A World History Test For High School Students

1. Art and architecture of the Middle Ages were most influenced by the:

Church

Feudal lord

Middle class

Scholastic mocement

2. The official language of the Roman Catholic Church was:

English

Greek

Hebrew

Latin

3. The intellectual movement, characterized by a renewed interest in theology and philosophy, was known as:

Apprenticeship

Classicism

Scholasticism

Vernacular

4. The common spoken language of a country is called the:

Gothic

Quadrivium

Trivium

Vernacular

5. Which of the following was an English scientist?

Bacon

Chaucer

Dante

Abelard

6. Students of the Middle Ages chose schools according to the:

Location of the school

Teachers at the school

Cost of the school

Cost of lodging

7. Who wrote about an imaginary journey through hell, purgatory, and paradise?

Dante

Anselm

Bacon

Chaucer

8. The time period in which more than one pope claimed supremacy is called the:

Babylonian Captivity

Golden Bull

Great Schism

Wars of the Roses

9. Which of the following is true concerning medieval science?

Medieval science was filled with magic and superstition.

The present world was emphasized over the worldto come.

Scientific knowledge decreased through the influence of Greek and Muslim works.

Medieval scientist were concerned with verification.

10. Which of the following was not an English victory during the Hundred Years' War?

Agnicort

Crecy

Poitiers

Bosworth Field

11. Who motivated the French to fight in the Hundred Years' War?

Philip IV

Edward I

Joan of Arc

Aquinas

12. Which country gained a monopoly on Mediterranean trade?

France

Germany

Italy

Spain

13. The French were sturred to nationalism by:

Edward III

Joan of Arc

Philip II

Their desire to win a war

14. The German league that sought to control and organize trade in the Baltic region was the:

Champagne League

Hanseatic League

League of the Germanic states

League of the Baltic Sea

15. The purpose of the Council of Constance was:

To end the Great Schism

To end the Babylonian Captivity

To end the Hundreds Years' War

To end Joan of Arc

16. Taille was

The German constitution

A tax in France

A Spanish warrior

An English weapon

17. Both Francis of Assisi and Bernard of Clairvaux are credited with writing medieval:

Bibles

Hymns

Plays

Stories

18. Vernacular literature developed first in the form of:

Long narrative poems

Shorty poetry

Short stories

Plays

19. Paris and Bologna were known for their:

Cathedrals

Guilds

Markets

Universities

20. The author of the Divine Comedy was:

Bernard of Clairvaux

Geoffrey Chaucer

Dante Alighieri

Francis of Assisi

21. Which of the following was not a view of the Roman Catholic Church concerning economic activity?

It sought to place restraints on business in order to prevent greed and the hoarding of wealth

Man was expected to work for the common good of society

Any profit received that was greater than the needs of the seller was to be given to charity

It encouraged the practice of charging interest for the use of lent money

22. A "just price" included all of the following except:

The cost of the materials

A fair return for the labor expended

Reasonable profit

A charitable tax

23. Moneychangers grew in importance because of their ability to:

Judge the approximate value of coins

Counterfeit currency

Print and coin money

Perform their services without fee

24. Which English poet wrote Canterbury Tales?

Bernard of Clairvaux

Geoffrey Chaucer

Dante Aligheri

Francis of Aussi

25. The papacy began under this pope:

Boniface VIII

Innocent III

Martin V

Clement V

26. The nation of Spain was created by the union of which two thrones

Aragon and Portugal

Aragon and Castile

Castile and Portugal

CAstiel and Leon

27. Which of the following is not an economic principle brought about by the revival of trade and changes in business methods?

Freedom of exchange

Legitimacy of profit

Group responsibilities

Dignity of labor

28. Which does not characterize Romanesque architecture?

Thick walls

Small doors

Big windows

Heavy columns

29. Which of the following men was not a Scholastic thinker?

Abelard

Anselm

Aquinas

Bacon

30. The real power in Germany, as evidence by the control of the Diet, was in the hands of the:

Church

Emperor

Middle class

Nobility

31. Which of the following was not a result of the Hundred Years' War?

Feudalism declined in England and France

Nationalism developed in England and France

The monarchy declined in France

England became involved in a civil war

32. Which of the following did not contribute to a revival of learning during the twelfth century?

Improved economic and political conditions

Influence of Byzantine and Arab civilizations

Need for education brought about by the growth of towns

Desire for maintaining existing knowledge

33. The middle class accomplished all of the following except:

Contributing to the decline of the feudal system

Threatening the position of the noblemen in society

Weakening the political authority of the noblemen

Weakening the authority of kings

34. Which pope was humiliated by Philip IV?

Innocent III

Gregory VII

Boniface VIII

Boniface VI

35. Which of the following did not lead to the Hundred Years War between France and England?

France's threat to English wool trade

England's attempt to take Flanders

England'd possesion of French lands

Edward III's claim to the French throne

A World History Test For High School Students

1. Art and architecture of the Middle Ages were most influenced by the:

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. The official language of the Roman Catholic Church was:

3. The intellectual movement, characterized by a renewed interest in theology and philosophy, was known as:

4. The common spoken language of a country is called the:

5. Which of the following was an English scientist?

6. Students of the Middle Ages chose schools according to the:

7. Who wrote about an imaginary journey through hell, purgatory, and paradise?

8. The time period in which more than one pope claimed supremacy is called the:

9. Which of the following is true concerning medieval science?

10. Which of the following was not an English victory during the Hundred Years' War?

11. Who motivated the French to fight in the Hundred Years' War?

12. Which country gained a monopoly on Mediterranean trade?

13. The French were sturred to nationalism by:

14. The German league that sought to control and organize trade in the Baltic region was the:

15. The purpose of the Council of Constance was:

16. Taille was

17. Both Francis of Assisi and Bernard of Clairvaux are credited with writing medieval:

18. Vernacular literature developed first in the form of:

19. Paris and Bologna were known for their:

20. The author of the Divine Comedy was:

21. Which of the following was not a view of the Roman Catholic Church concerning economic activity?

22. A "just price" included all of the following except:

23. Moneychangers grew in importance because of their ability to:

24. Which English poet wrote Canterbury Tales?

25. The papacy began under this pope:

26. The nation of Spain was created by the union of which two thrones

27. Which of the following is not an economic principle brought about by the revival of trade and changes in business methods?

28. Which does not characterize Romanesque architecture?

29. Which of the following men was not a Scholastic thinker?

30. The real power in Germany, as evidence by the control of the Diet, was in the hands of the:

31. Which of the following was not a result of the Hundred Years' War?

32. Which of the following did not contribute to a revival of learning during the twelfth century?

33. The middle class accomplished all of the following except:

34. Which pope was humiliated by Philip IV?

35. Which of the following did not lead to the Hundred Years War between France and England?