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