Questions about the Middle Ages. Test: Western Europe in the Early Middle Ages
"Early Middle Ages"
Option 1
PART A
A1. The process of resettlement of Germanic tribes on the territory of the Roman Empire took place over:
IV- VI centuries 2) IV – VII centuries 3) III – VI centuries four) III – V centuries
A2. What are the causes of the Great Migration?
invasion of nomads from the depths of Asia 2) conquest of the Romans 3) depletion of the earth 4) overpopulation
A3. Who owns the nickname given by the Romans: "Scourge of God"?
Attila 2) Romulus Augustus 3) Alaric 4) Stilicho
A4. In what year did Gaul submit to the Franks?
in 488 2) in 486 3) in 468 4) in 432
A5. The control center of the shit under Clovis became:
royal court 2) Senate 3) squad 4) people's assembly
A6. In what year did the Carolingian dynasty come to power?
in 751 2) in 750 3) in 749 4) in 846
A7. Reign of Charlemagne:
768 - 814 2) 777 - 801 3) 768 - 800 years. 4) 751 - 763
A8. What is the name given to wars between feudal lords?
civil 2) internecine 3) religious 4) ethnic
A9. In what year did the empire of Charlemagne cease to exist?
in 843 2) in 800 3) in 962 d) in 500
A10. In what year did the Eastern Roman Empire become an independent state?
in 395 2) in 492 3) in 800 4) in 365
A11. The emperor of Byzantium appointed:
supreme judges 2) military leaders 3) senior officials 4) all answers are correct
A12. Emperor Justinian ruled the Byzantine Empire:
from 527 - 565 2) from 526 - 564 3) from 500 - 520 years. 4) from 495 - 515 years.
A13. The steppes, or nomadic Arabs, were called tribes:
Bedouins 2) Bushmen 3) Buryats 4) Pashtuns
A14. In what year did Muhammad move to Medina?
in 622 2) in 630 3) in 610 4) in 655
A15. The largest city in Southwest Asia during the early Middle Ages:
Mecca 2) Babylon 3) Damascus 4) Medina
A16. What was the name of the people who inhabited England for a long time?
Angles 2) Saxons 3) Britons 4) Normans
A17. Who led the struggle of the Anglo-Saxons against the Normans?
King Arthur 2) Alcuin 3) Alfred the Great 4) Merlin
A18. The battle of Hastings was won by:
Harald the Stern 2) Edward the Confessor 3) Harold 4) William the Conqueror
A19. Where did the Normans live?
on the Balkan Peninsula 2) on the Apennine Peninsula 3) in Scandinavia
4) in Germany
A20. Viking ships were called:
drakkars 2) boats 3) triremes 4) caravels
PART B
IN 1. Correlate:
Head of the Catholic Church
Instructions of the Believers
Small churches with parishioners
Church ministers
A) laymen
B) arrival
B) the Pope
D) sermon
D) clergy
IN 2. Arrange the events of the early Middle Ages in chronological order.
A) Verdun partition B) foundation of the Merovingian dynasty C) the battle of Poitiers
D) the beginning of the reign of Pepin the Short
AT 3. Name the emperor of Byzantium, thanks to whom the famous Roman law was preserved, which became the basis of the Byzantine "Code of Civil Law"
The unification of the Arabs was facilitated by a new religion ______, the founder of which is a resident of Mecca _____________. Speaking with a sermon in 610, he declared himself __________, and called the one God ___________.
PART C
control test No. 1. "History of the Middle Ages"
"Early Middle Ages"
Option 2
PART A
A1. When did the Western Roman Empire end?
in 466 2) in 476 3) in 477 4) in 455
A2. The ancient Germans settled in small villages united in:
farm 2) city 3) community 4) tribe
A3. The result of the Great Migration of Nations was:
the spread of Christianity 2) the formation of barbarian kingdoms 3) the rise of Islam
4) feudal fragmentation
A4. In what year did Clovis from the Merovingian dynasty come to power?
in 600 2) in 481 3) in 550 4) in 449
A5. In what year did the Battle of Poitiers stop the Arab invasion of Europe?
in 732 2) in 754 3) in 853 4) in 673
A6. Noble people who received land as a reward from the king became large:
capitalists 2) landowners 3) landowners 4) entrepreneurs
A7. In what year was Charlemagne proclaimed emperor?
in 768 2) in 800 3) in 767 4) in 840
A8. What is the name of the periodIX – XIcenturies, which was characterized by the fragmentation of states into large and small?
feudal fragmentation 2) absolutism 3) internecine 4) revolutionary
A9. A rider, or an equestrian warrior, was called in the Middle Ages:
viking 2) barbarian 3) knight 4) legionnaire
A10. What were the inhabitants of the Byzantine Empire called themselves?
