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Ch. 7 - Middle Ages
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Historians mark this event as the end of ancient history and the beginning of the Middle Ages. | The fall of Rome in 476. |
| The Dark Age came at the beginning of the Middle Ages. (True or False) | True |
| Very few people could read or write during the Dark Ages, and almost nobody expected conditions to improve. (True or False) | True |
| During the Middle Age, civilization flourished in the Muslim world, and in sub-Saharan Africa, China, India, and the Americas. (True or False) | True |
| The civilizations of Greece and Rome had fallen by the Dark Ages. (True or False) | True |
| Most Europeans of the Dark Ages were pagans. (True or False) | False |
| The Renaissance is the beginning of modern history. (True or False) | True |
| Renaissance means "rebirth." (True or False) | True |
| The Renaissance began about five hundred years after the birth of Jesus Christ. (True or False) | True |
| The people of Europe experienced many great changes during the Renaissance. (True or False) | True |
| A peasant who could not leave the land he lived on unless he purchased his freedom was a | serf |
| Monks copied books by hand in and era before the printing press. (True or False) | True |
| Monks lived in small communities of religious workers known as monasteries. (True or False) | True |
| Monks tended to be well educated and often served as administrators to uneducated kings and lords. (True or False) | True |
| Many Jews and Muslims were Monks. (True or False) | False |
| The Huns wrote many epic poems and wrote most of the literature of the Middle Ages. (True or False) | False |
| The Huns were skilled horsemen. (True or False) | True |
| Shih Hung-ti built the Great Wall of China to keep the Huns from attacking. (True or False) | True |
| The Huns were originally from central Asia. (True or False) | True |
| The Huns were pastoralists; they tended to animals. (True or False) | True |
| Attila was a devout Christian. (True or False) | False |
| Attila became the sole leader of the Huns after murdering his brother. (True or False) | True |
| Attila died on his wedding night by choking to death from a nosebleed. (True or False) | True |
| The Romans called Attila the "scourge of God. (True or False) | True |
| The Huns did not pose a threat to the civilized world after Attila's death. (True or False) | True |
| These Asian warriors moved into eastern Europe about 890. Many Europeans thought they were Huns, which is why the land where they settled in now called Hungary.Magyars | Magyars |
| This Roman emperor built a wall separating the Roman controlled land in Great Britain from the mountainous land to the north. | Hadrian |
| The Romans referred to the Scottish people as ___. They eventually used this term to describe anyone who lived beyond the borders of the Roman Empire. | Barbarians |
| The Vandals, Lombards, Alamanni, Goths, Franks, and Burgundians all spoke similar ________ languages. | Germanic |
| Gloomy stories with supernatural themes (Gothic or romanesque) | Gothic |
| music and fashion that is "moody, romantic, and dark" (Gothic or romanesque) | Gothic |
| architecture that features sharp lines and precise angles (Gothic or romanesque) | Gothic |
| This Roman emperor moved his capital to Byzantium in 330. | Constantine |
| This was the language of the Byzantine Empire by the seventh century. | Greek |
| These Muslim warriors began moving into the Byzantine Empire from Central Asia in the eleventh century. | Turks |
| The Crusades were successful because Turkey is now a Greek speaking Christian nation. (True or False) | False |
| The Byzantine emperor called on the pope to assist him in a holy war to remove Muslims from his empire. (True or False) | True |
| Many of the Christian warriors were exposed to new and different cultures for the first time. (True or False) | True |
| Pope Urban II hoped to reclaim the holy city of Jerusalem from Muslim control. (True or False) | True |
| Soldiers from western Europe left their homes to free the Byzantine Empire of the "unbelievers." (True or False) | True |
| The system of loyalties and protections that existed during the Middle Ages. | feudalism |
| The system of inheritance where all property is handed down to the first-born son. | primogeniture |
| A set of rules for honorable behavior used by the knights. | chivalry |
| The land owned by a noble and everything on it. | manor |
| A present of money, goods, or land given by a father to her daughter's husband. | dowry |
| This term refers to payment for protection. | tribute |
| The Moors were tolerant of other religious faiths. (True or False) | True |
| The Moors invaded Spain from North Africa. (True or False) | True |
| The Moors were Christians. (True or False) | False |
| The Moors controlled most of Spain for more than 300 years. (True or False) | True |
| Spain enjoyed a "Golden Age" of great prosperity during the rule of the Moors. (True or False) | True |
| Muslim warriors crossed the Pyrenees Mountains in 732 in order to conquer France. (True or False) | True |
| Islam means "submission to god (Allah)" (True or False) | True |
| An Arab named Mohammad preached that he was the last in a long line of prophets that included Moses and Jesus. (True or False) | True |
| Mohammed called on people to renounce all other faiths and to submit to the will of Allah. (True or False) | True |
| Islam spread quickly through the Middle East and across North Africa. (True or False) | True |
| The Frankish king united most of present day France and western Germany. | Clovis |
| Charlemagne hoped to unite all of the Germanic tribes into a single Christian kingdom. (True or False) | True |
| Charlemagne wrote many books. (True or False) | False |
| Charlemagne was more than a foot taller than most Europeans. (True or False) | True |
| Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day, 800. (True or False) | True |
| Charlemagne expanded the kingdom of the Franks into Spain and central Europe. (True or False) | True |
| Charlemagne was pleased the pope crowned him Holy Roman Empire. (True or False) | False |
| These fierce Scandinavian warriors threatened the security of Charlemagne's empire? | Vikings |
| Eric the Red discovered this ice-covered land about 980. | Greenland |
| The Viking ships were strong enough to withstand the fury of the sea, but light enough to be carried around waterfalls. (True or False) | True |
| The largest Viking ships could hold as many as 100 sailors and travel at high speed. (True or False) | True |
| Viking ships required a depth of only three feet, so they could be used on rivers to travel inland. (True or False) | True |
| Viking legends indicate that Leif Eriksson formed a settlement in North America called... | Vinland |
| Archaeologists have found evidence of Viking tools and weapons in this part of North America. | Newfoundland, Canada |
| The Normans were ___ who settled in northwest France. | Vikings |
| The Normans practiced this religious faith. | Christianity |
| William the Conqueror invaded this island in 1066. | Britain |
| What was the Domesday Book? | a thorough survey of the taxable capacity of England |
| Kings who did not speak English ruled England for more than three hundred years. (True or False) | True |
| These two nations fought the Hundred Years' War | England and France |
| Almost half of the people of Europe died in the Bubonic Plague. (True or False) | True |
| The plague was often called the "Black Death" because the skin of diseased people often turned a dark gray color. (True or False) | True |
| Scholars believe the plague began in the Gobi Desert of China, and that it killed more than 35 million Asians. (True or False) | True |
| The Bubonic Plague still exists and occasionally causes deaths in isolated places. (True or False) | True |
| Death came very slowly to the victims of the Bubonic Plague. (True or False) | False |
| These Europeans believed the Bubonic Plague was a sign from God. They tried to atone for the sins of the world by inflicting punishment upon themselves. | flagellants |
| The flagellants were very kind to the Jews. (True or False) | False |
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