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