Romans 2) Constantinopolitans 3) New Romans 4) Byzantines
A11. What was the name of the document, which included all the most important laws of Byzantium for that time?
Code of Justinian 2) Koran 3) Salic Truth 4) decrees of the emperor
A12. The Arab invasion of the Byzantine Empire begins with:
VII in. 2) VI in. 3) VIII in. four) V in.
A13. What animal is the main value for an Arab?
camel 2) dog 3) cow 4) donkey.
A14. Year of the final victory of Muhammad over the Arab nobility:
630 2) 622 3) 610 4) 602
A15. An ancient sanctuary, a place of worship for Arab tribes:
Mecca 2) Medina 3) Kaaba 4) Bethlehem cave.
A16. What nation was King Arthur the leader of?
Britons 2) Huns 3) Germans 4) Arabs
A17. "The area of Danish law" the British called:
Essex 2) Cornwall 3) Brittany 4) Danlo
A18. Where did the decisive battle between the Anglo-Saxons and the Normans take place on October 14, 1066?
at Mount Baddon 2) at Hastings 3) at Verdun 4) at Poitiers.
A19. What was the name of the Normans in Russia?
Varangians 2) Vikings 3) Sagas 4) Kings
A20. The Normans who went to seek glory overseas were called:
Drakkars 2) Kings 3) Vikings 4) Dirhams
PART B
IN 1. Correlate:
The highest official in the Marche
Viceroys of the king in certain areas of the empire
head of state in medieval Europe
Royal Palace Manager
A) graphs
B) major
B) king
D) margrave
D) a bishop
B2. Write out those who belonged to the noble estates.
A) peasants B) king C) knight D) baron E) count
AT 3. The main principles of Justinian's rule were:
A) one law B) one state C) one army D) one religion
AT 4. Insert missing words:
The Arabs who converted to Islam began to call themselves _________. _________ became the holy book of the new religion. On its basis, rules of conduct were developed - ________________, in case of violation of which _________ was subjected to the court of the supreme judges of the qadi.
PART C
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Name ________________________
Class _______________________
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Middle Ages Option 1.
A1. Period from the end of the 5th c. until the middle of the 11th century. in the history of Western Europe was called:
1) Hellenism 2) the era of the kings 3) the early Middle Ages 4) the mature Middle Ages
2. The end of the Middle Ages is associated with:
3) the fall of the Western Roman Empire 4) the conquest of Byzantium by the Ottoman Turks
3. A characteristic feature of medieval society:
1) the dominance of free enterprise 2) the seignioral-vassal structure of society
3) the merger of state power and property 4) the use of slave labor in industry
4. Form of government in which representatives of the estates participate in government:
1) estate despotism 2) limited monarchy
3) theocratic monarchy 4) vassal-fief monarchy
5. The event that accelerated the process of creating nation states in England and France was:
1) Reconquista 2) Hundred Years War 3) expansion of the crusaders to the East 4) "great schism"
6. The reason for the appearance of medieval cities in the X-XI centuries:
1) the end of wars 2) the emergence of universities
3) the development of crafts and exchange 4) the emergence of centralized states
7. Communal movements in the Middle Ages contributed to:
1) strengthening the role of the church 2) strengthening feudal relations
3) creation of city self-government bodies
4) the widespread elimination of the feudal dependence of the peasants
8. Representatives of the urban class in the Middle Ages:
1) plebeians 2) vassals 3) burghers 4) citizens
9. A manifestation of the crisis of the Middle Ages in the XIV-XV centuries. became:
1) an increase in the number of slaves 2) a demographic crisis 3) the arrival of the Huns in Europe
4) the split of the Christian world into the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches
10. The result of the crisis of medieval society:
1) the birth of capitalism 2) the death of barbarian states
3) destruction European civilization 4) strengthening the traditional foundations of society
11. The capital of the Roman Empire was transferred to the city of Byzantium by the emperor:
1) Justinian 2) Charlemagne 3) Octavian Augustus 4) Constantine I the Great
12. The period of the highest power of the Byzantine Empire:
1) II-IV centuries. 2) IV - the first half of the VII century. 3) VII-XII centuries. 4) XII-XV centuries.
