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Part 2: The Central Middle Ages: Reform, Revival, and Expansion

1
As the population increased, many peasants
A)worked more to feed large families.
B)joined monasteries.
C)moved to cities.
D)cultivated new land, often in villages planted by nobles.
2
The Hanseatic League was established to
A)attract money-lenders.
B)replace the Baltic zone of trade.
C)organize the great fair at Champagne.
D)ensure safer transport and trade privileges for northern cities.
3
The guilds of medieval towns served to
A)protect and control economic interests.
B)protect tradesmen from taxation and seizures.
C)elect town officials.
D)grant escaped serfs freedom.
4
Aside from satisfying a social need, tournaments served to
A)provide young men with ways of winning horses and armor.
B)erode the power of merchants.
C)unite political and religious beliefs.
D)train knights in athletic prowess and train them for war.
5
Both the Franciscans and the Dominicans
A)lived in monasteries.
B)took an oath of poverty.
C)emphasized learning and university study.
D)believed in a poor and humble church.
6
Protecting eastern Christians and _____ were two major motives for the Crusades.
A)control of the Holy Land
B)heretical sects
C)massacres of pilgrims
D)famine
7
Later Crusades were directed against all the following groups except
A)pagans in Eastern Europe.
B)heretical sects.
C)political enemies of the popes.
D)the Jews.
8
The church dealt with Catharism by
A)massacring northern French nobles.
B)launching a Crusade against the heretics.
C)starving and torturing the Albigensians.
D)declaring the Cathars a new order of monks.
9
Which of the following figures was crucial in the resolution of the investiture controversy?
A)Matilda, Countess of Tuscany
B)Thomas Becket
C)Pope Nicholas II
D)Clement II
10
Which of the following issues was not pronounced upon by the Fourth Lateran Council?
A)use of the legal procedure of ordeal
B)clothing for clergy
C)new religious orders
D)lay investiture
11
Frederick II's rule ended the chances for a unified Germany because
A)he was only interested in ruling Italy.
B)he was excommunicated.
C)he used Muslims as soldiers.
D)upon his death, German princes elected a weak prince as emperor.
12
Anselm argued that
A)God was the author of evil.
B)God was perfect and therefore he must exist.
C)the way to God was through faith.
D)faith could help people use reason to understand the divine.
13
William the Conqueror, as part of his plan to control his new Anglo-Saxon kingdom, ... [p.320]
A)implemented the use of sheriffs.
B)removed sheriffs.
C)created the exchequer.
D)replaced the native aristocracy with his own vassals.
14
Henry II increased his holdings in France by
A)pledging his loyalty to the French king.
B)winning the Battle of Hastings.
C)marrying a French heiress.
D)sending Justices in Eyre to claim French lands.
15
King John's reign saw
A)attacks on Robin Hood.
B)an increase in Angevin power in France.
C)the signing of the Magna Carta.
D)the conquest of Ireland.
16
The greatest achievement of Philip II Augustus was
A)use of the feudal contract.
B)marriage.
C)producing new heirs to the throne.
D)destruction of the Angevin empire.
17
King Philip IV tried to collect money from _____ to fund wars.
A)Edward
B)the English wool industry
C)the church
D)the Parlement of Paris
18
As Christian kings slowly retook the Iberian peninsula they consolidated their power by
A)building great cathedrals.
B)granting nobles great power.
C)issuing law codes and charters.
D)expelling Jews and Muslims.
19
_____ was typical of the new Gothic architecture.
A)The barrel vault
B)The round arch
C)The pointed arch
D)A dark interior
20
Students seeking an advanced degree in law went to _____ to study.
A)Salerno
B)Bologna
C)Paris
D)Rome







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