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Medieval Times
Most important events and figures in Medieval Times
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Last updated: February 13, 2021
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1.
What period of time is covered by the Middle Ages?
500 BC to 500 AD
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1000 BC to 100 BC
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1 AD to 1500 AD
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500 AD to 1500 AD
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What event signaled the start of the Middle Ages?
The crowning of Charlemagne
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The fall of Constantinople
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The attack of the Vikings
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The fall of the Roman Empire
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Who quickly became the dominant power in Europe when the medieval age began?
The Vikings
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The Franks
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The Catholic Church
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The Islamic State
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What were knights given in return for their service and loyalty?
War horse
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Metal armor
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Land
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Gold
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What was the subject of much of the writing during the Middle Ages?
Romance
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Christianity
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Mysteries
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Mathematics
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Who was the top leader in the land with the Middle age feudal system?
Lord
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Bishop
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King
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Baron
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What was the name of the disease that killed nearly half the people of Europe in Middle Ages?
Typhus
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Influenza
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The Black death
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Spanish flu
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What was the name for a powerful office within the Catholic Church to root out and punish heresy?
Reconquista
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Reformation
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Crusade
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Inquisition
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What is the name of the social system that dominated medieval Europe?
Socialism
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Colonialism
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Capitalism
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Feudalism
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What was the title of the person in charge of the Middle Age monastery?
Chief monk
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Head priest
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Lector
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Abbot
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When a king died, who would typically take over the throne?
Lord
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Bishop
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His wife, the Queen
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His firstborn son
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Who reported directly to the king and ruled large areas of land called fiefs?
Baron
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Cardinal
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Lord
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Bishop
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Who was the leader of the Catholic Church in a Medieval kingdom?
Monk
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Priest
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Pope
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Bishop
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14.
Who wrote the novel Dracula inspired by Vlad Tepes, the 15th century Prince of Wallachia?
Shirley Jackson
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Bram Stoker
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Thomas Harris
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Mary Shelley
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Founded in 1088, which university was established as a center of study in law for students across Europe?
University of Cambridge
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University of Bologna
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University of Coimbra
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University of Oxford
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16.
According to the legend William Tell is a 14th century folk hero from which country?
Switzerland
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Germany
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Denmark
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Belgium
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17.
What famous explorer did King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella authorize an expedition for in 1492?
Marco Polo
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Christopher Columbus
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Vasco da Gama
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Who is the author of "Le Morte d'Arthur", the book that tells the story of legendary King Arthur?
Margery Kempe
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Geoffrey Chaucer
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Sir Thomas Malory
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William Langland
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What was the symbol of the Crusaders?
A red cross
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A green helmet
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A yellow lion
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A blue sword
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Not counting the Crusade of Children, how many Crusades were there?
7
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15
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9
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4
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Who did Christians fight in the Crusades?
Jews
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Indians
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Muslims
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Pagans
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Who captured Valencia from the Moors in 1094 and is considered the national hero of Spain?
Hernán Cortes
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El Cid
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El Coco
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Pancho Villa
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What two religious groups fought for control during the Reconquista?
Christians and Muslims
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Jews and Christians
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Pagans and Christians
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Muslims and Jews
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Which city became the major city of the Islamic presence in Spain?
Cordoba
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Malaga
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Seville
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Granada
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Where were the Moors from?
Northern Africa
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Southeast Asia
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Scandinavia
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Mongolia
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Who did the Byzantine Empire constantly fight with for control over the Holy Land and the eastern Mediterranean?
Vikings
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Muslims
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Romans
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Greeks
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What empire split into two with the eastern portion becoming the Byzantine Empire?
Greek Empire
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Persian Empire
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Roman Empire
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Ottoman Empire
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What emperor brought the Byzantine Empire to its peak of power?
Justinian I
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Valentinian I
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Constantine
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Leo III
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What city was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
Alexandria
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Babylon
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Constantinople
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Jerusalem
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30.
How long did the Byzantine Empire remain in power?
300 years
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1000 years
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100 years
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500 years
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What Byzantine emperor embraced Christianity and made it the religion of the empire?
Constantine
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Commodus
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Augustus
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Justinian I
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32.
What marked the end of the Byzantine Empire?
The rise of the Russian Empire
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The death of Justinian I
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The start of the Renaissance
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The fall of Constantinople
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33.
Which two houses in Medieval England fought for the throne in the Wars of the Roses?
Hastings and Byron
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Tudor and Wessex
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Lancaster and York
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Windsor and Stuart
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34.
What war did Joan of Arc fight in?
French Revolution
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Anglo-Saxon Wars
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Wars of the Roses
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Hundred Years' War
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What Frankish king was crowned the first Holy Roman Emperor by the pope?
Louis I
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Clovis
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Charles the Great
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Merovech
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