13. The reason for the death of the Byzantine Empire:
1) the capture of Constantinople by the crusaders 2) the spiritual split of Byzantine society
3) the onset of a period of feudal fragmentation 4) the suppression of the Palaiologos dynasty
14. Peasants who own land on the condition of bearing conscription in favor of the state, in Byzantium they called:
1) strategists 2) stratiotes 3) recruits 4) nobles
15. Byzantium played a big role in spreading in Russia:
1) theater 2) Islam 3) democracy 4) iconography
16. The adoption of Islam by the Arabs led to:
1) acquaintance with ancient culture 2) distribution of iconography and the alphabet
3) political unification of Arab tribes
4) recognition of the Arab Caliphate by the rulers of Western Europe
17. The beginning of the Muslim calendar is:
1) 476 2) 610 3) 622 4) 1492
18 . Reconquista is called:
1) the conquest of the territory of the Iberian Peninsula from the Arabs
2) the conquest of the territory of the Balkan Peninsula by the Turks
3) the heyday of culture in Italy 4) the campaign of the crusaders to the East
19. In the East, unlike Western Europe:
1) there was a class system 2) there was a feudal ladder
3) the feudal lords in their lands had full sovereignty
4) the ruler had absolute power over his subjects
20. The reason for the flourishing of Arab culture:
1) the connection of the spiritual traditions of East and West 2) the widespread distribution of the Latin language
3) the creation of universities in all major cities 4) the spread of the Greek alphabet
21. In India, as in other states of the East, in the Middle Ages there was:
1) republic 2) varna system 3) power-property 4) private ownership of land
22. The division of Indian society into castes contributed to:
1) rapid modernization of the country 2) maintaining stability in society
3) the growth of political tension in the country
4) establishing the complete dependence of society on the central government
23. The ruler of medieval China was called:
1) Son of Heaven 2) Khorezmshah 3) Pharaoh 4) Khan
24. Feature of Japan in the Middle Ages:
1) strong bureaucracy 2) mass communal movements
3) the preservation of a strong Muslim community 4) the lack of real supreme power in the emperor
25. The principle of equal opportunities established in China meant that every resident of the country could:
1) regardless of their origin, become an official
2) as a result of a series of rebirths, move to another caste
3) to be elected to state authorities at the people's assembly
4) petition the emperor
26. The same duties that the knights in Western Europe performed in Japan:
1) samurai 2) legionnaires 3) kshatriyas 4) shenshi
IN 1. All terms, with the exception of one, refer to the concept of "Hinduism". Find and indicate a term that refers to another concept.
1) cult 2) karma 3) brahmin 4) monotheism 5) transmigration of souls
2. Which of the following concepts characterize the spiritual world of the Middle Ages? Write down the numbers corresponding to the correct answers.
1) heresy 2) gothic 3) totemism 4) scholasticism 5) pantheon of gods
3. What events relate to the history of the Arab states? Write down the numbers corresponding to the correct answers
1) the fight against the crusaders 2) the creation of a decimal system of calculation
3) an attempt to restore the Roman Empire 4) the creation of a new monotheistic religion
5) the emergence of class-representative institutions
Middle Ages Option 2.
