Question 1

1)	What European noble conquered England in 1066 and was also the Duke of Normandy?

Accepted Answer

William the Conqueror

Answer

King John

Answer

Ivan III

Answer

Charlemagne

Question 2

2)	What information was recorded in the Domesday Book?

Accepted Answer

count of every person and animal in England

Answer

count of all the manors in England

Answer

count of all the castles in Enlgand

Answer

count of all the lords in England

Question 3

3)	Why did English nobles rebel against King John?

Accepted Answer

increased taxes and punished enemies without trial

Answer

decreased taxes and made people free

Answer

increased taxes and made people slaves

Answer

decreased taxes and had fair trials

Question 4

4)	What did the Magna Carta do?

Accepted Answer

placed limit's on the king's power

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king had to do what the nobles said

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king had no rights

Answer

king could do whatever he wanted

Question 5

5)	Why were the Crusades fought?

Accepted Answer

because Muslims had taken over Jerusalem

Answer

because the Byzantine emperor didn't want to fight

Answer

because Christians wanted to fight

Question 6

6)	What is a friar?

Accepted Answer

monks that left the monastery to take Christianity to the people

Answer

monks who could make money

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monks who lived in the monastery and never left

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monks who could own property

Question 7

7)	The church had to deal with ____________, or ideas that conflicted with church teachings.

Accepted Answer

heresy

Answer

anti-Semitism

Answer

mass

Question 8

8)	A disease that spread quickly and kills large numbers of people

Accepted Answer

plague

Question 9

9)	A war between England and France that had battles at Crecy and Agincourt

Accepted Answer

Hundred Years War

Answer

Punic Wars

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Persian War

Answer

Civil War

Question 10

10)	A struggle between the Christians and Jews over the Iberian Peninsula

Accepted Answer

Reconquista

Answer

War of the Roses

Answer

Spanish Inquistion

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