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Questions Answer
1. Which were the two major kingdoms of Plantagenet family in England and Capet family in
England and France? France.
2. Name some prominent rulers of England England – Henry II, Richard I and John France –
and France. Louis VII, Philip Augustus.
3. Why were English and French Kings English Kings owned the major land areas in
always at conflict with each other? France. Hence, the French Kings always wanted
to regain the land areas by fighting wars with
England.
4. How did Philip Augustus regain the lands Philip Augustus fought against the king of
of France? England, Henry II. He persuaded Henry’s son
Richard to fight against his father. Later, he
instigated John, the brother of Richard to rebel
against Richard.
5. What is Magna Carta? Magna Carta was an agreement signed between
King of England and the wealthy landowners of
England.
6. Why do you think French Kings were able The King of England did not follow the rules of
to win most of the wars against England? Magna Carta which made the wealthy
landowners to fight against their own king. Philip
Augustus used strategies like instigating son of
Henry II to fight against his father and later John
to rebel against his brother Richard.
7. Who fought First Hundred Year’s War? The First Hundred Year’s War was fought
How did it end? between England and France. This war ended
when son of King John, Henry III signed a treaty
with the King of France, Louis IX on December
1429. According to this treaty, Henry III agreed to
give up his land to France.
8. Who was nicknamed as ‘Lion Heart’? King Richard was nicknamed as ‘Lion Heart’.
9. What were main challenges that people a. Wars and battles
in Late middle ages faced? b. Climatic change – summers became short
and winter became long. Ice stayed on
ground reducing the growing period and
spring became cooler
c. Great famine of 1315 – 1317 CE –
summer the prices of food went up, poor
had nothing to eat and thus millions
starved.
d. Bubonic Plague – personal hygiene was
poor. About 200 million people died.
10. What causes bubonic plague? a. This plague is caused by fleas that lived
on rodents that carries these bacteria.
b. When the flea bites someone, the
bacteria are transferred to that person.
 c. In crowded European cities, the personal
hygiene was poor. Thus, plague spread
fast.
11. What is the common term used to refer Black death
bubonic plague?
12. What does the word renaissance mean in Rebirth
French?
13. Which time period is known as 15th and 16th century is known as renaissance.
renaissance? Name few artists from Examples of few artists like Leonardo Da Vinci,
renaissance period Michelangelo, Raphael.
14. What were the three classes of society a. The Nobility
that existed in Europe during middle b. Lords and Vassals
ages? c. The peasantry
15. Which was the new class that emerged As cities grew larger and larger, a new class
and explain the reason what led to their emerged called burgher. They were the leaders
emergence? and officials of the cities.
16. What were the factors that led to the a. Cities grew larger
development of Renaissance Period? b. Universities came up and getting
education became important
17. Knowledge from the east filtered into a. Aristarchus of Samos proposed the
Europe. Give examples. theory of Sun being the center of
universe 1800 years ago
b. In 9th century BCE, an Indian philosopher
Yajnavalkya proposed this theory based
on his study of mathematics and
geometry
18. Compare the ideas of the way solar a. Europeans believed that Sun and planets
systems was believed to be in Europe in revolve around Earth.
the Middle Ages and how the idea b. Due to Renaissance, they were able to
changed during the Renaissance. Was acquire lot of knowledge from East.
this idea new? Why was it accepted? c. During renaissance period, Copernicus
proved through mathematical proof that
Sun is the center of universe.
d. Later Galileo invented telescope and
proved the Copernicus theory
19. The renaissance led to growth of a. People became more educated.
universities and the importance of b. They started to think more, experiment
education. What effect do you think this new ideas.
had on people living at that time? c. This led to many new discoveries and
inventions in all fields – science,
mathematics, art, culture.
20. Who painted the famous painting Mona Leonardo Da Vinci
Lisa?
21. Why is printing press considered to be a a. Previously, books had to be copied by
very important invention? hand. It was a long process where many
chances to make mistakes.
 b. With a printing press, publishers can
make thousands of copies of a book in a
short period of time.
c. With printing press, each copy looks the
same and less mistakes.
22. Where did the printing begin? Explain the Printing begins in China. They carved pictures and
first type of printing process. words into wooden blocks, pressed the blocks
into ink and then pressed the blocks onto paper.
23. What do you mean by movable type? a. Movable type were Chinese characters
Who invented it? pressed onto clay blocks and put into a
frame and linked. Sheets of paper then
pressed against the frame.
b. Pi Sheng invented this movable type.
24. Who invented first printing press? Pi Sheng
25. Who invented first metal printing press? Johann Gutenberg
26. Who was the lawyer who invested in Johann Fust
manufacturing first metal press?
27. How was Gutenberg able to manufacture Gutenberg needed investors to help him fund his
his idea of printing press? new invention. He met a lawyer Johann Frost in
1450 who was ready to invest. The idea was
successful.
28. What was the major difference between a. Pi Sheng used clay blocks and put into a
Pi Sheng movable type and Gutenberg’s frame
press? b. Gutenberg used metal blocks in a metal
frame
29. Explain the changes brought by printing a. With the growth of banking and trade
press in Europe industries, more and more literate staff
and official were needed. This led to
much higher enrollment into schools and
universities.
b. This led to increase in mass production of
educational textbooks for students.
c. Education was no longer just for the rich
upper classes
d. More and more people in Europe became
literate and educated and new middle
class emerged.
30. Why do you think literacy is so important a. A literate person can read and write in
in the society? How can it benefit you? any on language.
b. They will be able to gain more knowledge
by reading books, newspaper. He or she
will not be fooled by anyone. They will
get better jobs. They may even come up
with new ideas.
c. I learned about many new things –
e.g.……
31. Which period is referred as age of a. The early 15th century is referred as age
discovery? Why? of discovery.
b. During this period explorers from
European countries such as Italy, Spain,
England, Portugal and Netherlands,
crossed four oceans and discovered new
lands and cultures.
32. What attracted the Europeans to explore a. Stories of unusual people and places such
new lands? as Lost Continent of Atlantis and El
Dorado, the city of Gold, excited the
curiosity and greed of Europeans.
b. They were attracted by the idea of
exploring unknown territories for the first
time and finding riches to become
famous and wealthy.
33. Give some examples of explorers and the a. Christopher Columbus sailed from Spain
areas they explored. to Cuba.
b. Ferdinand Magellan sailed from Spain
around the bottom of South America and
all the way across the Pacific to
Philippines looking for the Spice Islands.
34. . Explain how renaissance period led to a. Farms became more productive which
more exploration by Europeans. helped Europeans grow stronger.
b. Trade routes expanded and also the
demand for resources increased. Thus,
explorers moved to other places for more
resources.
35. What do you think helped Europeans to a. Explorers sailed oceans and established
become global powers? colonies all over the world.
b. They exploited the foreign lands and
acquired great wealth.
36. Where did these explorers sailed from a. John Cabot – from Italy to eastern
and to Canada
a. John Cabot b. Amerigo Vespucci – From Italy to
b. Amerigo Vespucci Northern part of South America
c. Vasco Da Gama c. Vasco Da Gama – From Portugal to India
d. Martin Frobisher d. Martin Frobisher – From England to
e. Bartolomeu Dias North Canada
f. Henry Hudson e. Bartolomeu Dias – From Portugal to
around South Africa
f. Henry Hudson – from England to
Northern Canada
37. Which two countries traded fur during France and England
16th century?
38. Describe about the trading relationship Native people were interested to buy Europeans
with native people and European knives and weapons instead of that they traded
explorers. animal furs of beaver and otter with Europeans.