1. The period from the XIV-XV centuries. in the history of the countries of Western Europe was called:
1) Hellenism 2) era of warring kingdoms
3) Carolingian Revival 4) Late Middle Ages
2. The beginning of the period of the Middle Ages is associated with:
1) the emergence of Christianity 2) the formation of the first empires
3) the fall of the Western Roman Empire 4) the fall of Constantinople and Byzantium
3 . characteristic feature feudal society is:
1) democracy 2) corporatism
3) power-property 4) collective ownership of land
4. Hereditary land ownership associated with mandatory bearing military service, in the Middle Ages:
1) feud 2) colonate 3) policy 4) interdict
5. The huge role of the papacy in the era of the mature Middle Ages was explained:
1) the weakness of secular rulers 2) the unity of the Christian church
3) the rejection of property by the church 4) the power of the Byzantine emperors
6. The growth of medieval cities contributed to:
1) the Great Migration of Peoples 2) the development of commodity-money relations
3) an increase in crop yields 4) the emergence of feudal land ownership
7. The reason for communal movements in the Middle Ages was:
1) the desire of the feudal lords to subjugate cities to their power 2) an increase in the cost of utilities
3) the spread of socialist teachings 4) the emergence of universities
8. Faith that differs from the system of religious beliefs recognized by the church:
l) heresy 2) scholasticism 3) schism 4) union
9. A manifestation of the crisis of the Middle Ages in the XIV-XV centuries. growth became:
1) influence of the church 2) influence of chivalry 3) population
4) the number of military conflicts and popular uprisings
10. As a result of the crisis of medieval society, the following happened:
1) strengthening the positions of the burghers 2) stopping the migration of the population
3) strengthening of natural economy 4) strengthening of feudal fragmentation
11. The city of Byzantium became the capital of the Roman Empire in:
1) 330 2) 476 3) 395 4) 1453
12. The emergence on the territory of the Byzantine Empire of the Latin, Nicaean empires and other states was the result of:
1) the Hundred Years' War 2) the iconoclast uprisings 3) the capture of Constantinople by the Crusaders
4) capture by the Ottoman Turks of the capital of the state
13. Significance of the Byzantine Empire in history:
1) laid the foundations of democracy 2) stopped the advance of barbarian tribes to the West
3) became a link between Antiquity and Modern times 4) became the birthplace of history and philosophy
14. A synonym for the concept of "autocracy":
1) aristocracy 2) Orthodoxy 3) autocracy 4) feudalism
15. The successful Islamization of the local population in the territories occupied by the Arabs was explained by:
1) high standard of living population 2) the economic policy pursued by the Arabs
3) the conclusion of a union between the pope and the caliph
4) the absence of conflicts among the ruling elite of the caliphate
16. The religion of Islam originated in:
1) V in 2) VI in 3) VII in 4) VIII in
17 Sunnis and Shiites are the names of:
3) scientific schools 4) tribes
18. In the East, unlike Western European feudalism:
1) the peasant community was preserved 2) there was private property
3) the economy was agrarian in nature 4) the state was the supreme owner of the land
19. The significance of Arab culture consisted in the dissemination of:
1) the art of icon painting 2) the technique of building large cathedrals
3) the Greek system of upbringing and education 4) discoveries and inventions made in different regions
20. In India, unlike other states of the East, in the Middle Ages there was:
1) democracy 2) power-property
3) caste system 4) strong theocratic monarchy
21. The spread of Hinduism in Indian society contributed to:
1) the preservation of traditionalism 2) the growth of social tension
3) the creation of a strong centralized state
4) the rapid movement of people up the social ladder
22. Feature of China in the Middle Ages:
1) attacks by external enemies 2) frequent popular uprisings
3) the sovereign ownership of the land by the ruler 4) the alternation of periods of centralization and decentralization
23. The Confucian principle “The state is a big family”, which was established in China, meant that in the country:
1) there was a high birth rate
2) all residents were related to each other by blood ties
3) easy to change social status as a result of a series of rebirths
4) it was considered important to obey the authorities and sacrifice personal interests for the sake of state
24. State Religion in Medieval Japan:
1) Judaism 2) Buddhism 3) Confucianism 4) Christianity
25. During the period of the shogunate in Japan:
1) the power of the emperor increased 2) internecine wars stopped
3) a policy of isolation from other countries was pursued 4) a republican form of government was established
26. "Closing" Japan from the outside world in the XVII century. Led to:
1) establishing the regime of the shogunate 2) rapid development capitalism
3) conservation of feudal orders 4) eviction of all residents from coastal cities
IN 1. What features testify to the dominance of traditional society in Japan in the Middle Ages? Write down the numbers corresponding to the correct answers.
1) mythological consciousness 2) the absence of class boundaries 3) the dominance of market relations
4) absorption of the individual by the state 5) the basis of society is the peasant community
2. Which of the following concepts characterize the socio-political development of medieval society? Write down the numbers corresponding to the correct answers.
1) despotism 2) estates 3) vassalage 4) democracy 5) corporatism
3. All terms, with the exception of one, refer to the concept of "caste". Find and indicate a term that refers to another concept.
1) kshatriyas 2) burghers 3) brahmins 4) untouchables 5) twice-born
6th grade
The test is compiled for the textbook"History of the Middle Ages" by E.V. Agibalov, G.M. Donskoy,
1 option
Part A
1. The state of the Franks arose:
A) in the year 500
B) in 486
B) in the year 400
D) 390
2. What was the name of the land for which military service was carried out?
A) a vow b) feud; c) quitrent; d) title.
