Lesson Y7-U05-L03

Heaven, Hell and Holy Journeys Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 5

20 questions

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Lesson Y7-U05-L03, Heaven, Hell and Holy Journeys: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 History (National Curriculum), Unit 5: Year 7: Medieval Lives, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What two destinations did the medieval Church teach awaited souls after death?

    • Purgatory and limbo
    • Monastery and convent
    • Earth and heaven
    • Heaven and hell

  2. How did the medieval Church describe hell to its followers?

    • Cold wasteland
    • Eternal torture
    • Empty void
    • A dark cave

  3. What did the medieval Church teach was the reward for a good Christian life?

    • Land ownership
    • Eternal youth
    • Knighthood
    • Heaven

  4. What power did the medieval Church claim was necessary to reach heaven?

    • Healing illness
    • Knighting nobles
    • Forgiving sins
    • Collecting taxes

  5. What sound marked the hours and called medieval people to pray?

    • Market whistles
    • Castle drums
    • Church bells
    • Town horns

  6. Which life events were managed directly by the medieval Church?

    • Trade, travel, war
    • Naming, farming, feast
    • Schooling, work, taxes
    • Birth, marriage, death

  7. What was stored inside a medieval tithe barn?

    • Lord's weapons
    • Church taxes
    • Village animals
    • Peasant seeds

  8. What share of England's land did the Church own?

    • Around three-quarters
    • Around a quarter
    • Around a tenth
    • Almost none

  9. Why did medieval bishops hold such enormous political power?

    • Being royal heirs
    • Wealth and influence
    • Owning all towns
    • Commanding armies

  10. Apart from the English king, who else did the medieval English Church answer to?

    • The Pope
    • The Emperor
    • The Archbishop
    • The Bishop

  11. What tax did medieval peasants have to pay to the Church?

    • The guild tax
    • The tithe
    • The ship tax
    • The poll tax

  12. Which two groups were typically the wealthiest in a medieval village?

    • Millers and bakers
    • Lord and Church
    • Knights and merchants
    • Peasants and blacksmiths

  13. What belief gave the medieval Church huge power over people's minds?

    • Appointing all knights
    • Controlling food supplies
    • Choosing the monarch
    • Saving souls from hell

  14. What did the medieval Church teach that hell involved for sinners?

    • Temporary exile
    • Eternal torture
    • Silent prayer
    • Hard farm labour

  15. Which building was the biggest and strongest in a medieval village?

    • The mill
    • The manor house
    • The tithe barn
    • The parish church

  16. Which two destinations did the medieval Church teach souls went to after death?

    • Earth and sky
    • Monastery and manor
    • Heaven and purgatory
    • Heaven and hell

  17. What annual tax did the medieval Church collect from every harvest?

    • Danegeld
    • Poll tax
    • Feudal fine
    • Tithe

  18. Which of these was NOT a source of the medieval Church's power?

    • Fear of hell
    • Electing the king
    • Tithe collection
    • Land ownership

  19. Why did the medieval Church's vast wealth create public resentment?

    • It banned farming
    • It abolished feasts
    • It taxed everyone
    • It closed schools

  20. Who collected the tithe to fund the local medieval church?

    • Village bailiff
    • The king
    • Parish priest
    • Local lord

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