars
D) The Hundred Years War
E) The Crusades
  • 4. What was the most common job for people living in the Middle Ages?
A) Tanner
B) Mason
C) Knight
D) Farmer
E) Craftsman
  • 5. Most people during the Middle Ages lived in nice comfortable castles with many rooms.
A) FALSE
B) TRUE
  • 6. What religious leader from the Catholic Church helped to organize the First Crusade?
A) The Pope
B) Saint Benedict
C) The Bishop of Constantinople
D) The Cardinal of Italy
E) Stephen Harding
  • 7. Where do historians think that the Black Death started?
A) In Africa
B) In North America
C) In England
D) In Russia
E) In Asia
  • 8. What did people do when the disease started killing people?
A) They panicked
B) They burned down houses and villages
C) They locked their doors
D) ALL OF THE ANSWERS ARE CORRECT
E) They tried to run and hide
  • 9. In what year was Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor?
A) 896
B) 1215
C) 1482
D) 800
E) 476
  • 10. In what year did the Roman Empire fall and the Dark Ages or Middle Ages begin?
A) 476
B) 1066
C) 1337
D) 732
E) 1431
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