Medieval Test

Question 1

Who was the Frankish leader who brought Christianity to the Franks?

Answer 1

Clovis

Question 2

From what region or country did the Vikings come?

Answer 2

Scandinavia

Question 3

In the feudal system, what was a manor?

Answer 3

Land owned by a lord.

Question 4

Who were the Troubadours?

Answer 4

Poet-musicians who composed songs about love and feats of knights.

Question 5

During the Middle Ages, who was the lowest-ranking member of the clergy?

Answer 5

Priest

Question 6

Know the seven sacraments.

Answer 6

Baptism, penance, Eucharist, confirmation, matrimony, anointing of the sick, holy orders.

Question 7

According to the code of chivalry, know three groups that a knight fought for.

Answer 7

Noble women, the Catholic Church, and their king or lord.

Question 8

What was the result of the Treaty of Verdun?

Answer 8

Divided the Frankish empire into 3 parts.

Question 9

Why was the interdict an effective weapon for a pope to use against a king?

Answer 9

Because the people were desperate to get into heaven, the people would turn against the king if he made the pope leave.

Question 10

What was the bargain made between a lord and a vassal?

Answer 10

Homage

Question 11

What was the significance of Pope Leo III crowning Charlemagne emperor?

Answer 11

It gave the church power over the king.

Question 12

How were feudalism and the manor system related?

Answer 12

Feudalism was the social structure, and the manor was the economy of the social structure.

Question 13

What was the chief goal of the Crusades?

Answer 13

To prevent the Muslims from taking over Jerusalem (holy land).

Question 14

What did the Magna Carta guarantee?

Answer 14

The rights of all English people.

Question 15

What was the major cause of the Great Schism?

Answer 15

Multiple popes.

Question 16

Which group was the main spreader of the Black Death?

Answer 16

Merchants.

Question 17

What was the result of the Fourth Crusade?

Answer 17

The sacking of the Byzantine capital of Constantinople which severely weakened the Byzantine empire.

Question 18

Name three functions of the craft guilds.

Answer 18

Regulate the work of the artisan, establish strict rules concerning prices, wages, and employment, guaranteed quality, reduced competition, provided families with money when they couldn’t work.

Question 19

How was the Great Schism finally resolved?

Answer 19

They shut out the current 3 popes and chose a new one to make the others resign.

Question 20

What is a craft guild?

Answer 20

The craft guild regulated the work of the artisan, establishes strict rules (concerning prices, wages, and employment), prohibited competition, and set standards of quality.

Question 21

What was the name of the legislative body of medieval England?

Answer 21

Parliament.

Question 22

Name four advancements in agriculture during the Middle Ages.

Answer 22

The horse replaced the ox, 3 field system, collar harness, heavy plow.

Question 23

What became the common medium of exchange in the Middle Ages?

Answer 23

Money or land?

Question 24

What document gave townspeople the right to control their own affairs and town?

Answer 24

Charters.

Question 25

Name three terms that refer to the middle class in Europe.

Answer 25

Burghers, burgesses, bourgeoisie.

Question 26

What is another name for the Middle Ages?

Answer 26

Medieval.

Question 27

The Hundred Years War was fought between which two groups?

Answer 27

France and England.

Question 28

What was the Great Schism?

Answer 28

3 popes - couldn’t decide.

Question 29

What was the cause of the Wars of the Roses?

Answer 29

Control over the English throne.

Question 30

What was the Babylonian Captivity?

Answer 30

The pope moved to France and wouldn’t come back to Rome.

Question 31

Name four results of the Crusades.

Answer 31

New technology, trade with the east, feudalism came to an end, the world was smaller.

Question 32

Which religious group was allowed to stay in Spain under Ferdinand and Isabella’s rule?

Answer 32

Catholics.

Question 33

What caused the Black Death in Europe?

Answer 33

The rats were carrying the fleas that caused the Black Death.

Question 34

What was the result of the Children’s Crusade?

Answer 34

Children enslaved.

Question 35

What was the language of the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages?

Answer 35

Latin.

Question 36

What is heresy?

Answer 36

The denial of basic church teachings.

Question 37

What is Feudalism?

Answer 37

A highly decentralized form of government that stressed alliances of mutual protection between monarchs and nobles of varying degrees of power.

Question 38

Define Inseculo clergy.

Answer 38

Clergy that worked ‘in the world.’

Question 39

What is the hierarchy of the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages?

Answer 39

Pope, cardinal, archbishop, bishop, priest.

Question 40

What is the term used to describe a noble who received land from a lord or king?

Answer 40

Vassal.

Question 41

Which Frankish ruler won the Battle of Tours which ended the Muslim threat on Europe?

Answer 41

Charles Martel.

Question 42

Who got to walk closest to the buildings in medieval towns?

Answer 42

The rich.

Question 43

How many Crusades were successful?

Answer 43

1.

Question 44

How many popes were there during the Great Schism?

Answer 44

3.

Question 45

Which trade system came first?

Answer 45

The barter system.

Question 46

What did the Land of the Angles come to be known as?

Answer 46

England.

Question 47

What items did the manors import?

Answer 47

Iron and salt.

Question 48

What did a person have to receive from the Catholic Church in order to get into Heaven?

Answer 48

The 7 sacraments.

Question 49

What did some armies do with plague victims?

Answer 49

Throw them over enemy walls.

Question 50

How did banks (financial institutions) get their name?

Answer 50

The term for bench (banca) that the money changers set up at trade fairs.