Daily Life - Europe and Ships in the 1400s

1. What was the main job of peasants in the 1400s?

• a) Merchandising
• b) Farming
• c) Fishing
• d) Mining

2. A type of government in which power rests with a king or queen and is passed on to their children when they die is called a ________________.

• Dictatorship
• Democracy
• Monarchy
• Theocracy

3. How did royal families in the Europe try to keep their blood lines pure?

• By torturing people who didn't believe in their religion
• By having kids only with people outside their family
• By having kids with people from their own family
• By marrying peasants and knights

4. What songs were sung on long voyages to pass the time?

• Sea Shanties
• Canons
• Jigs
• Long Johns

5. In the 1400s, most people in Europe were Catholic, only believing in one god which is also known as _____________________.

• Clergy
• Geology
• Polymorphic
• Monotheism

6. The castle pictured below surrounded by a moat was common in the 1400s in Europe. What was the main reason castles were built?

• Because rich people wanted huge mansions
• To provide protection against enemies
• Because people liked fishing nearby the castles
• To provide a very comfortable place for rich people to live

7. The castle pictured below surrounded by a moat was common in the 1400s in Europe. What was the purpose of the moat?

8. In the 1400s, which social class was at the bottom of the European hierarchy?

• a) Nobles
• b) Knights
• c) Merchants
• d) Serfs/Peasants

9. The jar pictured below was used for . . .

• a) drinking coffee
• b) collecting human waste
• c) making tea
• d) cooking soups and other food

10. Which of the following was a common food for the peasant class in the 1400s?

• a) Spices and chocolate
• b) Crusts of bread and oatmeal
• c) Meat pies and pastries
• d) Fruits and vegetables