Quiz

1	In the Investiture Contest, the winner was
			Henry IV.
			Gregory VII.
			Frederick Barbarossa.
2	The Holy Roman Empire was "neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire" because
			the emperors were not crowned by the popes.
			the Byzantine emperors did not acknowledge the Holy Roman Empire.
			it did not restore imperial unity to western Europe.
3	During the high middle ages, the Capetian Kings gradually centralized power and authority in France by
			administrating justice throughout the realm.
			introducing Norman-style feudalism.
			fighting the Vikings.
4	All of the following contributed to the expansion of arable land in Europe during the high middle ages except
			population pressure.
			use of the horseshoe and horse collar.
			introduction of bananas.
5	According to Pegolotti,
			European long-distance trade with China was perfectly safe.
			local lords always robbed traveling merchants.
			by using paper money in China, Europeans paid higher prices for their goods.
6	The Hanseatic League was
			known for its determination to reconquer Spain from Muslim control.
			the three royal estates of the Capetian Kings.
			an association of trading cities of northern Europe.
7	In medieval Europe, the three estates meant
			England, Scotland, and Ireland.
			the three royal estates of the Capetian Kings.
			the three social classes.
8	All but one of the following influenced the manners of the European feudal nobility:
			long-distance trade.
			the Christian faith.
			romantic poetry and songs.
9	During the high middle ages, the development of towns and cities "fit awkwardly in the framework of a feudal political order" because
			their citizens were not vassals, and their demands for autonomy were not easily quelled.
			unlike feudal manors, cities were egalitarian societies.
			unlike the organization of the work force on feudal manors, women became part of the working class in cities.
10	Guilds of European cities and towns could do all of the following except
			set standards of quality for manufactured goods.
			administer justice on behalf of the city government.
			determine the prices at which members had to sell their products.
11	Curricula of cathedral schools concentrated on
			liberal arts.
			Bible reading.
			law and medicine.
12	During the high middle ages, European scholars’ rediscovery of Aristotle’s work led to
			the growing dynamism of popular heresies.
			the development of scholasticism.
			the rise of the Dominicans and Franciscans.
13	The most famous scholastic theologian was
			their citizens were not vassals, and their demands for autonomy were not easily quelled.
			unlike feudal manors, cities were egalitarian societies.
			unlike the organization of the work force on feudal manors, women became part of the working class in cities.
14	Christians’ devotion to saints was very much like
			the Bantu people’s devotion to the creator god.
			Buddhists’ devotion to Bodhisattvas.
			Muslims’ devotion to Mecca.
15	All of the following belonged to the popular heresies of medieval Europe except
			Waldensians.
			Cathars.
			mendicants.
16	The Albigensian crusade was
			a military campaign against the Muslims.
			a military expedition against the Cathars.
			a military venture against the pagan Slavic peoples in the Baltic region.
17	Vinland was
			conquered by the Teutonic Knights.
			reconquered by European crusaders.
			colonized by Scandinavian seafarers.
18	The reconquest of Sicily from the Muslims was accomplished by
			Eric the Red.
			Roger Guiscard.
			Robert Guiscard.
19	The term reconquista specifically referred to
			the reconquest of Spain.
			the reconquest of Sicily.
			the recapture of Palestine.
20	All but one of the following describes the crusades:
			The campaigns showed European military superiority to Muslim armies.
			One of the crusades conquered Constantinople instead of recapturing Palestine.
			The crusaders traded eagerly with Muslim merchants in the eastern Mediterranean.