2023 TEST HIS AGE 4 + 5 (2 T-VWO)

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HISTORY TEST

Lesson 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2 + Typical Aspects

This test has 50 questions

Part 1

AGE 3

What event marks the beginning of the Middle Ages best?

1. The fall of the Western Roman Empire
2. The fall of the Eastern Roman Empire
3. The coronation (kroning) of Charlemagne as king of the Franks
4. The Viking attack on the British monastery of Lindisfarne.

Drag the hotspots to their correct locations.

Typical aspect: Rise of the first cities

Charlemagne is crowned emperor

The Frankish empire

Islam in Europe

Muhammad flees from this place

Charlemagne fights the Saxons

residence of the Byzantine emperor

the Anglo-Saxons settled here

The beginning of the Middle Ages was a period of big changes for the European people. Many things from the Roman empire had ended, while others continued.

Drag the letters A - F to the correct target.

continuity

discontinuity

Christianity

International trade

Living in cities

use of money

Rome as a political capital

Rome as a religious capital

In the early kingdom of the Franks:

1. there were many cities
2. there was only one ruler
3. most people were illiterate
4. international trade developed

What is the chronological order of these Frankish kings?

1. Charlemagne, Clovis, Charles Martel
2. Clovis, Charles Martel, Charlemagne
3. Charles Martel, Clovis, Charlemagne
4. Clovis, Charlemagne, Charles Martel

Read the following statements:
I. the Franks had a warrior culture. In combats and battles they could earn honour and booty
II. Clovis killed several of his own relatives to unite all Franks under his rule

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

Charlemagne did NOT fight against the

1. Moors in Spain
2. Anglo Saxons in Brittany
3. Longobards in Italy
4. Saxons in germany

Read the following statements:

I. AFTER A BATTLE SAXON PRISONERS HAD TO CHOOSE: BE
KILLED OR BE BAPTISED AND BECOME A CHRISTIAN

II. CHARLEMAGNE WAS CROWNED KING BY THE POPE

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

Which answer is WRONG?

In his empire Charlemagne stimulated:

1. education
2. trade
3. the spread of Christianity
4. the manorial system

Why did Charlemagne call his empire (the Holy Roman Empire) “Roman”?

1. Charlemagne was a Roman emperor, crowned by the pope
2. Charlemagne wanted to build an empire like the Romans
3. Charlemagne wanted people to use the Roman way of life in his empire
4. The Romans used the Feudal system, and Charlemagne wanted to use that too.

Read the following statements:

I. Charlemagne was the first Christian emperor in Europe
II. Charlemagne was not the first emperor that was crowned by a pope

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

Before Muhammad, Mecca and Median became important places because of:

1. trade
2. religion
3. war
4. tourism

Why did Muhammad flee to Medina?

1. Muhammad believed he had received a message from God to go to Medina
2. Because Muhammad disliked the way people lived in Mecca
3. To avoid persecution by the rich inhabitants of Mecca
4. Because he heard about the defeat at Poitiers

Which is the 'odd one out'?

1. Fief
2. Hijrah
3. Caliph
4. Jihad

Which (1) statement is wrong?

Muhammad was a

1. political leader
2. religious leader
3. economic leader
4. military leader

Under the feudal system, who, in theory, owned all the land?

1. the peasants
2. the nobles
3. the clergy
4. the monarch

What are vassals?

1. lords who gave their land to knights became the knights' vassals
2. lords who were granted a domain by the king became the king's vassals
3. vassals are kings who give parts of their land as a loan to loyal lords
4. vassals is just another word for nobles

Which of these statements is NOT correct?

1. the lords were vassals to the king
2. the king gave land in loan to the lords, who became his vassals
3. the vassals together formed a group that we call nobility
4. the king and his family did not belong to the nobility

Which sentence about serfs is NOT correct?

1. serfs needed to do servile duties
2. serfs were not allowed to leave the domain without the lord's permission
3. serfs owned their own farms and fields
4. serfs needed to give parts of their crops to the lord

There was self-sufficiency in a domain. What was the reason?

