History Quiz: MCQ with Answers About Middle Ages.
History Quiz: MCQ with Answers About Middle Ages.
1. What year is traditionally marked as the beginning of the Middle Ages?
- A) 476 AD✅️
- B) 1066 AD
- C) 1453 AD
- D) 800 AD
2. Who was crowned Emperor of the Romans on Christmas Day, 800 AD?
- A) Charlemagne✅️
- B) Otto the Great
- C) Frederick Barbarossa
- D) Henry IV
3. Which of these was a prominent medieval university town?
- A) Paris✅️
- B) New York
- C) Cairo
- D) Beijing
4. Who wrote "The Divine Comedy"?
- A) Geoffrey Chaucer
- B) Dante Alighieri✅️
- C) Thomas Aquinas
- D) Petrarch
5. What was the primary language of scholars during the Middle Ages?
- A) English
- B) Latin✅️
- C) Greek
- D) French
6. The Hundred Years' War was primarily between which two nations?
- A) England and France✅️
- B) Spain and Portugal
- C) Germany and Italy
- D) Russia and Poland
7. Which English king signed the Magna Carta?
- A) Richard the Lionheart
- B) Henry II
- C) John✅️
- D) Edward I
8. What was the primary economic system during the Middle Ages?
- A) Capitalism
- B) Feudalism✅️
- C) Socialism
- D) Communism
9. **Who was the famous female warrior that fought in the Hundred Years' War?**
- A) Eleanor of Aquitaine
- B) Joan of Arc✅️
- C) Matilda of Tuscany
- D) Hildegard of Bingen
10. **Which architectural style is characterized by pointed arches and flying buttresses?**
- A) Romanesque
- B) Gothic✅️
- C) Baroque
- D) Renaissance
11. **Which medieval empire is known for its capital at Baghdad?**
- A) Byzantine Empire
- B) Holy Roman Empire
- C) Abbasid Caliphate✅️
- D) Ottoman Empire
12. **Which document limited the power of the English monarchy and established certain legal protections for subjects?**
- A) Magna Carta✅️
- B) Edict of Milan
- C) Treaty of Verdun
- D) Concordat of Worms
13. **Which Frankish king stopped the Muslim advance into Western Europe at the Battle of Tours in 732?**
- A) Clovis
- B) Pepin the Short
- C) Charlemagne
- D) Charles Martel✅️
14. **What was the primary purpose of medieval guilds?**
- A) To control trade and maintain quality standards within industries✅️
- B) To elect local officials
- C) To provide military support to kings
- D) To spread religious teachings
15. **Who was the first Holy Roman Emperor?**
- A) Charlemagne✅️
- B) Otto I
- C) Henry IV
- D) Frederick I
16. **What was the Investiture Controversy primarily about?**
- A) Control of trade routes
- B) The right to appoint church officials✅️
- C) The succession of the French throne
- D) Ownership of land in the Holy Roman Empire
17. **Which treaty divided the Carolingian Empire into three kingdoms?**
- A) Treaty of Verdun✅️
- B) Treaty of Westphalia
- C) Treaty of Tordesillas
- D) Treaty of Paris
18. **Who wrote "Summa Theologica"?**
- A) Thomas Aquinas✅️
- B) Augustine of Hippo
- C) Anselm of Canterbury
- D) Peter Abelard
19. **What was the dominant architectural style in Western Europe during the early Middle Ages?**
- A) Gothic
- B) Romanesque✅️
- C) Renaissance
- D) Baroque
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