Class Quiz - Ch 12, 13, 14

Question 1

What was the worst form of punishment in the Middle Ages?

Death

Excommunication

Torture

Serfdom

Answer 1

Excommunication

Question 2

Where did Celtic monasticism develop?

France

Ireland

England

Scotland

Answer 2

Ireland

Question 3

Trade fairs were primarily set up to sell goods to what group?

Nobles

Merchants

Clergy

Peasants

Answer 3

Merchants

Question 4

Who was Justinian’s best general?

Belisarius

Commodus

Augustus

Patton

Answer 4

Belisarius

Question 5

Which kng of England became frenemies with the Muslim leader in Question 3

King Henry VIII

King Charles

King Richard

King James

Answer 5

King Richard

Question 6

Free towns were set up in a number of locations throughout Europe in order to avoid what most?

War

Poverty of the king

Taxes

Religion

Answer 6

Taxes

Question 7

Which European city was a part of the Hanseatic League?

Answer 7

Venice

Genoa

Constantinople

Antwerp

Question 8

Which Muslim leader succeeded in taking Jerusalem back from the Crusades?

Henry VIII

King Charles I

King Richard

King James

Answer 8

King Richard

Question 9

By 1300 approximately how many residents did Paris and Rome have?

10,000,000

1,000

10,000

100,000

Answer 9

100,000

Question 10

The Reconquista pitted Christian kingdoms against what power in Europe>

The Vikings

The Moors

The Vandals

The Saxons

Answer 10

The Moors

Question 11

In cities, what group was often responsible for plays and festivals during religious holidays?

Monasteries

Serfs

Guilds

Knights

Answer 11

Guilds

Question 12

What was not one of the main kingdoms involved in the Reconquista?

Portugal

Castile

Aragon

Wales

Answer 12

Wales

Question 13

What is a synonym for fealty?

Loyalty

Friendship

Honor

Bravery

Answer 13

Loyalty

Question 14

William the Conqueror conquered England in which year?

1492

1066

800

732

Answer 14

1066

Question 15

What part of Europe was NOT involved in the trading of the Hanseatic League?

Russia

Baltic states

Germany

Greece

Answer 15

Greece

Question 16

Which Frankish king first converted to Christianity?

Charlemagne

Clovis

Pepin

Louis

Answer 16

Clovis

Question 17

Who did Henry II marry to gain vast territories in what is now modern France?

Joan of Arc

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Edith Piaf

Segolene Royal

Answer 17

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Question 18

What is the correct oder of advancement in a guild?

Apprentice, Journeyman, Master

Journeyman, Apprentice, Master

Master, apprentice, journeyman

Master, journeyman, apprentice

Answer 18

Apprentice, Journeyman, Master

Question 19

Which French royal family had consolidated most of the region of France by 1300?

Capetians

Merovingians

Carolingians

Bourbons

Answer 19

Capetians

Question 20

What is an example of a luxury good that European nobles enjoyred more of thanks to the Crusades?

Gold

Caviar

Spices

Silver

Answer 20

Spices

Question 21

What city became a maor center of the Rus civilization in the Early Middle Ages?

Moscow

St. Petersburg

Kiev

Vladivostok

Answer 21

Kiev

Question 22

What was the name for the main type of religious art that the Byzantines began destroying?

Frescos

Murals

Icons

Statues

Answer 22

Icons

Question 23

Who were the two monk brothers who created an early version of the alphabet adopted by the Rus?

Ignatius & Maximus

Abbott and Costello

Simon and Garfunkel

Cyril and Methodius

Answer 23

Cyril and Methodius

Question 24

What was a primary focus of guilds in the Middle Ages?

Increasing competition

Restricting competition

Sharing all profits equally across the guild

Maximiizing quantity over quality

Answer 24

Restricting competition

Question 25

What was not a priority of Pope Gregory the Great? Monasticism Asseting the authority of the papacy Charity Starting a crusade

Answer 25

Starting a crusade

Question 26

What were two parts of the Western Roman Empire reconquered by Justinian I? Greece Italy England North Africa

Answer 26

Italy North Africa

Question 27

What did people in the Byzantinne Empire call themselves? Byzantines Greeks Romans New Romans

Answer 27

Romans

Question 28

The Reconquista ended with the capture of which city in 1492? Cordoba Granada Toledo Barcelona

Answer 28

Granada

Question 29

Where was Cluny, one of the most influential monasteries of the Middle Ages, locates? England Ireland France Italy

Answer 29

France

Question 30

What is the name for land given to a knight for his service? Kingdom Manor Fief Castle

Answer 30

Fief

Question 31

Which group was hired to transport the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade east by sea? Magyars Irish Venetians Swiss

Answer 31

Venetians

Question 32

What period of Byzantine history can be considered a golden age? Egyptian period Macedonian period Anatolian period Italian period

Answer 32

Macedonian period

Question 33

What is the term used for a person's level of faith in his or her religion? Faithfulness Peity Fealty Nobility

Answer 33

Peity

Question 34

Whose ideas did Christian theologican Augustine of Hippo incorporate into his work? Caesar Confucius Plato Cicero

Answer 34

Plato

Question 35

Why did Jews find great success in banking during the Middle Ages? CHristians did not have political control in most of Europe Jews offered lower interest rates compared to Christian backers Christians donated all of their extra money and charge interest to Christians Christians could not lend money and charge interest to Christians

Answer 35

Christians could not lend money and charge interest to Christians

Question 36

Which Holy Roman Empire did Pope Gregory VII excommunicate temporarily? Henry II Henry IV John II Charlemagne III

Answer 36

Henry IV

Question 37

William the Conqueror's victory over the Anglo-Saxons was also the ultimate victory of the descendants of what group? Arabs Franks Vikings Lombards

Answer 37

Vikings

Question 38

What is the leader of a monastery called? Abbot Chief Bishop Headmaster

Answer 38

Abbot

Question 39

The council set up in opposition to the English king after rebellion in the 1260s eventually led to which branch of government? the judiciary the bureaucracy Parliament Senate

Answer 39

Parliament

Question 40

Which Pope was central in initiating the First Crusade? Pope Jullian III Pope Xavier I Pople Urban II Pope Francis IV

Answer 40

Pople Urban II

Question 41

The Magna Carta advanced the power of whom the most? peasants bourgeoisie nobles serfs

Answer 41

nobles

Question 42

Which leader of te Rus converted to Christianity, married the sister of a Byzantine emperor and made Christianity the state religion? Vladimir I Yaroslav the Wise Vladimir Putin Oleg III

Answer 42

Vladimir I

Question 43

What is the official title of the head of the Eastern Christian (orthodox) Church? Pope Patriarch King priest Guru

Answer 43

Patriarch

Question 44

What was NOT one of the initial motivations of the Crusades? Assisting in the defense of Byzantium Retaking Jerusalem from the Muslims Protecting pilgrams in the Holy Land Preventing the Mongols from sacking Jerusalem

Answer 44

Preventing the Mongols from sacking Jerusalem

Question 45

It is thought that the Rus were one branch of what historical group? Vandals Vikings Arabs Goths

Answer 45

Vikings