3. The first collection of laws of the Franks was compiled during the reign of the king:
A) Clovis b) Charlemagne; c) Pepin the Short; d) Charles Martel.
4. What is the name of the Holy Book of Muslims?
A) the Bible b) Koran; c) Vedas; d) chronicles
5. All ministers of the church were a special group of the population:
A) knighthood b) merchants; c) the peasantry; d) the clergy.
6. Medieval book was:
A) papyrus bundle;
B) evenly folded sheets of split bamboo;
C) folded and bound sheets of parchment of the same size;
d) a stack of clay tablets.
7. The code of laws uniform for the whole empire was drawn up during the reign of the Emperor of Byzantium:
A) Justinian b) Constantine; c) Basil the 1st Macedonian; d) Feodosia 2.
8. A person who lived in the city for one year and one day:
a) became free c) mastered a certain craft
b) acquired a lord d) obeyed the rules established by the city charter
9. Commodity economy:
A) the economy, which was given for military service;
B) a craftsman's workshop where you can buy his products;
C) an economy in which products are produced for sale on the market, exchanged through money;
D) an economy in which everything necessary is produced for own consumption.
10. Indicate the year in which the division of the Christian Church into Catholic and Orthodox took place:
A) 1054; b) 1066; c) 1077; d) 1099.
11. What was the name of the organ of estate representation in France?
a) Parliament b) States General c) Sejm d) Cortes
12. Cause of the Hundred Years War for France:
A) conquer Aquitaine from England;
B) conquer land in North America;
C) capture part of England;
D) repayment of debts by England.
13. In 1358, the following happened:
A) the conclusion of peace between France and England;
B) the battle near the city of Poitiers;
C) the uprising of the peasants in France (Jacquerie);
D) the uprising of the peasants in England.
14. During the Hussite wars, the people opposed:
A) the rulers of the city of Prague;
B) ministers of the Catholic Church;
C) the Czech king;
D) local feudal lords.
15. Bulgaria was under the rule of the Ottoman Turks:
A) because of the constant wars with the nomadic tribes of the Pechenegs;
B) due to the inability of the feudal lords to combine their forces to resist the conquerors;
C) due to the support of the Ottoman Turks by individual Bulgarian feudal lords;
D) due to the unexpected death of the Bulgarian Tsar Vasily II from a heart attack.
Part B
IN 1. Set the correspondence between the elements of the left and right columns. One element of the left column corresponds to one element of the right column.
IN 2. Indicate who made a vow (promise) to give up personal property, not have a family, live in poverty and unquestioningly obey the head of the monastery: ________________
AT 3. What unites these names: Urban II, Innocent III; Clement V.
AT 4. What is "shield money"? Who paid them and why?
AT 5. List what equipment the knight had.
Answers
Part A
Part B
IN 1.
1B; 2G; 3A; 4D; 5 B.
IN 2. Monk
AT 3. PAPS
AT 4. Instead of obligatory participation in the campaign, the knights could pay the king a special contribution - "shield money". With these funds, the king, if necessary, recruited a mercenary army.
AT 5. Visor, armor, chain mail, club, sword, spear.
Control test for the 1st half of the year on the history of the Middle Ages
6th grade
Option 2
Part A
TEST 6 CLASS
1. Estates are:
A) the union of several tribes;
B) large groups of people with the same rights and responsibilities;
C) the union of emperors and kings;
D) union of artisans.
2. This leader advanced among the Franks at the end of the 5th century:
A) Attila B) Clovis; B) Julius Caesar D) Justinian.
3. In what year was Charlemagne proclaimed emperor?
A) in 800; b) in 500; c) in 395; d) in 732
4. In Constantinople, the most remarkable work of Byzantine architecture was the temple:
A) Kaaba b) Hagia Sophia; c) Basil the Blessed; d) Pantheon.
5. In medieval cities, workshops are:
A) departments of factories;
B) unions of artisans of various specialties;
C) unions of artisans of the same specialty.
D) unions of patricians and seniors.
6. The division of the Christian Church into Catholic and Orthodox occurred:
A) in 843; b) in 962; c) in 1092; d) in 1054
7. The church court, created to fight heretics, was called:
A) indulgence b) order; c) the inquisition; d) confession.
8. The form of state power, in which the king relies on a meeting of representatives of the estates, is called:
A) an enlightened monarchy; b) absolute monarchy;
C) estate monarchy; d) a constitutional monarchy.
