What event is generally considered the start of the Medieval Period?
The Paleolithic Era
The Hundred Years' War
The Fall of Rome
The Bronze Age
What time period came after the Medieval times in Europe?
Mesolithic Time Period
Modern Time Period
The Bronze Age
The Renaissance
Charles the Great founded the Carolingian Empire in the 9th century. By what name is he more commonly known?
Louis the Pious
Charles in Charge
Pepin the Short
Charlemagne
Leif Erikson is believed to have been the first European to set foot in North America, long before Christopher Columbus. What country was he from?
Iceland
England
Italy
Sweden
A young nobleman acting as a knight's attendant before becoming a knight himself was called a what?
Serf
Squire
Freeman
Clergy
What duke of Normandy led the Norman conquest of England in the 11th century?
William the Conqueror
Robert Curthose
Robert the Magnificent
Richard III
What institution had the most power during the medieval times?
In the 11th century, the Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated by followers of Christianity to stop the spread of what other religion?
Judaism
Islam
Paganism
Witchcraft
Who led the Scottish to victory at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297?
Andrew Moray
William Wallace
Mel Gibson
James Douglas
Who was Henry VI's wife that served as Queen of England during the War of the Roses in the 15th century?
Empress Matilda
Joan of Navarre
Berengaria of Navarre
Margaret of Anjou
The Hundred Years' War between England and France began in 1337. What year did it end?
In what century was the term "peasant" coined?
11th century
13th century
15th century
9th century
What King of England was forced to sign the Magna Carta in 1215 to limit his own power?
King John
Edward I
Henry III
Richard I
What sport did King Edward II of England ban in response to complaints by London merchants in 1314?
Wrestling
Football
Jousting
Archery
Who was crowned King of France shortly after Joan of Arc's victory at the Siege of Orleans?
Charles VII
Louis XI
Charles VI
John II
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