Question 1

Which of the following statement about the Middle Ages is NOT accurate?

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A) Lords and kings periodically expelled Jews in order to confiscate their property. 
B) The Church taught that Jews should not be harmed. 
C) Many Christians believed it a duty to wage war against non-Christians. 
D) Organized attacks against Jews ended during the First Crusade when thousands of Jews were killed by Crusaders on their way to the Holy Land. 
E) Some blamed the Black Death on the Jews. 
A) Lords and kings periodically expelled Jews in order to confiscate their property. 
B) The Church taught that Jews should not be harmed. 
C) Many Christians believed it a duty to wage war against non-Christians. 
D) Organized attacks against Jews ended during the First Crusade when thousands of Jews were killed by Crusaders on their way to the Holy Land. 
E) Some blamed the Black Death on the Jews.

Question 2

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). 
   Locate and label the following centers of trade in the High Middle Ages: Champagne, Constantinople, Flanders, and Italy.

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The answer of Instructions: Please use this outline map of...

Question 3

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Refer to two heresies that faced the Christian church during the High Middle Ages. Explain their teachings and evaluate the threat posed to the unity of the church.

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During the High Middle Ages, the Christi

Question 4

The Magna Carta is historically significant because it

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A) reflected the growing literacy in Europe. 
B) established the English Parliament. 
C) created a democracy in medieval England. 
D) contained principles that, over time, would develop privileges for the elite into basic civil rights. 
E) ended feudalism and manorialism in England. 
A) reflected the growing literacy in Europe. 
B) established the English Parliament. 
C) created a democracy in medieval England. 
D) contained principles that, over time, would develop privileges for the elite into basic civil rights. 
E) ended feudalism and manorialism in England.

Question 5

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Compare and contrast the development of medieval England and medieval France. To what degree were the monarchs of each able to centralize power, and what factors supported or inhibited the process of centralization?

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The development of medieval England and

Question 6

From the 1200s on, a safe generalization would be that compared to English kings, French kings had

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A) fewer legal limitations on their power but more difficulty keeping their realms united. 
B) more legal limitations on their power, but fewer difficulties keeping their realms united. 
C) fewer legal limitations on their power and less difficulty keeping their realms united. 
D) more legal limitations on their power and more difficulty keeping their realms united. 
E) roughly the same powers. 
A) fewer legal limitations on their power but more difficulty keeping their realms united. 
B) more legal limitations on their power, but fewer difficulties keeping their realms united. 
C) fewer legal limitations on their power and less difficulty keeping their realms united. 
D) more legal limitations on their power and more difficulty keeping their realms united. 
E) roughly the same powers.

Question 7

The medieval idea of a Respublica Christiana involved the rule of Europe by

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A) a vast network of bishops. 
B) the pope. 
C) an emperor guided by the pope. 
D) a Christian aristocracy. 
E) monastic communities in consultation with feudal lords. 
A) a vast network of bishops. 
B) the pope. 
C) an emperor guided by the pope. 
D) a Christian aristocracy. 
E) monastic communities in consultation with feudal lords.

Question 8

Which of the following was NOT one of the seven sacraments of the church?

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A) pilgrimage 
B) ordination 
C) confirmation 
D) extreme unction 
E) penance 
A) pilgrimage 
B) ordination 
C) confirmation 
D) extreme unction 
E) penance

Question 9

Each of the following statements about France's Estates General is true EXCEPT

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A) the Estates General was a national assembly. 
B) members represented three estates (classes)in society: clergy, nobility, and townspeople. 
C) the Estates General was initially called as a demonstration of support for the king in his struggle with the pope. 
D) the institution voted funds for the king. 
E) the Estates General developed into a check on royal power in the Middle Ages. 
A) the Estates General was a national assembly. 
B) members represented three estates (classes)in society: clergy, nobility, and townspeople. 
C) the Estates General was initially called as a demonstration of support for the king in his struggle with the pope. 
D) the institution voted funds for the king. 
E) the Estates General developed into a check on royal power in the Middle Ages.

