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- 1. Multiple Choice
What can be inferred from this image of Pope Leo III crowning Charlemagne?
Both the Pope and Charlemagne gained power, and the ideal of a united Christendom was established.
The eastern and western Roman empires could now be united.
The Pope and Charlemagne were now united against the old Roman empire.
Charles, king of the Franks, was now known as Charles the Great, or Charlemagne.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What was the main reason that Constantinople was a good location for the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
It was protected from invaders by the mountains of Asia Minor and the Balkans.
It was located at a crossroads for trade between Asia and Europe.
It was near the mouth of some of the region's greatest rivers.
It was close to the many islands that dot the Aegean Sea.
- 3. Multiple Choice
How does this illustration of a manor illustrate that the manor was at the heart of the feudal economy?
It shows that the manor produced many goods to sell to surrounding communities.
It shows that the manor produced food and had a thriving timber industry.
It shows that the manor was a self-sufficient community that could grow its own food and attend to its religious needs.
It shows that the manor could produce food in two different seasons.
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is the best example of the code of chivalry?
A knight uses a weapon hidden in his boot to gain an advantage over his opponent
A peasant steals a chicken from a lord to feed his family
A knight rescues a peasant family from a fire.
A knight requires a commoner to go with him into battle.
- 5. Multiple Choice
What conclusion can you draw from this illustration of a tournament?
Tournaments were formal events that provided entertainment for people from all classes of medieval society.
Tournaments were formal events that provided entertainment for the nobility.
Tournaments were relaxed events that provided entertainment for the nobility.
Tournaments were relaxed events that provided entertainment for serfs and peasants.
- 6. Multiple Choice
This excerpt about medieval Christianity is specifically describing the nature of . . .
. . . extended over a whole town or diocese or district or country, and involved the innocent with the guilty. It was a suspension of religion in public exercise, including even the rites of marriage and burial. . .
an excommunication.
Benedictine Rule.
an interdict.
canon law.
- 7. Multiple Choice
What do the birds in this stained glass portrait of St Francis of Assisi most likely represent?
St. Francis love of nature
his belief in birds as omens
his wish to banish nature from religious worship
his love of the natural world as a source of the decorative arts
- 8. Multiple Choice
The region shown here experienced conflict between Christians and Muslims during . . .
the First, Second, and Third Crusades.
the Third Crusade.
First, Second, and Fourth Crusades.
the Second Crusade.
- 9. Multiple Choice
A positive outcome of the Crusades was that it . . .
marked the resolution of hostility among Christians, Muslims, and Jews.
moved Europe from bartering toward a money-based economy.
moved Western European nations from monarchies to democracies.
created a bond between the Roman and Byzantine churches.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What inference can be drawn from this statement from a Crusader seeing Constantinople for the first time?
“[T)hose who had never seen Constantinople opened wide eyes now; for they could not believe that so rich a city could be in the whole world, when they saw her lofty walls and her stately towers wherewith she was encompassed, and these stately palaces and lofty churches, so many in number as no man might believe who had not seen them, and the length and breadth of this town which was sovereign over all others.”—Villehardouin, a French Crusader
Cities in Europe were as wealthy and grand as Constantinople.
Constantinople was wealthy but lacked refinement and beauty.
Constantinople was beautiful but lacked religious zeal.
Cities in Europe were less wealthy and grand than Constantinople.
- 11. Multiple Choice
From which of these is this excerpt most likely taken?
Here is subscribed the inquisition of lands as the barons of the king have made inquiry into them; that is to say by the oath of the sheriff of the shire, and of all the barons and their Frenchmen, and the whole hundred, the priests, reeves, and six villains of each manor; then, what the manor is called, who held it in the time of king Edward, who holds now . . .
The City of Ladies
Poem of the Cid
The Domesday Book
Song of Roland
- 12. Multiple Choice
King Henry II is said to have shouted the following about Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, inadvertently leading to Becket's murder. Why did Henry call Becket a "meddlesome priest"?
“What cowards I have brought up in my court. Who will rid me of this meddlesome priest?”—King Henry II, 1170
Becket disagreed with Henry's decision to send out traveling justices to enforce royal law.
Becket disagreed with Henry's efforts to collect groups of men to serve on early juries.
Becket disagreed with Henry's decision to use the Domesday Book as a basis for taxation.
Becket disagreed with Henry's efforts to extend royal power over the Church.
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is the best paraphrase of the main idea of this quotation from the scholastic Thomas Aquinas?
“Nothing which implies contradiction falls under the omnipotence of God.”—Summa Theologica
God's universe is orderly and predictable.
People should use reason to discover basic truths.
People should use faith to discover basic truths.
The universe is filled with contradictions.
- 14. Multiple Choice
The education of an average child during the Middle Ages centered on basic religious knowledge. What does this imply about the values of medieval society?
Basic literacy skills, taught through religion, were at the core of medieval society.
Religion was at the core of medieval society.
Civic rights and duties were at the core of medieval society.
