Grade 7 : Questions

Questions :

1. What is History?

“It’s the record and the study of the past human events that have shaped the way the world is today.”

2. What are the reasons why we study History.

Understanding change and how our society came to be.
Learning from past successes and failures
Understanding and respecting one another
Developing our critical thinking skill

3. Who was the first emperor of Holy Roman Empire?

Charlemagne – the fist Holy Roman Emperor in 800 AD

4. What were the reasons of the decline of the Holy Roman Empire.
-After Charlemagne died, no other Holy Roman Emperor was strong enough to rule over the states in the empire.
-On the other hand, the German princes of the states became more powerful individually.

5. What the result of the decline of the Holy Roman Empire?
-By the mid-17th century, every state in the empire, in fact, became independent of the emperor.
-There was no more unity in Europe.

6. How a nation-state was built?
A nation-state was built when a group of people, who spoke a single language, shared the same religion and had the same cultural origin, united to form a country under a central government.

7. Why feudal lords were unable to provide what the people needed?
Lords fought among themselves, and this made them weak.

8. What the merchants needed for their trading activities?
-They needed law and order for trade.
-They needed a safer and more efficient transport system.

9. Briefly explain why the feudal system was inadequate for the changing European societies.

10. Why in National Government made the nobles and knights less important?