9. In what year were the Estates General in France first convened:
A) 1215; b) 1265; c) 1258; d) 1302
10. In 1381, the following happened:
A) the battle of Sluys off the coast of Flanders;
B) the battle of Crecy;
C) Wat Tyler's rebellion in England.
D) peasant uprising in France:
11. Who led the struggle of the French people against England at the beginning of the 15th century?
A) Joan of Arc B) Guillaume Cal
B) Charles VII D) Edward III
12. In the Hundred Years War, the basis of the English army was:
A) scattered detachments under the leadership of feudal lords.
B) foot soldiers recruited from among the mercenaries;
C) war chariots driven by feudal lords;
D) knightly cavalry, led by the king.
13. The Serbian warrior who made his way to the Turkish camp to kill the Sultan was called:
A) Jan Zizka4 b) Guillaume Cal; c) Milos Obilic; d) Robin Hood.
14. The Hussite wars ended in 1434 near the city of Lipany with a battle between:
A) Crusaders and Hussites;
B) moderates and taborites;
C) moderates and crusaders;
D) Czech and German feudal lords.
15. The duty of dependent peasants in the form of regular payments to the master in products or money is called:
A) tax b) quitrent; c) contribution; d) fine.
Part B.
IN 1. Establish a correspondence between concepts and their definitions.
IN 2. At the head of the Christian Church in Western Europe was: _____________
AT 3. What unites these names: Philip II Augustus; Louis IX Saint; Philip IV Handsome.
AT 4. List the obligations of a vassal to his liege.
AT 5. List the duties of the peasants.
Part B
B1.A4; B5; IN 1; G3; D 2.
IN 2. pope
AT 3. Kings of France
AT 4. The vassal was obliged, by order of the lord, to go on a campaign and bring a detachment of soldiers with him; to participate in the seigneur's court; ransom the lord from captivity; help him with advice.
AT 5. Quit, corvee, tithe.
The duty of all believers to give a tenth of their income to the church,
called:
a) quitrent; b) purse; c) tithe. +
2. In the Early Middle Ages in Western Europe, the main centers of education and
cultures have become...
a) fiefs; b) monasteries; + c) guilds.
3. A group of people in a society that has legally enshrined and transferable
inheritance rights and obligations are:
a) the community b) landowners; c) estate.+
4. What was the name of the royal dynasty founded by Charlemagne?
a) Carolingians; +
b) Merovingians;
c) Capetians.
5. Idulgence is
a) a certificate for the forgiveness of sins; +
b) church tax;
c) a church holiday.
6. Feud in medieval Europe is:
a) quitrent in kind given by the peasants to the feudal lord;
b) land ownership, which was given for military service; +
c) the obligation of the peasant to work in the field of the feudal lord;
d) land allotment of a free peasant?
7. Consistent subjugation of the feudal lords, based on the transfer of land for service,
was named:
a) the feudal ladder; + b) feudal estate; c) feudal dependence.
8. Craftsmen of the same specialty united in unions, the main task
which was protected. And such unions were called:
a) guilds b) shops; + c) workshops.
9. Church curse, excommunication, is:
a) anathema; + b) heresy; c) statute.
10. How many crusades were there?
a) 2; b) 9; c) 8. +
11. In what year was Magna Carta signed?
a) 1251; b) 1215; + c) 1210.
12. The war between Christian Europeans for the reconquest of what was captured by the Arabs
territory, was called:
a) Reconquista; + b) Hundred Years War; c) Crusade In order for the Christian teaching to become understandable for the Slavic peoples,
it had to be expressed in a language they could understand. Therefore, the alphabet was created
for the Slavs and it was called:
a) the alphabet; b) Cyrillic; + c) Glagolitic.
14. What year in Eastern Europe a state arose that historians
called Old Russian state or Kievan Rus?
a) 860; b) 885; c) 882+
15. Whom the people called the Red Sun, and Orthodox Church called Saint:
a) Prince Igor; b) Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavich; + c) Princess Olga.
16. In what year did the baptism of Prince Vladimir and his subjects take place?
a) 988 g; + b) 985 g.; c) 600g..
17. In what year did Genghis Khan's army invade Central Asia?
a) 890; b) 1219; + c) 1215
18. Under him, a set of written laws was created - "Russian Truth". Who is it about
speech?
a) Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavich; b) Prince Igor; c) Yaroslav the Wise.+
19. In what country was the emperor the supreme ruler. From ancient times it
called "Son of Heaven"?
a) India; b) China; + c) Byzantium.
