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What Do You Know About Medieval Times?

What do you know about the time of knights and kings?

Shai K. 3/11/2021

In this quiz, we will be focusing on the Medieval times of EUROPE, and their historical aspects as well as great events and people. You may surprise yourself with what you know! Ready?

There was an architectural style that included flying buttresses, tall spires, high vaulted ceilings, and stained glass windows of Medieval Churches. What was it called?

Gothic

Gargoylean

Islamic

Victorian

The Magna Carta, also known as "The Great Charter" was sealed in what country?

England

France

Spain

Italy

How could someone get the plague?

By being bitten by a plague infected flea.

They got it from drinking poisonous plague infected water.

They got it by kissing someone who had the plague.

Most people got the plague because they took few baths and had poor hygiene.

Who is credited with preserving many of the ancient Greek literary classics during the Dark Ages?

Monks in monasteries

University scholars

The royal houses of Europe

The noble class

What happened to the European Jews of the Middle Ages?

They were forced to convert to Christianity or suffer persecution

They were left to their own devices as the original people of Christ

They opened the first universities in Europe

They were respected as wise and honest people

Which number below represents 49 in Roman numerals?

XLIX

XLVI

VVICC

XXXVVVI

What was a guild?

It was a union of people who practiced the same trade.

It was a form of money worth about one dollar.

It was a religious order.

It was a type of monk.

What was the typical shape of a Medieval European cathedral?

A Cross

A Rectangle

A Pyramid

A Circle

True or False: Thanks to the knights and lords, the Middle Ages were a time of peace, laws, and safety.

True

False

What is at least one benefit to Europeans for their involvement in the Crusades?

Europeans gain technology (military) and knowledge.

Trade routes are closed to all Europe.

Islamic monarchs retreat to the edges of Asia Minor.

Millions of Muslims convert to Christianity.

In what language were church services conducted in the (Eastern) Byzantine Empire?

Latin

Greek

French

German

Why did the Muslims want the Holy Lands?

It was where Muhammed is said to have ascended to heaven to speak directly with God.

Muslims wanted to keep Christians out of their empire.

Muslim religious officials felt that Christ was a false prophet.

They wanted it because it held the land of their forefathers.

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