Middle Ages
  • 1. What was the name of the disease that killed nearly half the people of Europe?
A) Malaria
B) The Black Death
C) Influenza
D) Small Pox
E) Typhus
  • 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 Charter of Liberties
B) The Constitution
C) The Liber Instrumentorum
D) The Cartulary
E) The Magna Carta
  • 3. What were the wars between the Holy Roman Empire and the Muslims called?
A) War of the Roses
B) The Hundred Years War
C) The Islamic Wars
D) The Ottoman Wars
E) The Crusades
  • 4. What was the most common job for people living in the Middle Ages?
A) Tanner
B) Mason
C) Farmer
D) Craftsman
E) Knight
  • 5. Most people during the Middle Ages lived in nice comfortable castles with many rooms.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
  • 6. What religious leader from the Catholic Church helped to organize the First Crusade?
A) The Bishop of Constantinople
B) Stephen Harding
C) The Pope
D) Saint Benedict
E) The Cardinal of Italy
  • 7. Where do historians think that the Black Death started?
A) In Africa
B) In England
C) In Russia
D) In North America
E) In Asia
  • 8. What did people do when the disease started killing people?
A) ALL OF THE ANSWERS ARE CORRECT
B) They burned down houses and villages
C) They panicked
D) They locked their doors
E) They tried to run and hide
  • 9. In what year was Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor?
A) 896
B) 476
C) 1482
D) 1215
E) 800
  • 10. In what year did the Roman Empire fall and the Dark Ages or Middle Ages begin?
A) 1431
B) 1337
C) 732
D) 476
E) 1066
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