Science and mathematics were at the core of medieval society.
- 15. Multiple Choice
What was the significance of the emergence of a vernacular language in medieval Europe?
It suggested a renewed interest in the work of Christian scholars.
It suggested a new interest in Muslim and Jewish scholarship.
It suggested a new interest in ordinary people and the stories that entertained and educated them.
It suggested a renewed interest in the works of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
- 16. Multiple Choice
What was the impact on Europe of the disease described below?
“We see death coming into our midst like black smoke, a plague which cuts off the young, a rootless phantom which has no mercy or fair countenance. Woe is me. . . . It is an ugly eruption that comes with unseemly haste. It is a grievous ornament that breaks out in a rash. The early ornaments of black death.”—Jevan Gethin
Although the overall population of Europe was largely unaffected, production declined, and the cost of labor soared.
One-third of the population of Europe died, but production and the cost of labor remained steady.
One out of every hundred people died, production declined, and the cost of labor plummeted.
One-third of the population of Europe died, production declined, and the cost of labor soared.
- 17. Multiple Choice
The technology shown here revolutionized warfare during the . . .
Battle of Tours.
Hundred Years’ War.
Battle of Hastings.
Third Crusade.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which list correctly arranges the major geographical regions of Russia?
A) Steppe; B) Farmland; C) Forests
A) Steppe; B) Forests; C) Farmland
A) Forests; B) Farmland; C) Steppe
A) Forests; B) Steppe; C) Farmland
- 19. Multiple Choice
Why did the speaker of the statement below call Moscow the “third Rome”?
“[T]he third Rome . . . shines like the sun . . . throughout the whole universe . . .. [T]wo Romes have fallen, and the third one stands and a fourth one there shall not be.”—Philotheos, quoted in Tsar and People(Cherniavsky)
Moscow was the center of expanding political power.
The Russians called their leaders tsars, the Russian word for Caesar.
Educated people in Moscow spoke Latin.
Like Rome, Moscow was located near trade routes.
- 20. Multiple Choice
What pull factors attracted European Jews to Eastern Europe during the late Middle Ages?
Jews were attracted to Eastern Europe because they could practice Judaism there without persecution.
Jews were attracted to countries like Poland for its rich farmland.
Jews were attracted by the more healthful climate of Eastern Europe.
Jews were attracted by the open frontier that still existed in Eastern Europe.
- 21. Multiple Choice
How might the Reconquista have affected Spain's economic and cultural life?
Expelling Jews and Muslims, including businessmen, probably strengthened the economy and made the culture more diverse.
Expelling Jews and Muslims, including businessmen, probably weakened the monarchy and made the culture less diverse.
Expelling Jews and Muslims, including businessmen, probably weakened the economy and made the culture less diverse.
Expelling Jews and Muslims, including businessmen, probably made the economy more dependent on agriculture and made the culture more diverse.
- 22. Multiple Choice
Why was the Corpus Juris Civilis significant?
Known as the church of “Holy Wisdom,” it was rebuilt by Justinian, who boasted that it surpassed Solomon’s temple in Jerusalem.
Resulting from a series of religious controversies, it divided organized Christianity into the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox branches.
Named after the color of their tents, this “Golden Horde” looted and burned Kiev and other Russian towns.
Also known as “Justinian's Code,” it revised and organized centuries of Roman law into a consistent, understandable legal code.
- 23. Multiple Choice
“If I had been there with my valiant Franks, I would have avenged Him.”—Clovis, King of the Franks Given the strategy that Clovis used to win loyalty from his subjects in Gaul, to whom is Clovis most likely referring?
Jesus
Charles Martel
Charlemagne
Pope Leo III
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which of these correctly arranges the general hierarchy of the European feudal system?
1) peasants, 2) lords, 3) monarch, 4) vassals
1) lords, 2) monarch, 3) vassals, 4) peasants
1) vassals, 2) peasants, 3) monarch, 4) lords
1) monarch, 2) lords, 3) vassals, 4) peasants
- 25. Multiple Choice
Which statement might be an accurate description of a serf’s life?
A serf could be bought and sold, much like a slave.
A serf could move to a different manor if he or she desired.
A serf was bound to the land upon which he or she worked.
A serf who did well might be awarded a manor to rule.
- 26. Multiple Choice
“Then people long to go on pilgrimages . . .
To seek the stranger strands
Of far-off saints, hallowed in sundry lands,”
—Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
The journeys described in this passage were undertaken by Christians to . . .
worship at holy places
convert non-believers
find schools in need of tithes.
find and care for the sick.
- 27. Multiple Choice
The activity depicted here was an aspect of daily life under the . . .
Venerable Bede.
Benedictine Rule.
Abbess Hildegarde.
Canon Law.
- 28. Multiple Choice
How did Henry II's belief that his royal courts had the right to try clergymen accused of crimes affect his relationship with the Church?
It increased tensions because Henry successfully outlawed Church courts in England.
It caused conflict because both Church and monarch claimed the same powers.
