History 8: Unit 2 (Dark Ages) Practice Quiz
Have fun, teenagers.
- 1.Why didn't peasants in the feudal society rebel? (You don't need an essay, just a sentence'll do)
- 2.What was the Frankish Empire?
- A.
An empire ruled by Clovis
- B.
Had rule over Italy, Spain, and France
- C.
An empire ruled by Constantine
- D.
A predominately Catholic empire
- 3.How did Clovis unite his empire?
- A.
He didn't, he just lacked the super cool unification skillz.
- B.
By handing over the crown to his son, Charlemagne.
- C.
By conquering neighboring empires and making his empire bigger.
- D.
By converting to Christianity, and making it the state religion of the Frankish Kingdom.
- 4.The Pope had _____ power than/to the Emperor during the Middle Ages.
- A.
More
- B.
Less
- C.
Equal
- D.
(can't be answered, power switched between the Pope and the Emperor often)
- 5.A pagan person is a believer in one of the worlds more predominant religions.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.A ________ is a disease that affects an entire country, or the whole world.
- 7.The sacraments and the 5 pillars are the same thing
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.What caused Charlemagne's empire to fall apart?
- A.
The empire was too big, so he had to split it between his sons, and that caused conflict.
- B.
His sons weren't very good rulers.
- C.
The empire was invaded by the Franks.
- D.
All the subjects rebelled because Charlemagne wasn't that great of an Emperor
- E.
He died
- 9.What was the Doomsday Book and who wrote it?
- A.
William the Conqueror wrote it, and it was a book about all the people he had conquered
- B.
Niccolo Machiavelli wrote it and it was a political handbook with no regards to moral principles, earning him the name as the father of modern political theory.
- C.
William the Conqueror wrote it, and it was a survey about what everyone owned, and what taxes they owed.
- D.
Niccolo Machiavelli wrote it and it was about how the Pope was going to destroy the true meaning of Christianity by not letting them read the bible themselves.
- 10.What services did monasteries provide?
- A.
Schools
- B.
Houses for monks
- C.
Public libraries
- D.
Inns
- 11.How did merchant guilds change feudal life?
- A.
All the people in the merchant guilds (a lot) were enough to make a small villages along trade routes.
- B.
Before, nothing was available for the peasants, but as soon as the merchant guilds were created, the peasants could trade their surpluses for all the stuff they needed.
- C.
Trade fairs attracted many people, causing cities to develop around these trade fairs.
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