European Battles of the Middle Ages Quiz

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You got 13 of 20 possible points.

Your score: 65%

Question 1

Which battle, fought in 1066, marked the Norman conquest of England?

Score: 1 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Battle of Stamford Bridge	0
	B) Battle of Agincourt	0
	C) Battle of Hastings	1
	D) Battle of Tours	0

Question 2

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Which battle in 1415 saw the English defeat the French during the Hundred Years' War, despite being heavily outnumbered?

Score: 0 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Battle of Crécy	0
	B) Battle of Poitiers	0
	C) Battle of Agincourt	0
	D) Battle of Orléans	0

Question 3

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In which battle of 732 AD did Charles Martel stop the advance of Muslim forces into Western Europe?

Score: 1 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Battle of Tours	1
	B) Battle of Hastings	0
	C) Battle of Manzikert	0
	D) Battle of Bannockburn	0

Question 4

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The Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 was a significant victory for which nation?

Score: 0 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) England	0
	B) France	0
	C) Scotland	0
	D) Spain	0

Question 5

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Which battle, fought in 1097 during the First Crusade, saw the Crusaders achieve a decisive victory against the Seljuk Turks?

Score: 1 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Battle of Dorylaeum	1
	B) Battle of Hattin	0
	C) Battle of Jerusalem	0
	D) Battle of Arsuf	0

Question 6

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Which 1389 battle halted the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe for several decades?

Score: 0 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Battle of Kosovo	0
	B) Battle of Nicopolis	0
	C) Battle of Mohács	0
	D) Battle of Varna	0

Question 7

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The Battle of Grunwald in 1410 was fought between the Teutonic Knights and an alliance of which two nations?

Score: 1 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) France and England	0
	B) Poland and Lithuania	1
	C) Hungary and Croatia	0
	D) Germany and Austria	0

Question 8

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The Battle of Navas de Tolosa in 1212 was a major turning point in which historical period?

Score: 1 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Viking Age	0
	B) Reconquista	1
	C) Wars of the Roses	0
	D) Hundred Years' War	0

Question 9

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Which battle in 1346 marked the first major engagement of the Hundred Years' War?

Score: 0 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Battle of Agincourt	0
	B) Battle of Crécy	0
	C) Battle of Poitiers	0
	D) Battle of Orléans	0

Question 10

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Which battle in 1265 marked the downfall of Simon de Montfort?

Score: 1 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Battle of Lewes	0
	B) Battle of Evesham	1
	C) Battle of Stamford Bridge	0
	D) Battle of Barnet	0

Question 11

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The Albigensian Crusade was primarily against which heretical group?

Score: 1 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Waldensians	0
	B) Lollards	0
	C) Hussites	0
	D) Cathars	1

Question 12

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At which 1214 battle did the future Louis VIII of France defeat a coalition of English, German, and Flemish forces?

Score: 1 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Battle of Bouvines	1
	B) Battle of Lincoln	0
	C) Battle of Arsuf	0
	D) Battle of Cynoscephalae	0

Question 13

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The 1396 Battle of Nicopolis is often referred to as the last large-scale crusade of the Middle Ages. It was fought against which empire?

Score: 1 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Byzantine Empire	0
	B) Ottoman Empire	1
	C) Holy Roman Empire	0
	D) Mongol Empire	0

Question 14

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Which battle of 1242 saw the Teutonic Knights defeated by the forces of Alexander Nevsky?

Score: 0 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Battle of Lake Peipus	0
	B) Battle of Grunwald	0
	C) Battle of Kulikovo	0
	D) Battle of Legnica	0

Question 15

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The Battle of Mohács in 1526 marked a catastrophic defeat for which European kingdom?

Score: 1 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) France	0
	B) Spain	0
	C) Poland	0
	D) Hungary	1

Question 16

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Which 1277 battle saw the Mamluks defeat the Mongols, halting their advance into the Levant?

Score: 1 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Battle of Ayn Jalut	1
	B) Battle of Manzikert	0
	C) Battle of Hattin	0
	D) Battle of Arsuf	0

Question 17

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The Wars of the Roses saw the Houses of York and Lancaster fighting for the English throne. Which 1485 battle effectively ended these wars?

Score: 1 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Battle of Towton	0
	B) Battle of St Albans	0
	C) Battle of Barnet	0
	D) Battle of Bosworth Field	1

Question 18

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Which battle of 1380 saw the Russian forces defeat the Golden Horde?

Score: 0 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Battle of Kulikovo	0
	B) Battle of Lake Peipus	0
	C) Battle of Grunwald	0
	D) Battle of Varna	0

Question 19

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The Battle of Lepanto in 1571, though slightly outside the traditional timeframe of the Middle Ages, was a naval battle between Christian forces and which empire?

Score: 1 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Byzantine Empire	0
	B) Spanish Empire	0
	C) Holy Roman Empire	0
	D) Ottoman Empire	1

Question 20

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Which 1176 battle in northern Italy saw the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa defeated by the Lombard League?

Score: 0 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Battle of Legnano	0
	B) Battle of Bouvines	0
	C) Battle of Arsuf	0
	D) Battle of Navas de Tolosa	0

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