Chap 13 Quiz from Text Flashcards
True or False?
Charles Martel was the first king of the Carolingian dynasty.
False
First king was Charles’s son, Pippin III
Charlemagne was a skilled warrior who won many victories.
true
false
true
Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne, naming him Emperor of the Roman People.
true
false
true
In order to run his empire more efficiently, Charlemagne established Paris, a permanent capital in the center of his holdings.
true
false
false
Charlemagne established in AACHEN, Germany
Scholars and monks in Aachen studied and copied ancient writings.
true
false
true
Charlemagne developed a written legal code based on tribal laws and Christian teachings.
true
false
true
The Vikings raided other countries to get food and supplies that Scandinavia did not provide.
true
false
true
Europeans lived in fear of Viking raids because the Vikings attacked with very little warning, killed or captured any who opposed them, and sold their captives into slavery.
true
false
true
The Vikings would not attack monasteries, and so monasteries were where people often sought shelter from attacks.
true
false
false
Vikings attacked monasteries because these were easy targets
On horseback, the fierce Magyars raided eastern Europe, focusing on small settlements and outrunning any defenders.
true
false
true
The Magyar raids ended when Charlemagne’s mighty army crushed the Magyar outside Aachen.
true
false
false
It was German king OTTO that crushed Magyar army
The Muslim city of Cordoba was one of the wealthiest and most culturally advanced cities of the medieval period.
true
false
true
In Muslim Spain, Jews and Christians were persecuted mercilessly.
true
false
false
The balance of power in western Europe shifted when the popes were forced to ask the Franks to help them stop the Muslim raiders.
true
false
true
________, the exchange of land for service, came about in part because nobles in Europe needed to protect their lands and people without relying on the king.
feudalism
Highly skilled soldiers who fought on horseback were called _____ .
knights
In order to receive a fief, a knight became a lord’s vassal and swore an oath of _____ , a promise to provide military service and remain loyal to the lord.
fealty
The _______ system was an economic system, whereas the feudal system was a political and social system.
manorial
_____ were workers legally tied to the manor on which they worked.
Serfs
The _____ crop rotation system improved the quality of the soil, which in turn improved the size and quality of the harvest.
three-field
I am a powerful French duchess who ruled all of England and half of France
Eleanor of Aquitaine
“I am the king of Wessex who drove the Vikings into the Danelaw.”
Alfred the Great
I am the Duke of Normandy who won the Battle of Hastings and became England’s king.”
William the Conqueror
I not only limited the power of kings but suggested that not even kings are above the law.
Magna Carta
I am a council of nobles, clergymen, members of the middle class, and commoners who work together to have a say in government.”
Parliament
I am the Christian effort to remove Muslims from the Iberian Peninsula.”
Reconquista
I united the German lands and became emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
Otto the Great
“I am the first Capetian king.”
Hugh Capet
Which of the following statements concerning religion in the Middle Ages is not correct?
Every European was a Christian.
Religion touched almost every part of life.
Thousands of people joined religious orders.
Members of the clergy had great influence.
Every European was a Christian.
Which of the following facts about Pope Leo IX is not true?
Pope Leo IX wanted to reform Europe’s clergy.
Kings resented Leo’s interference with bishops in their areas.
Leo IX excommunicated the bishop of Constantinople, which split the church in two.
Leo IX approved of simony, the buying and selling of church offices.
Leo IX approved of simony, the buying and selling of church offices.
What did Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII argue about in the late 1000s?
simony
clergy selection
the Papal States
taxes
clergy selection
How did the monks of Cluny hope to prevent corruption in their monastery?
by converting to Celtic monasticism
by fasting one day a week
by electing their own abbot
by living on an island far from other communities
by electing their own abbot
Which of the following orders was the most austere?
Benedictine
Franciscans
Cistercian
Cluniacs
Cistercian