19. The Mongol Great Khan moved his capital from Mongolia to China. She was
a city was chosen in northern China, next to the steppe. It was named Beijing.
What Khan are you talking about?
a) Khubilai + b) Hulagu; c) Genghis Khan.
20. Around the middle of the 1st millennium AD. e. the Japanese state emerged. It will soon
became known as "Nippon", which means:
a) "Land of the Rising Sun"; + b) “Son of Heaven”; c) Divine wind.
21. Since ancient times, the Japanese had their own religion, the name of which
translated as "the path of the gods", and religion was called:
a) Buddhism b) Shinto; + c) Islam.
22. There was also a Christian country in medieval Africa, its name is:
a) Ghana; b) Mali; c) Ethiopia.+
22. One of the most economically developed regions of Western Europe, making
English wool cloth in the 12th - 15th centuries was called:
a) Flanders; + b) Byzantium; c) England.
23. In 1378, two popes appeared in the Catholic Church, one of whom settled in
Rome, and the second - in Avignon, this event led to ...
a) joyful celebration; b) the "great schism"; + c) the overthrow of the king.
24. A peasant girl who led the army and liberated with her in 1429 for 9
days of Orleans, this is: a) Jacquerie; b) Jeanne d'Arc; + c) Hildegard of Bingen
25. The cruel war between the Lancasters and the Yorks, had a romantic name:
a) the Hundred Years War b) War of the Scarlet and White Roses; + c) War in love.
26. Agreement which became the fundamental law of the Holy Roman Empire until 1806 and
consolidated the fragmentation of Germany, was called:
a) "Golden bull"; + b) the Reichstag; c) Hanseatic League
27. Spanish knights, whose sacred duty was to protect the homeland, Christian
faith and offended people, were called:
a) reconquista; b) cortes; c) hidalgo.+
28. The doctrine of man in the Renaissance, whose motto was "Man is a blacksmith
your happiness" is:
a) humanism; + b) feudalism; c) Protestantism.
29. A poet and thinker who stood at the origins of the Renaissance, whose main work was
The Divine Comedy was called:
a) Virgil b) Dante Alighieri; + c) Francesco Petrarch
"Early Middle Ages"
Option 1
PART A
A1. The process of resettlement of Germanic tribes on the territory of the Roman Empire took place over:
IV-VI centuries 2) IV - VII centuries 3) III - VI centuries 4) III - V centuries
A2. What are the causes of the Great Migration?
invasion of nomads from the depths of Asia 2) conquest of the Romans 3) depletion of the earth 4) overpopulation
A3. Who owns the nickname given by the Romans: "Scourge of God"?
Attile2) Romulus Augustus3) Alaric4) StilichoA4. In what year did Gaul submit to the Franks?
in 488 2) in 486 3) in 468 4) in 432
A5. The control center of the shit under Clovis became:
royal court 2) Senate 3) squad 4) people's assembly
A6. In what year did the Carolingian dynasty come to power?
in 751 2) in 750 3) in 749 4) in 846
A7. Reign of Charlemagne:
768 - 814 2) 777 - 801 3) 768 - 800 4) 751 - 763
A8. What is the name given to wars between feudal lords?
civil 2) internecine 3) religious 4) ethnic
A9. In what year did the empire of Charlemagne cease to exist?
in 843 2) in 800 3) in 962 d) in 500
A10. In what year did the Eastern Roman Empire become an independent state?
in 395 2) in 492 3) in 800 4) in 365
A11. The emperor of Byzantium appointed:
supreme judges 2) military leaders 3) senior officials 4) all answers are correct
A12. Emperor Justinian ruled the Byzantine Empire:
from 527 - 565 2) from 526 - 564 3) from 500 - 520 4) from 495 - 515
A13. The steppes, or nomadic Arabs, were called tribes:
Bedouins 2) Bushmen 3) Buryats 4) Pashtuns
A14. In what year did Muhammad move to Medina?
in 622 2) in 630 3) in 610 4) in 655
A15. The largest city in Southwest Asia during the early Middle Ages:
Mecca 2) Babylon 3) Damascus 4) Medina
A16. What was the name of the people who inhabited England for a long time?
Angles 2) Saxons 3) Britons 4) Normans
A17. Who led the struggle of the Anglo-Saxons against the Normans?