1. it was cheaper to make everything yourself
2. there was hardly any trade
3. it was usually a long way to the city
4. each domain had some very good craftsmen

Why was the pope grateful to Charlemagne?

I. because he spread Christianity in Europe
II. because the fought against the pope's enemies: the Longobards

1. I + II are correct
2. I + II are incorrect
3. I is correct and II is incorrect
4. I is incorrect and II is correct

1st estate

high

2nd estate

high

3rd estate

1st estate

low

2nd estate

low

Drag these people to their proper estate

a fisherman

a monk

a soldier

the pope

a count

a knight

a serf

the king

the kingś son

a priest

a bisshop

a merchant

a blacksmith

a duke

Click on the hotspots (?) for the text to appear.

Drag 8 (!) from the 9 hotspots to the correct box. One hotspot does not belong anywhere.

loyalty

lower nobles / knights

military aid

highest nobles

monarch

land

vassals

protection

sub vassals

Which statements are correct?

I. In the feudal system vassals promised
military aid to the king
II. The manorial system is named after the peasants who
worked on the lord's domain

1. I + II are correct
2. I + II are incorrect
3. I is correct and II is incorrect
4. I is incorrect and II is correct

Part 2

AGE 4

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

After the year 1000, society developed due to:

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

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

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. I + II are correct
2. I + II are incorrect
3. I is correct and II is incorrect
4. I is incorrect and II is correct

Which statement about the
source is false?

1. Bruges had something we call modern capitalism.
2. Bruges became important in the 14th century.
3. There were individuals working in Bruges who all tried to make ends meet.
4. People in Bruges invented new ways of doing business.

Which statements are true?
I City charters resulted in a lack of power for the lord.
II Lords gladly gave privileges to cities.

1. I + II are correct
2. I + II are incorrect
3. I is correct and II is incorrect
4. I is incorrect and II is correct

Some historians agree that the First Crusade was poorly organised.

Which fact about the First Crusade does NOT support this statement?

1. Only 15,000 out of the 100,000 people that joined eventually reached Jerusalem Only 15,000 out of the 100,000 people that joined eventually reached Jerusalem
2. Along the way, Crusaders plundered (Christian) towns and villages to find food and supplies.
3. Most of the Crusaders had no real weapons to fight the Muslims.
4. Many knights joined the Crusades not for God, but to gain land and wealth.

To which of the following religions Jerusalem
is NOT a holy city

1. Islam
2. Judaism
3. Christianity
4. Hinduism

Which of these names is the odd one out?
(= which one does not belong here?)

1. Byzantium
2. Istanbul
3. Jerusalem
4. Constantinople

Look at the source.
Are these serf peasants (1 point)?
Explain your answer (2p) and
use elements from the source in your
answer (2p)

Put the events in the correct chronological order.

The dates are given.

630

732

800

1054

1095

1192

1346

Muhammad conquers Mecca

Treaty of Jaffa

the Great Schism

The Black Death reaches Italy

the Pope calls for a Crusade

Charlemagne crowned emperor by the pope

Battle of Poitiers

Key words

a. to swear loyalty

Key words

small states formed by crusaders to defend their conquered lands

Key words

c. visions or other forms of communications
received from god

Key words

d. messenger from God

Part 3: Typical Aspects

This is the Time of

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

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. rise of Charlemagne's empire
2. end of international trade
3. rise and expansion of Islam
4. the end of Feudalism

Which Typical Aspect belongs to this symbol?

1. development of scientific thinking in Greek city states
2. Pax Romana
3. persecution of Christians
4. Germanic kingdoms

Which Typical Aspect is shown in the picture?

1. Germanic invasions in the Roman empire
2. rise and spread of Islam
3. spread of Greco-Roman culture
4. rise and spread of Christianity

Which Typical Aspect is shown in the picture?

1. manorial system and serfs
2. feudalism
3. agricultural Revolution
4. rise of citizenry and independent cities

Study the source.
Which typical aspect can best be linked
to this source?

1. The spread of the Greek-Roman culture and the confrontation with the Germanic tribes.
2. The rise of the first urban communities (cities).
3. Citizenship and scientific thought in the Greek city-states.
4. Christianity in the Roman empire: from outlawed to state religion.

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