Question 10

Towns in medieval Europe

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A) underpinned the values of the landed classes. 
B) supported manorialism. 
C) had little connection to intellectual activity. 
D) became the first self-governing municipalities since Greco-Roman days. 
E) all of the above 
A) underpinned the values of the landed classes. 
B) supported manorialism. 
C) had little connection to intellectual activity. 
D) became the first self-governing municipalities since Greco-Roman days. 
E) all of the above

Question 11

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Explain the agricultural advances of the High Middle Ages and their consequences.

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The High Middle Ages, which spanned from

Question 12

During the High Middle Ages, the church

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A) enjoyed growing devotion from the common people. 
B) experienced reform movements attacking clerical abuses. 
C) attempted to shape secular institution and culture in general. 
D) stirred passion for the Crusades that drew the Christian community closer together. 
E) all of the above 
A) enjoyed growing devotion from the common people. 
B) experienced reform movements attacking clerical abuses. 
C) attempted to shape secular institution and culture in general. 
D) stirred passion for the Crusades that drew the Christian community closer together. 
E) all of the above

Question 13

Which of the following groups believed that there was an eternal struggle between the evil God of the Old Testament and the good God of the New Testament, that the soul was trapped in a corrupt world, and that all products of sexual activity (cheese, meat, etc)should be avoided?

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A) Waldensians 
B) Cathari 
C) Franciscans 
D) Dominicans 
E) Adamites 
A) Waldensians 
B) Cathari 
C) Franciscans 
D) Dominicans 
E) Adamites

Question 14

How did the Crusades begin?

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A) The Byzantines lost control of the Holy Land in 1071 and appealed for help from their fellow Christians in the West. 
B) At the Council of Clermont in France, Pope Urban II appealed for help to defend Eastern Christianity from the Turks. 
C) Dissatisfied with their lot in live, masses of peasants decided to seek a better life in the land where Christ lived dies and rose again. 
D) The Muslim laid siege to Constantinople and the western powers came to their fellow Christians' aid. 
E) Shortly after the final split between Catholics and the Orthodox, the Pope called for a holy war against the heretics. 
A) The Byzantines lost control of the Holy Land in 1071 and appealed for help from their fellow Christians in the West. 
B) At the Council of Clermont in France, Pope Urban II appealed for help to defend Eastern Christianity from the Turks. 
C) Dissatisfied with their lot in live, masses of peasants decided to seek a better life in the land where Christ lived dies and rose again. 
D) The Muslim laid siege to Constantinople and the western powers came to their fellow Christians' aid. 
E) Shortly after the final split between Catholics and the Orthodox, the Pope called for a holy war against the heretics.

Question 15

The medieval Church regarded heretics as all the following EXCEPT

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A) traitors against a God. 
B) mistaken individuals who required guidance since all error is due to ignorance. 
C) dangerous individuals who undermined society. 
D) people who deserved death because they were aligned with Satan. 
E) rebels against clerical authority. 
A) traitors against a God. 
B) mistaken individuals who required guidance since all error is due to ignorance. 
C) dangerous individuals who undermined society. 
D) people who deserved death because they were aligned with Satan. 
E) rebels against clerical authority.

Question 16

Which of the following was NOT part of Europe's successful territorial expansion in the Middle Ages?

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A) Most of Spain was regained from the Muslims. 
B) Permanent Crusader states were established in the Holy Land. 
C) Normans seized Sicily and Sardinia from the Muslims. 
D) Germans conquered pagan Balts and Slavs along the Baltic Sea. 
E) Normans seized southern Italy from the Byzantines. 
A) Most of Spain was regained from the Muslims. 
B) Permanent Crusader states were established in the Holy Land. 
C) Normans seized Sicily and Sardinia from the Muslims. 
D) Germans conquered pagan Balts and Slavs along the Baltic Sea. 
E) Normans seized southern Italy from the Byzantines.

Question 17

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Concordat of Worms

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The Concordat of Worms is a significant

Question 18

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). 
   Locate and label three of the following: the home of St. Francis of Assisi, the home of Peter Waldo, the site of the crusade against the Cathari (1208-1229), and the site of Cluny.

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The answer of Instructions: Please use this outline map of...

