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The Middle Ages and the early modern period – practice for Years 7–8

Sample questions on The Middle Ages and the early modern period with the right answer and a worked solution, from easy to hard. In the Pickles Academy app a child gets new questions of the same kind every time, so they can't just learn the answers by heart.

Subject
History
Year
Years 7–8
Curriculum area
Christianity and medieval Europe

Question types: Put the events in order: The Middle Ages and the early modern period

Rule: The Middle Ages and the early modern period

Charlemagne crowned emperor 800, the Battle of Hastings 1066, the First Crusade 1096, Magna Carta 1215.

The Black Death 1347, the fall of Constantinople 1453, Columbus reaches America 1492, Luther’s theses 1517.

Example: The Hundred Years’ War began in 1337, before the Turks took Constantinople (1453).

Watch out: Columbus reached America (1492) before Luther published his theses (1517).

Sample questions

  1. Question 1 Easy

    Put the events in order, from the oldest to the most recent.

    • A) Bartolomeu Dias sails round the Cape of Good Hope
    • B) Otto I is crowned emperor and the Holy Roman Empire begins
    • C) Marco Polo sets out for China
    Show the solution
    Answer:
    1. Otto I is crowned emperor and the Holy Roman Empire begins
    2. Marco Polo sets out for China
    3. Bartolomeu Dias sails round the Cape of Good Hope

    How it works: 1. Otto I is crowned emperor and the Holy Roman Empire begins (AD 962) 2. Marco Polo sets out for China (1271) 3. Bartolomeu Dias sails round the Cape of Good Hope (1488)

  2. Question 2 Normal

    Put the events in order, from the oldest to the most recent.

    • A) The plague (the Black Death) reaches Europe
    • B) Bartolomeu Dias sails round the Cape of Good Hope
    • C) Otto I is crowned emperor and the Holy Roman Empire begins
    • D) Crusaders capture Jerusalem
    Show the solution
    Answer:
    1. Otto I is crowned emperor and the Holy Roman Empire begins
    2. Crusaders capture Jerusalem
    3. The plague (the Black Death) reaches Europe
    4. Bartolomeu Dias sails round the Cape of Good Hope

    How it works: 1. Otto I is crowned emperor and the Holy Roman Empire begins (AD 962) 2. Crusaders capture Jerusalem (1099) 3. The plague (the Black Death) reaches Europe (1347) 4. Bartolomeu Dias sails round the Cape of Good Hope (1488)

  3. Question 3 Hard

    Put the events in order, from the oldest to the most recent.

    • A) Bartolomeu Dias sails round the Cape of Good Hope
    • B) Otto I is crowned emperor and the Holy Roman Empire begins
    • C) Joan of Arc is burned at the stake in Rouen
    • D) Crusaders capture Jerusalem
    • E) The plague (the Black Death) reaches Europe
    Show the solution
    Answer:
    1. Otto I is crowned emperor and the Holy Roman Empire begins
    2. Crusaders capture Jerusalem
    3. The plague (the Black Death) reaches Europe
    4. Joan of Arc is burned at the stake in Rouen
    5. Bartolomeu Dias sails round the Cape of Good Hope

    How it works: 1. Otto I is crowned emperor and the Holy Roman Empire begins (AD 962) 2. Crusaders capture Jerusalem (1099) 3. The plague (the Black Death) reaches Europe (1347) 4. Joan of Arc is burned at the stake in Rouen (1431) 5. Bartolomeu Dias sails round the Cape of Good Hope (1488)

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