Medieval Europe Quiz
Instructions: Step back into the Middle Ages and test your knowledge of knights, castles, and the feudal world of medieval Europe.
- 1.
What social system organized medieval European society into lords, vassals, and serfs?
AMercantilismBCapitalismCCommunismDFeudalism - 2.
What devastating plague killed roughly one-third of Europe's population in the 14th century?
AThe Great Plague of LondonBThe Black DeathCThe Antonine PlagueDThe Plague of Justinian - 3.
What were the series of religious wars launched by European Christians to reclaim the Holy Land?
AThe InquisitionBThe ReconquistaCThe ReformationDThe Crusades - 4.
What document, signed by King John of England in 1215, limited royal power?
AMagna CartaBThe Bill of RightsCThe Petition of RightDThe Domesday Book - 5.
Which French heroine led armies during the Hundred Years' War and was later canonized as a saint?
AHildegard of BingenBCatherine de MediciCEleanor of AquitaineDJoan of Arc - 6.
What type of building was the center of religious and community life in medieval towns?
AThe universityBThe castleCThe cathedralDThe market hall - 7.
What was the name of the Norman king who conquered England in 1066?
AWilliam the ConquerorBHenry ICRichard the LionheartDHarold Godwinson - 8.
What was a medieval guild?
AAn association of craftsmen or merchantsBA type of castle defenseCA unit of currencyDA religious order - 9.
Which king of England led the Third Crusade and was known as 'The Lionheart'?
AJohnBEdward ICRichard IDHenry II - 10.
What was the primary language of scholarship and the Church throughout medieval Europe?
AGermanBFrenchCGreekDLatin - 11.
What was the Domesday Book, commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1086?
AA survey of English land and propertyBA religious textCA code of lawsDA history of the Norman conquest - 12.
Which emperor was crowned by the Pope on Christmas Day, 800 AD, reviving the concept of a Western Roman Empire?
ALouis the PiousBFrederick BarbarossaCCharlemagneDOtto the Great - 13.
What was the Hundred Years' War primarily fought between?
ASpain and PortugalBEngland and SpainCFrance and the Holy Roman EmpireDEngland and France - 14.
What was the training path for a young man to become a knight?
AStudent, novice, monkBApprentice, journeyman, masterCPage, squire, knightDSerf, freeman, lord - 15.
Which religious order, founded by St. Benedict, was crucial in preserving knowledge during the Middle Ages?
AThe FranciscansBThe JesuitsCThe DominicansDThe Benedictines