History Study Guide 1/24/23

Question 1

During the Middle Ages, Europe experienced a warm period that enabled farmers to grow more crops.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The crusades were motivated primarily by religious reasons.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The Truce of Knights allowed fighting only on certain days of the week.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The Hundred Year’s War was fought between France and Byzantine Empire.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

The Crusades bought Greek and Arabic writings into Europe.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

A baillis was a papal servant who punished heretics.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Rounded vaults and thick walls are features of Romanesque architecture.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

By the Fourteenth century, the English Parliament had been divided into 5 groups.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

The Roman Church lost much of its credibility when it could not stop the Black Death.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Dante’s Divine Comedy is an imaginary journey through hell, purgatory, and paradise.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

A large church built in wealthy cities?

Answer 11

Cathedral

Question 12

Uniform laws for all of England?

Answer 12

Common Laws

Question 13

Rules and expectations for knights?

Answer 13

Chivalry

Question 14

A group of local citizens that accused criminals?

Answer 14

Jury

Question 15

A place for exchanging and borrowing money?

Answer 15

Bank

Question 16

A legal document listing the privileges of the townspeople?

Answer 16

Town Charter

Question 17

A self-supporting estate during the Middle Ages?

Answer 17

Manor

Question 18

An accusation issued by a jury?

Answer 18

Indictment

Question 19

A papal decree denying people access to sacraments?

Answer 19

Interdict

Question 20

What phrase refers to Parliament’s limiting the king’s power by controlling the tax system?

Answer 20

Power of the Purse

Question 21

King John was forced to sign this document that sets limits on Royal power.

Answer 21

Magna Carta

Question 22

Under which pope was the political power of the Roman Church greatest?

Answer 22

Innocent the 3

Question 23

Who was crowned Roman Emperor by the pope on Christmas day in 800?

Answer 23

Charalemagne

Question 24

Give the term for new centers of liberal arts learning that developed in the 12th century.

Answer 24

Universities

Question 25

What disaster struck large areas of Europe in 1350?

Answer 25

The Great Famine

Question 26

Who became the leader of one of the Frankish Kingdoms in 481.

Answer 26

Clovis

Question 27

Name the peasant girl who rallied the French in the Hundred Years War.

Answer 27

Joan of Arc

Question 28

What was the name of the new economic class that developed in towns and including Merchants, bankers, and other skilled laborers?

Answer 28

Middle Class

Question 29

What was the document carried on a journey and exchanged for money at a bank called?

Answer 29

A Letter of Credit

Question 30

What was the name for the leading Palace official of the Merovingian house?

Answer 30

Mayor of the Palace

Question 31

Who was the count of Paris that founded a new Royal Line in France?

Answer 31

Hugh Capet

Question 32

Who was the ruler that founded the Norman Dynasty in England after invading the country in 1066?

Answer 32

William the Conqueror

Question 33

Who was the great-grandson of William the Conqueror that strengthen the English royal Authority by using circuit courts?

Answer 33

Henery the 2

Question 34

Which of the following did Gothic architecture have? Flying buttresses, small Windows, High ceilings, and warmth and brightness.

Answer 34

Flying buttresses, High ceilings, and warmth and brightness

Question 35

What country was Philip the second king of?

Answer 35

France

Question 36

What prominent Italian city was located on the Adriatic Sea and had a large Navy?

Answer 36

Venice

Question 37

What does the word vernacular describe?

Answer 37

Commonly spoken launguage

Question 38

The Canterbury Tales tells the story of a group of pilgrims from what country?

Answer 38

England

Question 39

What people group was blamed for the black death and was persecuted because of it?

Answer 39

Jews

Question 40

During the Middle Ages, Christianity spread throughout Europe. Although a good thing, this development was accompanied by some problems. Describe two.

Answer 40

-Some rulers accepted Christianity as the official religion only for political reasons. -Though there were genuine conversions many people were baptized into a form of Christianity that imitated their Pagan worship. -Many people that lived in official Christian Realms were not aware of the basic bible teachings.