TOPWEEK 2: TEST YOURSELF

• History
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

This is the Time of

1. Hunters & Gatherers
2. Monks & Farmers
3. Hunters & Reformers
4. Hunters & Farmers

This Age ended around

1. 3000 BC
2. 5000 BC
3. 500 AD
4. 3000 years ago

This age lasted from

1. 3000 BC - 500 BC
2. 300 BC - 500 AD
3. 5000 BC - 300 AD
4. 3000 BC - 500 AD

This age is aso known as

1. Prehistory II
2. Early Middle Ages
3. Renaissance
4. Antiquity

This Age is also known as

1. the Middle Ages
2. the Late Middle Ages
3. the Early Middle Ages
4. the Viking Age

Which Typical Aspect belongs to this symbol?

1. Feudalism
2. life of hunter-gatherers
3. struggle between Church and State
4. European oversees expansion

Which Typical Aspect belongs to this symbol?

1. rise and expansion of Islam
2. The Dutch Revolt
3. Renaissance
4. the rise of commerce and cities

Which Typical Aspect belongs to this symbol?

1. spreading of Christianity throughout Europe
2. development of Judaism and Christianity as the first monotheistic religions
3. centralisation and the forming of states
4. the protestant Reformation

Which Typical Aspect is explained in the picture?

1. the Feudal System
2. the rise of first urban communities
3. struggle between church and state
4. citizenship and scientific thought in the Greek citystate

Which Typical Aspect is shown in the picture?

1. European overseas expansion
2. rise and spread of Islam
3. spread of first urban communities
4. rise and spread of Christianity in the Roman Empire

The strongest country in Western Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire was:

1. the Frisian kingdom to the north
2. the Anglian-Saxon Empire to the west
3. the Frankish Empire in the middle
4. the Germanic Empire to the east

Which statement is false?

1. A lord granted privileges to a vassal for his loyalty.
2. A ruler in the Early Middle Ages was called lord.
3. A vassal had to demonstrate his loyalty to the lord with gifts.
4. Vassals exchanged gifts to show their alliance.

Which is the correct chronological order?

1. Muhammed is recognised as leader of all Arab tribes - Quraysh are defeated - the Hijrah took place - at the Ka’aba many gods were worshipped
2. Quraysh are defeated – at the Ka’aba many gods were worshipped - Muhammed is recognised as leader of all Arab tribes - Quraysh are defeated - the Hijrah took place
3. the Hijrah took place - Muhammed is recognised as leader of all Arab tribes - Quraysh are defeated - at the Ka’aba many gods were worshipped
4. at the Ka’aba many gods were worshipped - the Hijrah took place - Quraysh are defeated - Muhammed is recognised as leader of all Arab tribes

What is a caliph?

1. a prophet, a messenger from God
2. a religious journey
3. the Islamic struggle for God
4. the political and religious leader of the Muslims

Read the source.
Which statement is true?

1. Vellum was only used for important and valuable pieces.
2. It was easy to prepare vellum.
3. Vellum and parchment were used throughout the ancient world.
4. Illuminators created special books for church services.

Read the following statements:
I Manors were self-sufficient due to lack of trade.
II Manors looked the same because they were self-sufficient.

1. Statement I is true and statement II is false.
2. Statement I is false and statement II is true.
3. Both statements are true.
4. Both statements are false.

After the year 1000, society developed due to:

1. improvements in agriculture
2. urbanisation
3. population growth
4. the rise of cities

What is the correct chronological order?

1. more food obtainable - growth of markets – urbanisation – specialisation - guilds
2. growth of markets – guilds - more food obtainable – specialisation - urbanisation
3. urbanisation – guilds - specialisation - growth of markets – more food obtainable
4. specialisation - more food obtainable - urbanisation - growth of markets - guilds

What is the correct chronological order?

1. more food obtainable - growth of markets – urbanisation – specialisation - guilds
2. growth of markets – guilds - more food obtainable – specialisation - urbanisation
3. urbanisation – guilds - specialisation - growth of markets – more food obtainable
4. specialisation - more food obtainable - urbanisation - growth of markets - guilds

Are these statements true or false?
I Guilds improved the quality of products and made sure that prices stayed stable.
II Guilds eventually became a barrier for further improvement of business in towns.

1. Statement I is true and statement II is false.
2. Statement I is false and statement II is true.
3. Both statements are true.
4. Both statements are false.

The Hanseatic League was:

1. a network of German and Baltic trading cities
2. a network of trading cities in the Low Lands
3. a network of trading cities in South Europe
4. a network of trading cities in North Europe

Which answer is false? A city charter was:

1. a document that gave cities more freedom from their landlord
2. a limited document that cities could receive from their landlord in return for taxes
3. a special contract between city and landlord
4. a document stating city rights

What do we call the split between the Catholic Church in the West and the Eastern Orthodox Church in the East?

1. Hijrah
2. Great Schism
3. baptism
4. Conversion

What is the correct chronological order?

1. Council of Clermont - Seljucs threaten the Byzantine Empire - Crusader States - Jerusalem captured
2. Council of Clermont – Crusader States - Jerusalem captured – Seljucs threaten the Byzantine Empire
3. Crusader States - Jerusalem captured - Seljucs threaten the Byzantine Empire - Council of Clermont
4. Seljucs threaten the Byzantine Empire - Council of Clermont - Jerusalem captured - Crusader States

Which answers are correct?
Amongst the participants of the First Crusade were:

1. only knights and noblemen
2. even children who wanted to go to Jerusalem
3. people who wanted to be forgiven for their sins
4. also inhabitants of the Byzantine Empire

Are the following statements true or false?
I The Crusades had positive effects for Western Europe.
II The Crusades had negative effects for both Western Europe and the Arabian world.

1. Statement I is true and statement II is false.
2. Statement I is false and statement II is true.
3. Both statements are true.
4. Both statements are false.

KEY WORDS

the journey of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina

1. Hijrah
2. Ummah
3. Quran
4. Caliph

KEY WORDS

when people are able to produce everything they need themselves

1. Self-sufficient
2. Self-efficient
3. Self-nutrient
4. Self-producent

KEY WORDS

free people who lived in cities

1. serfs
2. burghers
3. clerics
4. plebeians

KEY WORDS

when people from the countryside move into cities

1. manorial system
2. city charter
3. urbanisation
4. guilds