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Benchmark Test 5
Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Questions 1-35
1
• A timeline would indicate that the Middle
Ages, Medieval period, or Dark Ages was a
time between
– A. the Stone and Bronze Ages.
– B. the Iron and Bronze Ages.
– C. ancient times and the Roman Empire.
– D. ancient times and the Renaissance.
2
• One reason Europeans organized the feudal
system was to
– A. defend themselves from invaders.
– B. turn peasants into slaves.
– C. brag about their power.
– D. attack their neighbors.
3
• Popes of the Roman Catholic Church had a
great economic power in Medieval Europe
because
– A. the Church owned slaves.
– B. the Church earned huge profits from growing
tobacco.
– C. the Church owned land and collected taxes.
– D. the Church established the first banks in
Europe.
4
• One reason the Crusades began was because
the
– A. pope hated European nobles.
– B. Muslim Turks prevented Christian pilgrims from
going to Jerusalem.
– C. European peasants were tired of farming.
– D. Church wanted to destroy guilds.
5
• What impressive buildings are still standing
in many of today’s European cities that were
built during the Middle Ages?
– A. royal stables
– B. Gothic cathedrals
– C. Turkish mosques
– D. manor slave quarters
6
• Knowing that the Renaissance began in an
area that was the center of European trade at
the time, you should realize it began in
– A. France.
– B. Italy.
– C. Russia.
– D. England.
7
• The Gutenberg printing press allowed
– A. ideas to spread from nation to nation.
– B. popes to control the population.
– C. kings to make war.
– D. the Crusades to succeed.
8
• During the Renaissance, philosophers
developed their ideas in part by studying the
works of
– A. classical Greece
– B. ancient India
– C. early Egypt
– D. medieval Japan
9
• Martin Luther’s break with the Roman
Catholic Church is called the
– A. Reformation.
– B. Reoccurrence.
– C. Revelation.
– D. Reorganization.
10
• This was Martin Luther’s complaints against
the Roman Catholic Church.
– A. 95 Theses
– B. The Prince
– C. Republic Documents
– D. Theocracy Complaints
11
• How did the invention of the sextant help
Europeans explore new areas?
– A. Explorers could determine their latitude and
longitude.
– B. Explorers could determine which direction they
were heading toward.
– C. Explorers could determine the curvature of the
Earth.
– D. Explorers could determine the speed of their
ships.
12
• In Medieval Europe, vassals were expected to
– A. stand up for the rights of peasants.
– B. raise armies for the king.
– C. provide kings with land.
– D. provide the Church with converts.
13
• The Bubonic Plague caused the population of
Medieval Europe to
– A. increase slightly
– B. decrease slightly
– C. increase sharply
– D. decrease sharply
14
• In which system would you find serfs?
– A. feudal system
– B. caste system
– C. class system
– D. city-state system
15
• I had a vision from God to save a nation. I
took charge of the French forces at the Battle
of Orleans and helped defeat the English. I
was captured and burned at the stake. Who
am I?
– A. Martin Luther
– B. Julius Caesar
– C. Marco Polo
– D. Joan of Arc
16
• Which group of warriors began attacking
European towns from the sea around 800 AD.
– A. Vikings
– B. Russians
– C. Ottomans
– D. Mongolians
17
• I was the ruler of Normandy who conquered
the English at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
I introduced the feudal system to England,
and sponsored a census called the Domesday
Book. Who am I?
– A. William the Conqueror
– B. Henry VIII
– C. King John
– D. Charlemagne
18
• How did art change during the Renaissance?
– A. Artists no longer used Greek and Roman
techniques.
– B. Artists no longer focused their works strictly on
the Church.
– C. Artists no longer painted in a realistic way.
– D. Artists no longer included scenes from nature.
19
• History began when
– A. hunters became gatherers and farmers.
– B. early peoples began to use stone tools.
– C. irrigation was invented.
– D. people began to keep written records.
20
• The preservation of classical texts during the
Middle Ages was most often accomplished in
– A. shops.
– B. guilds.
– C. monasteries.
– D. manors.
21
• The Magna Carta was a document signed by
King John ___________ the power of the
monarch in England.
– A. increasing
– B. limiting
– C. excluding
– D. replacing
22
• Why was the Magna Carta important?
– A. It required people to recognize divine rights.
– B. It established that people were innocent until
proven guilty.
– C. It limited the king’s power over nobles.
– D. It was the first code of written laws.
23
• Martin Luther is best known for
– A. conquering the Iberian Peninsula.
– B. writing about his travels to China.
– C. leading a religious reform movement.
– D. starting a missionary religious order.
24
• Renaissance philosophers affected the way
people thought by
– A. using art to criticize religious leaders.
– B. asking people to question ideas that had been
taken for granted.
– C. promoting the importance of following the
teachings of royalty.
– D. asking people to continue following traditional
beliefs.
25
• In the 1400s and 1500s, many European
nations explored other parts of the world.
Why?
– A. to promote religious freedom
– B. to learn about other ways of life
– C. to help the economies of other nations
– D. to gain wealth and spread Christianity
26
• An era of exploration began at the end of the
Middle Ages because Europeans
– A. needed lands for a growing population.
– B. wanted to find new trade routes to China.
– C. became interested in medical research.
– D. ceased trading in the Mediterranean region.
27
• Martin Luther changed Christian theology by
– A. challenging the authority of the pope.
– B. designing the cathedral at Worms.
– C. leading a Children’s Crusade.
– D. demanding a split with Eastern Orthodoxy.
28
• Which person travels to unfamiliar places
looking for riches and to spread religion?
– A. an inventor
– B. an explorer
– C. a philosopher
– D. a military leader
29
• Which Renaissance thinker is best known for
building a telescope?
– A. Rene Descartes
– B. Nicolaus Copernicus
– C. Galileo Galilei
– D. Gerhardus Mercator
30
• Which document helped establish the
principle of limited government?
– A. Domesday Book
– B. Justinian Code
– C. Magna Carta
– D. Hammurabi’s Code
31
• Joan of Arc changed the course of world
history by
– A. exploring new lands and claiming them for
France.
– B. leading French resistance against an invasion by
England.
– C. writing plays that showed the hardships of the
poor.
– D. developing new ways of treating war injuries.
32
• The Hundred Years’ War was fought between
– A. England and France.
– B. France and Italy.
– C. England and Italy.
– D. Rome and Jerusalem.
33
• The Renaissance changed the nature of
European society by encouraging
– A. a distrust of ideas and inventions.
– B. a fear of outside influence on European culture.
– C. an increase in the role of the Church in people’s
lives.
– D. a greater emphasis on art and philosophy.
34
• The microscope and thermometer were
invented during the Renaissance. These
inventions have the greatest impact on
modern day
– A. art.
– B. medicine.
– C. law.
– D. transportation.
35
• Which activity is performed by an
archaeologist?
– A. examine recent events
– B. discover new ideas
– C. search for ancient tools
– D. investigate new volcanoes