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US History World Medieval Test 7

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History World Medieval (Middle School) Middle School (USA History, 6-8) USA USA History Standards & AP
What is this test? for Middle School History (6-8), USA — Middle School (USA History, 6-8) level, USA.
For Middle School students (6-8) — Middle School History in the USA
Section: History World Medieval (Middle School) · Education: Middle School · Part: History World Medieval (Middle School) · Country: USA

Knowledge of history is essential for understanding the vast accumulation from past to present and for establishing cause-and-effect relationships among historical events.

This test will help you develop chronological thinking and prepare for history questions on your exams.

By solving this test of 20 questions, you can both test your knowledge and identify the topics you need to improve.

Question 1
What were the Crusades?
A) Christian wars for Holy Land
B) trade fairs
C) plague cures
D) school founding
Question 2
What is scholasticism?
A) No learning
B) Medieval learning
C) Art only
D) Trade skills
Question 3
Which empire was the continuation of Rome in the East?
A) Persian Empire
B) Ottoman Empire
C) Byzantine Empire
D) Holy Roman Empire
Question 4
Which of the following best defines Byzantium?
A) a French city
B) a Viking ship
C) a plague
D) Eastern Roman Empire
Question 5
Which city was the Islamic center for learning?
A) Baghdad
B) Mecca
C) Cairo
D) Medina
Question 6
Which of the following best defines Hundred Years War?
A) Ten years
B) 1337 to 1453 clash
C) One battle
D) No war
Question 7
What were guilds?
A) schools
B) armies
C) craft worker associations
D) churches
Question 8
What best defines manorialism?
A) Trade economy
B) No economy
C) City markets
D) Manor economy
Question 9
Which person were the Vikings?
A) Norse seafarers and raiders
B) Roman soldiers
C) Greek traders
D) Egyptian builders
Question 10
What was Byzantium?
A) a French city
B) Eastern Roman Empire
C) a Viking ship
D) a plague
Question 11
Which person lived in castles?
A) merchants
B) peasants only
C) knights and lords
D) monks
Question 12
Which term means "limited English king's power"?
A) the Domesday Book (1086)
B) feudalism
C) the Black Death
D) Magna Carta (1215)
Question 13
Give the number of Crusades:
A) Nine major
B) One
C) Three
D) Fifty
Question 14
Name the person who were Mongols.
A) Farmers
B) Steppe conquerors
C) Sailors
D) No tribe
Question 15
Identify Marco Polo.
A) Explorer sea
B) No travel
C) Venice traveler
D) Merchant only
Question 16
What best defines chivalry?
A) No code
B) Peasant rules
C) Church law
D) Knight code
Question 17
What best defines Gothic style?
A) Pointed medieval
B) Round Roman
C) Flat modern
D) No style
Question 18
Which person was Charlemagne?
A) Caliph
B) King of the Franks, Holy Roman Emperor
C) Byzantine emperor
D) Pope
Question 19
Which of the following best defines Magna Carta?
A) War declaration
B) Trade pact
C) 1215 limits charter
D) No charter
Question 20
Provide the definition of the Black Death:
A) a war
B) a famine only
C) a flood
D) 1340s plague killing millions

About This Test

For Elementary to University (USA) — U.S. History from Colonial to modern era and World History across ancient to contemporary, including state history and AP. Section: History, USA.

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