King Arthur 2) Alcuin 3) Alfred the Great 4) Merlin
A18. The battle of Hastings was won by:
Harald the Stern2) Edward the Confessor3) Harold4) William the Conqueror
A19. Where did the Normans live?
on the Balkan Peninsula2) on the Apennine Peninsula3) in Scandinavia
4) in Germany
A20. Viking ships were called:
drakcars 2) boats 3) triremes 4) caravels
PART BB1. Correlate:
Head of the Catholic Church
Instructions of the Believers
Small churches with parishioners
Church ministers A) lay people
B) arrival
B) the Pope
D) sermon
D) clergy
IN 2. Arrange the events of the early Middle Ages in chronological order.
A) Verdun Partition B) Foundation of the Merovingian Dynasty C) Battle of Poitiers
D) the beginning of the reign of Pepin the Short
AT 3. Name the emperor of Byzantium, thanks to whom the famous Roman law was preserved, which became the basis of the Byzantine "Code of Civil Law"
The unification of the Arabs was facilitated by a new religion ______, the founder of which is a resident of Mecca _____________. Speaking with a sermon in 610, he declared himself __________, and called the one God ___________.
PART SS2.
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"Early Middle Ages"
Option 2
PART A
A1. When did the Western Roman Empire end?
in 466 2) in 476 3) in 477 4) in 455
A2. The ancient Germans settled in small villages united in:
farm2) city3) community4) tribe
A3. The result of the Great Migration of Nations was:
the spread of Christianity 2) the formation of barbarian kingdoms 3) the emergence of Islam
4) feudal fragmentation
A4. In what year did Clovis from the Merovingian dynasty come to power?
in 600 2) in 481 3) in 550 4) in 449
A5. In what year did the Battle of Poitiers stop the Arab invasion of Europe?
in 732 2) in 754 3) in 853 4) in 673
A6. Noble people who received land as a reward from the king became large:
capitalists 2) landowners 3) landlords 4) entrepreneurs
A7. In what year was Charlemagne proclaimed emperor?
in 768 2) in 800 3) in 767 4) in 840
A8. How is it customary to call the period of the 9th - 11th centuries, for which the splitting of states into large and small was characteristic?
feudal fragmentation 2) absolutism 3) internecine 4) revolutionary
A9. A rider, or an equestrian warrior, was called in the Middle Ages:
viking 2) barbarian 3) knight 4) legionnaire
A10. What were the inhabitants of the Byzantine Empire called themselves?
Romans 2) Constantinopolitans 3) New Romans 4) Byzantines
A11. What was the name of the document, which included all the most important laws of Byzantium for that time?
Code of Justinian 2) Koran 3) Salic Truth 4) decrees of the emperor
A12. The invasion of the Arabs into the Byzantine Empire begins with: VII century. 2) VI c.3) VIII c.4) V c.
A13. What animal is the main value for an Arab?
camel 2) dog 3) cow 4) donkey.
A14. Year of the final victory of Muhammad over the Arab nobility:
630 2) 622 3) 610 4) 602
A15. An ancient sanctuary, a place of worship for Arab tribes:
Mecca 2) Medina 3) Kaaba 4) Bethlehem cave.
A16. What nation was King Arthur the leader of?
Britons 2) Huns 3) Germans 4) Arabs
A17. "The area of Danish law" the British called:
Essex2) Cornwall3) Brittany4) DenloA18. Where did the decisive battle between the Anglo-Saxons and the Normans take place on October 14, 1066?
at Mount Baddon2) at Hastings3) at Verdun4) at Poitiers.
A19. What was the name of the Normans in Russia?
Varangians 2) Vikings 3) Sagas 4) Kings
A20. The Normans who went to seek glory overseas were called:
Drakkars2) Kings3) Vikings4) Dirhams
PART BB1. Correlate:
The highest official in the Marche
Viceroys of the king in certain areas of the empire
Head of state in medieval Europe
Administrator of the Royal Palace A) Counts
B) major
B) king
D) margrave
D) a bishop
B2. Write down those who belonged to the noble estates.
A) peasants B) king C) knight D) baron D) count
AT 3. The main principles of Justinian's rule were:
A) one law B) one state C) one army D) one religion
AT 4. Insert missing words:
The Arabs who converted to Islam began to call themselves _________. _________ became the holy book of the new religion. On its basis, rules of conduct were developed - ________________, in case of violation of which _________ was subjected to the court of the supreme judges of the qadi.
PART C
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