Question 19

The majority of townspeople in medieval Europe were

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A) the patrician elite. 
B) guild members in lucrative trades. 
C) guild members in ordinary trades. 
D) journeymen and apprentices. 
E) the unskilled and the unemployed. 
A) the patrician elite. 
B) guild members in lucrative trades. 
C) guild members in ordinary trades. 
D) journeymen and apprentices. 
E) the unskilled and the unemployed.

Question 20

Which of the following French kings trebled the size of his kingdom and became stronger than any French lord?

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A) Hugh Capet 
B) Louis VI 
C) Louis IX 
D) Philip IV 
E) Philip Augustus 
A) Hugh Capet 
B) Louis VI 
C) Louis IX 
D) Philip IV 
E) Philip Augustus

Which of the following statement about the Middle Ages is NOT accurate?

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Locate and label the following centers of trade in the High Middle Ages: Champagne, Constantinople, Flanders, and Italy.

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Refer to two heresies that faced the Christian church during the High Middle Ages. Explain their teachings and evaluate the threat posed to the unity of the church.

The Magna Carta is historically significant because it

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Compare and contrast the development of medieval England and medieval France. To what degree were the monarchs of each able to centralize power, and what factors supported or inhibited the process of centralization?

From the 1200s on, a safe generalization would be that compared to English kings, French kings had

The medieval idea of a Respublica Christiana involved the rule of Europe by

Which of the following was NOT one of the seven sacraments of the church?

Each of the following statements about France's Estates General is true EXCEPT

Towns in medieval Europe

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Explain the agricultural advances of the High Middle Ages and their consequences.

During the High Middle Ages, the church

Which of the following groups believed that there was an eternal struggle between the evil God of the Old Testament and the good God of the New Testament, that the soul was trapped in a corrupt world, and that all products of sexual activity (cheese, meat, etc)should be avoided?

How did the Crusades begin?

The medieval Church regarded heretics as all the following EXCEPT

Which of the following was NOT part of Europe's successful territorial expansion in the Middle Ages?

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Concordat of Worms

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Locate and label three of the following: the home of St. Francis of Assisi, the home of Peter Waldo, the site of the crusade against the Cathari (1208-1229), and the site of Cluny.

The majority of townspeople in medieval Europe were

Which of the following French kings trebled the size of his kingdom and became stronger than any French lord?

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State: Democratic Politics

Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire: a World-State

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin Christendom

The Flowering of Medieval Culture: the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation: the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

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Exam 10: The High Middle Ages: Vitality and Renewal

Which of the following statement about the Middle Ages is NOT accurate?

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Locate and label the following centers of trade in the High Middle Ages: Champagne, Constantinople, Flanders, and Italy.

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Refer to two heresies that faced the Christian church during the High Middle Ages. Explain their teachings and evaluate the threat posed to the unity of the church.

The Magna Carta is historically significant because it

From the 1200s on, a safe generalization would be that compared to English kings, French kings had

The medieval idea of a Respublica Christiana involved the rule of Europe by

Which of the following was NOT one of the seven sacraments of the church?

Each of the following statements about France's Estates General is true EXCEPT

Towns in medieval Europe

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Explain the agricultural advances of the High Middle Ages and their consequences.

During the High Middle Ages, the church

Which of the following groups believed that there was an eternal struggle between the evil God of the Old Testament and the good God of the New Testament, that the soul was trapped in a corrupt world, and that all products of sexual activity (cheese, meat, etc)should be avoided?

How did the Crusades begin?

The medieval Church regarded heretics as all the following EXCEPT

Which of the following was NOT part of Europe's successful territorial expansion in the Middle Ages?

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Concordat of Worms

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Locate and label three of the following: the home of St. Francis of Assisi, the home of Peter Waldo, the site of the crusade against the Cathari (1208-1229), and the site of Cluny.

The majority of townspeople in medieval Europe were

Which of the following French kings trebled the size of his kingdom and became stronger than any French lord?

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State: Democratic Politics

Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire: a World-State

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin Christendom

The Flowering of Medieval Culture: the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation: the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

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