Unit 3 test

Question 1

“Dark Ages”

Answer 1

Began after the fall of the Roman Empire and extended to the start of the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery

Question 2

Barbarossa

Answer 2

One of the 3 European monarchs who led the Third Crusade

Question 3

Benedict

Answer 3

Italian monk began writing a book describing
a strict yet practical set of rules for monasteries

Question 3

Benedictine rule

Answer 3

A book of precepts written in Latin by St Benedict of Nursia for monks living communally under the authority of an abbot.\

Question 4

Bubonic Plaque/ Black Death

Answer 4

A disease that killed 25-50% of the population and was sent over by Fleas over seas.

Question 5

Cannon law

Answer 5

Set of ordinances and regulations made by the government. Divided into 7 books. On matters such as marriage, divorce, inheritance.

Question 6

Charlemagne

Answer 6

Someone who reintroduced Roman learning. King of the Franks.

Question 7

Clovis

Answer 7

Roman province of Gaul leader.

Question 8

Charels Martel

Answer 8

held more power than the king. extended the Franks’ reign to the north, south, and east. He also defeated
Muslim raiders from Spain at the Battle of Tours in 732.

Question 9

Dante Alighieri

Answer 9

An Italian poet, writer and philosopher wrote the Divine Comedy.

Question 10

Feudalism

Answer 10

Political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king on exchange for their loyalty, military, protection of people who live on their land.

Question 11

Fief

Answer 11

An estate granted to a vassal by a lord under the feudal system in medieval Europe

Question 12

Crusade

Answer 12

Crusades had economic, political, social, religious goals. kings and the Church both saw the Crusades as an opportunity to get rid of quarrelsome knights who fought each other.

Question 13

Gothic cathedrals

Answer 13

Gothic was a new style of architect and cathedrals were big churches where people worship. Heavenly looking, made of stone and timber, revolved around Notre Dame.

Question 14

Francis of Assisi

Answer 14

Was an Italian mystic and Catholic friar who founded the Franciscans, One of the most venerated figures in Christianity

Question 15

Guild

Answer 15

Was an organization of individuals in the same business or occupation working to
improve the economic and social conditions of its members.

Question 16

Knight

Answer 16

A medieval European armored warrior who fought on horse back.

Question 17

Lord

Answer 17

In feudal Europe, a person who controlled land and could therefore grant estates to vassals, land owners.

Question 18

Magna Carta

Answer 18

A document drawn up by English Nobels and reluctantly approved by King John, guaranteed certain basic political rights. All must obey the law, even the
king. Its guaranteed rights are an important part of modern
liberties and justice.

Question 19

Merovingian Dynasty

Answer 19

Was the ruling family of the Franks

Question 20

Pope Urban II

Answer 20

He issued a plea that ended in the First Crusade, he assured listeners that God was on their side

Question 21

Richard the Lion-Hearted

Answer 21

He joined the Third Crusade, leaving others to rule England in his place. Richard mounted a siege on the city of Acre. Not strong enough to defeat Crusade. The city fell, Richard had the Muslim survivors—some 3,000 men,
women, and children—slaughtered.

Question 22

Rose windows

Answer 22

Circular window especially used for those found in Gothic cathedrals and churches. The windows are divided into segments by stone mullions and tracery.

Question 23

Sacrament

Answer 23

Sacrament

Question 24

Saladin

Answer 24

Most famous Muslim
leader of the 1100s, he wished to chase the Crusaders back into their own territories.

Question 25

Second Crusade

Answer 25

In 1144, Edessa was reconquered by the Turks. The Second Crusade was organized to recapture the city. Struggled to defeat. Jerusalem itself had fallen to a Kurdish warrior and Muslim leader Saladin.

Question 26

The Divine Comedy

Answer 26

New ideas and forms of expression began to flow out of the universities. Written by Dante Alighieri

Question 27

The Treaty of Verdun

Answer 27

divided the Frankish Empire into three kingdoms between Lothair I, Louis II and Charles II, the surviving sons of the emperor Louis I, the son and successor of Charlemagne.

Question 28

Third Crusade

Answer 28

To recapture Jerusalem was led by three of Europe’s most powerful monarchs. Philip II (Augustus) of France, German emperor Frederick I
(Barbarossa), and the English king, Richard the
Lion-Hearted.

Question 29

Thomas Aquinas

Answer 29

The scholar argued that the
most basic religious truths could be proved
by logical argument, wrote the Summa Theologica.

Question 30

three-field system

Answer 30

Villages began to organize
their lands into three fields instead of two. two of the fields were planted and the
other lay resting for a year. Farmers could grow crops on two-thirds of their land each year, food supply increased.

Question 31

tithe

Answer 31

A church tax.

Question 32

vassals

Answer 32

A person that receives a fief. 2nd most powerful, wealthy land owners-bishops and nobles.

Question 33

William the Conqueror

Answer 33

The invader of the Norman Conquest was William, duke of Normandy.

Question 34

The code of honor that knights were expected to follow

Answer 34

Chivalry

Question 35

In the manor system, serfs had to

Answer 35

stay on the land for life

Question 36

What described the role of the church

Answer 36

Hosted major events in peoples life

Question 37

Part if a vassal’s obligation under his feudal contract was to

Answer 37

Serve all his lords

Question 38

Why did castles emerge?

Answer 38

Defense

Question 39

Papal supremacy means

Answer 39

Pope had authority over the kings

Question 40

What was not a cause of the Crusades

Answer 40

Established new trading relationships

Question 41

What was not an effect of the crusades?

Answer 41

Crusades ended Christianity

Question 42

As a response to overcrowding residents of medieval cities built what

Answer 42

Taller houses and shops

Question 43

What best describes Europe during the Dark Ages

Answer 43

Learning slowed

Question 44

Who reintroduced Roman learning

Answer 44

Charlemagne

Question 45

First Crusade

Answer 45

Three armies of knights and people of all classes had
gathered outside Constantinople. They were not prepared for this war. July15, 1099, they captured the city. Won a narrow strip of land