History Quiz

The English controlled more territory in France at the end of the Hundred Years’ War than they had at the beginning.

• True

• False

The Great Famine of 1315 was caused in part by cool temperatures and an abundance of rain.

• True

• False

The Roman Catholic Church gained influence with the people of Europe because of its response to the Black Death.

• True

• False

Popes began to claim authority over all Christians in the early Middle Ages.

• True

• False

Starvation and illness led to many deaths during the Great Famine of 1315.

• True

• False

The Black Death spread fastest in the countryside.

• True

• False

By the fourteenth century, the English Parliament had been divided into five groups.

• True

• False

What English document of 1215 is considered to have laid a foundation for the individual rights of citizens?

• The Magna Carta

• The Bill of Rights

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

What peasant girl did the French look to for leadership to defeat the English in the Hundred Years’ War?

• Joan of Arc

• Marie Curie

• Catherine de' Medici

• Eleanor of Aquitaine

What new economic class grew as a result of the Crusades and their contribution to the growth of towns?

• The middle class

• The nobility

• The clergy

• The serfs