World History - Middle Ages - MCQs with answers - Part 5
1. When did Saladin capture Jerusalem?a) 1118
b) 1187
c) 1193
d) 1203
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) 1193
He was the first sultan of Egypt and Syria and the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty.
a) 1203
b) 1204
c) 1261
d) 1291
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) 1203
The city was captured in 1204 setting up the Latin Empire of Constantinople.
a) 1204
b) 1261
c) 1291
d) 1225
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) 1261
By 1291 all the crusader states had been captured or forced from the mainland.
a) Albertus Magnus
b) Aristotle
c) Augustine of Hippo
d) Thomas Aquinas
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) Thomas Aquinas
It is one of the classics of the history of philosophy and one of the most influential works of Western literature.
a) Ambrosius Aurelianus
b) Geoffrey of Monmouth
c) Thomas Malory
d) Vortigern
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Geoffrey of Monmouth
Geoffrey of Monmouth was one of the major figures in the development of British historiography and the popularity of tales of King Arthur.
a) 1286
b) 1320
c) 1360
d) 1000
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) 1286
The first eyeglasses were made in Italy.
a) 1290
b) 1306
c) 1492
d) 1453
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) 1290
King Edward I issued an edict expelling all Jews from England.
a) 1306
b) 1453
c) 1492
d) 1376
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) 1306
The exiles could not take refuge anywhere except in Lorraine, the county of Burgundy, Savoy, Dauphine, Roussillon, and a part of Provence – all regions located in Empire.
a) 1376
b) 1453
c) 1492
d) 1327
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) 1492
The Alhambra Decree was an edict issued by the joint Catholic Monarchs of Spain ordering the expulsion of Jews from the Kingdoms of Castle.
a) 1327
b) 1377
c) 1376
d) 1453
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) 1453
The Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 between the House of Plantagenet, rulers of the Kingdom of England, against the House of Valois, rulers of the Kingdom of France.
