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The First Crusade was launched in what year?
1045
1095
1123
1153
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The European Middle Ages are considered to have stretched for around how many centuries?
Ten
Eight
Seven
Five
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The beginning of the European Middle Ages is usually placed at the fall of what empire?
The Western Roman Empire
The Byzantine Empire
The Greek Empire
The Old Germanic Empire
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The Eastern Roman Empire was known by what name throughout most of its existence in the Middle Ages?
The Sofian Caliphate
The Byzantine Empire
The Germanic Empire
The Carolingian Empire
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The great German Emperor known as Frederick Barbarossa was set to lead the Third Crusade, but on the way he died in what peculiar way?
He drowned in his enormous amour
He caught dysentery
He caught the plague
He was betrayed and killed by his own men
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A tithe was a tax that the church levied at this time that usually amounted to what percent of annual income?
5%
7.5%
9%
10%
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What is the name of this painting by the master artist Giotto at this time?
The Pacific End
Above the Stars
Lamentation
In Paradise
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What French knight and saint famously disguised herself as a man to fight for her country in the Hundred Years' War?
Saint Joan of Arc
Saint Morgan
Saint Theresa
Saint Elizabeth of Tours
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The Magna Carta, one of the first documents to officially limit the power of a king, was signed by what English King?
King John
King Richard II
King Louis III
King Mark
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The Middle Ages are often subdivided into three eras. Which of the following is not one of those eras?
The Early Middle Ages
The High Middle Ages
The Moderate Middle Ages
The Late Middle Ages
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Around the year 700, much of Spain that used to belong to the Byzantine Empire was conquered by what caliphate?
The Fatimid Caliphate
The Rashidun Caliphate
The Umayyad Caliphate
The Abbasid Caliphate
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Which Pope was the one who called for the First Crusade?
Pope John III
Pope Benedict VIII
Pope Innocent I
Pope Urban II
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What was the name of the period of time at the beginning of the Middle Ages which saw many different groups of people traveling around the European continent until they eventually settled to form nations and kingdoms?
The Era of Instability
The Age of Outlaws
The Era of Uncertainty
The Migration Period
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The Gregorian Chant was some of the earliest recorded music used in the Church. It was a collection of music that was of what musical texture?
Monophonic
Polyphonic
Heterophonic
Millophonic
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What is the name of the saint and Dominican Friar who was considered one of the greatest theologians and philosophers of the Middle Ages for his use of Aristotelian logic in interpreting scripture?
Saint Dominic
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Saint Matthew
Saint Jerome
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The ideas of honor and nobility to many in this age were defined by what code of the ancient Byzantine Emperor?
The Code of Justinian
The Code of Alderbash
The Code of Constantine
The Code of Erendor
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One of the most famous evil knights of the Middle Ages was what comrade of Joan of Arc who murdered possibly hundreds of children and inspired the legend of Bluebeard?
Lundcelon de Marris
Gilles de Rais
Francis Dulake
Tristan of Cornwall
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One of the most devastating conflicts in Europe during the Middle Ages was the Hundred Years War. Despite what the name would have you believe, this war was waged for how many years?
89
116
125
142
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The Black Death is estimated to have killed around 50 million people when it tore through Europe in the 1400's. About what percent of Europe's population was this at the time?
40%
55%
60%
75%
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The famous king known as William the Conqueror was of what people?
The Saxons
The Normans
The Franks
The Celts
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The tumultuous event from 1378 to 1417 in which multiple different men claimed to be the rightful Pope was known by what name?
The Callahay Conflict
The Constantinople Conflict
The Western Schism
The Papal Wars
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What city, now called Istanbul, served as the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
Tehran
Bagdad
Xerxes
Constantinople
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Which of the following terms was used in the Middle Ages to denote Muslims of Arab descent?
Saracens
Turks
Moors
Carthaginians
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The Western Schism of the Middle Ages was ended with what Council?
The Council of Constance
The Council of Trent
The Council of Ghent
The Council of Rome
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What famous poet of the Middle Ages wrote the Divine Comedy?
Gotoh
Dante
John Milton
Aesop
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William the Conqueror effectively took over England after what battle in October of 1066?
The Battle of Lake Cornwall
The Battle of Pembridge Hollow
The Battle of Mason's Glenn
The Battle of Hastings
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The Hundred Years' War was fought over the succession of the king of what country?
Spain
England
France
Normandy
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Which of the following terms refers to the gentlemanly code of conduct that was practiced by most knights in the Middle Ages?
Constance
Chivalry
The Ironclad Code
Bushido
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The famous knight William Wallace fought vehemently in the Middle Ages for the independence of what nation?
Wales
England
Ireland
Scotland
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What man wrote The Canterbury Tales at this time which was one of the first considerable works to criticize the Church and Medieval society?
Geoffrey Chaucer
Benjamin Pelleas
Michael Laponte
Fernando Dieck
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The Third Crusade was notable for having been led by Frederick Barbarossa and what other legendary European king?
Richard the Lionheart
Arthur Pendragon
Louis the Terror
Stephen the Great
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The short-lived Carolingian Empire was started by what group of people?
The Saxons
The Normans
The Franks
The Scots
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What is the name of the peasant workers who served lords in the feudal system of Europe?
Rooks
Serfs
Pawns
Gorists
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