How Well Do You Know the Middle Ages?

Did People in the Middle Ages believe the Earth was flat?

• Yes

• No

People rarely travelled in the Middle Ages

• True

• False

People in the Middle Ages didn't wear underwear

• True

• False

European nobles considered fruits and vegetables the food of the poor

• True

• False

The (Roman Catholic) Church supported scientists

• True

• False

People believed tomatoes were poisonous

• True

• False

Which area had the greatest population in the year 1000

• China

• Europe

• the Abbasid Empire

• South America

What was the world's population in the year 1000

• 1 million

• 100 million

• 250 million

• 1 billion

Before the 16th century, what was the longest route in regular use by mankind

• Overland from Peru to Mexico

• Overland from Chang'an to Constantinople

• By sea from the Indian Ocean to Oceana

• By sea from the Persian Gulf to Guangzhou (Canton)

Europeans in the Middle Ages rarely saw people of colour

• True

• False