It made them stronger allies because they could work together to ensure justice.
It relaxed tensions because the Church was unwilling to try clergymen.
- 29. Multiple Choice
In 1040 the Church forbade the barons to make any attack on each other between sunset on Wednesday and sunrise on the following Monday, or upon any ecclesiastical fast or feast day . . . on pain of excommunication.
This excerpt illustrates the . . .
frequency of warfare in medieval Europe.
Importance of the Christian calendar.
power of the Church in medieval Europe.
influence of the Benedictine Rule.
- 30. Multiple Choice
The group shown here would likely be involved in . . .
providing religious education for young people.
enforcing the code of chivalry among local nobles.
taxing and governing the town in which it did business.
creating and preserving copies of literary works.
- 31. Multiple Choice
During the Middle Ages, which of the following economic activities was engaged in exclusively by Jews?
forming guilds
creating partnerships
lending money at interest
renting land to tenant farmers
- 32. Multiple Choice
“From Jerusalem and the city of Constantinople comes a grievous report. An accursed race . . . has violently invaded the lands of those Christians and has depopulated them by pillage and fire.”
With these words, Pope Urban II called for the overthrow of . . .
the Hanseatic League along the Baltic Sea.
tenant farmers in Western Europe.
merchant guilds in European towns.
Muslim Turks in the Holy Land.
- 33. Multiple Choice
Which actions did French kings take to increase royal power?
granted town charters, introduced national tax, extended royal lands
formed the Estates General, eliminated bureaucracy, granted town charters
won support of the Church, built bureaucracy, antagonized the middle class
opposed the Church, eliminated bureaucracy, extended royal lands
- 34. Multiple Choice
What compromise between the Church and the Holy Roman Empire resulted from the Concordat of Worms?
Pope Gregory VII was given the power to raise armies and collect taxes.
It banned the practice of lay investiture.
Henry IV claimed supremacy over secular rulers, and the Church was now able to grant land to vassals.
The Church was granted the power to elect and invest bishops, but the emperor could invest them with fiefs.
- 35. Multiple Choice
Before it was conquered by Anglo-Saxons in the 400s and 500s, the island in the upper part of the map was a Roman colony known as . . .
Britain
Hastings
London
Normandy
- 36. Multiple Choice
At the event depicted here, King John committed himself to the idea that . . .
clergymen could only be tried by the Church.
the rights of nobles were granted by the Church
monarchs were obliged to obey the law.
monarchs were obliged to obey nobles.
- 37. Multiple Choice
What was a central idea in Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologica?
Monarchs are obliged to financially support the Church.
Faith and reason do not contradict each other.
All authority derives from the people.
Accused persons are entitled to a jury trial.
- 38. Multiple Choice
How did Pope Innocent III assert the power of the Church?
He allied himself with the Albigensians against Phillip II.
He stated that the pope was second only to God.
He authorized the Concordat of Worms.
He challenged efforts to reform the Church's courts.
- 39. Multiple Choice
How did the development of universities in medieval Europe strengthen the Church and unify society?
Different regions felt a strong attachment to their local university, which strengthened local price and unity.
Universities grew up around cathedrals, and courses of study helped educate clergy.
Students had to learn Latin in local churches before they could study at the universities.
Universities started cathedrals, which were important centers of learning.
- 40. Multiple Choice
From 1337 to 1453, the desire to control a waterway shown on this map was a major cause of the . . .
Black Death.
Western Schism.
Protestant Reformation.
Hundred Years’ War.
- 41. Multiple Choice
This medieval illustration depicts a direct cause of the . . .
rapid spread of the bubonic plague.
passage of laws regulating public sanitation.
decline of insect infestation in medieval homes.
increased breeding of household cats.
- 42. Multiple Choice
How did the second Great Schism help lead to the end of medieval Europe?
It led reformers such as Hus and Wycliffe to leave the Church.
It created fertile ground for the Black Death to spread.
It caused people to question the authority of the Church.
It provided a reason for the Church to translate the Bible into many languages.
- 43. Multiple Choice
Which of these remained true following the Great Schism?
Western Christians accepted the authority of the patriarch of Constantinople.
Both Eastern and Western Christians accepted the authority of the pope in Rome.
Both Eastern and Western Christians accepted the authority of the patriarch of Constantinople.
Western Christians accepted the authority of the pope in Rome.
- 44. Multiple Choice
“I am the punishment of God . . . If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.”—Genghis Khan
The Mongol conquest of Russia, under the descendants of this ruler, led to . . .
the collapse of the Byzantine Empire.
peace in the area between China and Eastern Europe.
limited power for Moscow's princes.
the increased power of the Roman Catholic Church.
- 45. Multiple Choice
Ivan the Great and Ivan the Terrible of Russia were similar to England's William the Conqueror and Henry II in that they . . .
encouraged the spread of learning.
struggled for power with the Roman Catholic Church.
sought to increase their power and limit the power of nobles.
agreed to extend certain rights to citizens.
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