Question 1

The Hanseatic League

Accepted Answer

A)  Acquired a monopoly on the Baltic trade 
B)  Was centered in Flanders 
C)  Was ruined by the economic competition of the Champagne fairs 
D)  Was centered in the Rhone valley 
A)  Acquired a monopoly on the Baltic trade 
B)  Was centered in Flanders 
C)  Was ruined by the economic competition of the Champagne fairs 
D)  Was centered in the Rhone valley

Question 2

The English barons' rebellion against king John's abuse of feudal custom resulted in the

Accepted Answer

A)  Norman Conquest 
B)  Investiture crisis 
C)  Parliament 
D)  Magna Carta 
A)  Norman Conquest 
B)  Investiture crisis 
C)  Parliament 
D)  Magna Carta

Question 3

Muslim scholars of the Middle Ages

Accepted Answer

A)  Denounced the works of Arab thinkers such as Avicenna and Averroës 
B)  Often studied the works of Aristotle 
C)  Proved irrefutably that there was no contradiction between science and faith 
D)  Advanced the ideas of Ramó n Lull 
A)  Denounced the works of Arab thinkers such as Avicenna and Averroës 
B)  Often studied the works of Aristotle 
C)  Proved irrefutably that there was no contradiction between science and faith 
D)  Advanced the ideas of Ramó n Lull

Question 4

The Medieval European area that underwent a "reconquest" when Christian states drove out Islamic powers was the ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Medieval European area that underwent a...

Question 5

Given the description of feudalism in Chapter 7, can it be said hat the events of Chapter Eight demonstrate that feudalism was a major factor in the restoration of order or that it was a major obstacle to the restoration of order?

Accepted Answer

The events of Chapter Eight demonstrate

Question 6

Which of the following was not a result of the spread of the three-field system?

Accepted Answer

A)  A major development of industry 
B)  A near doubling of European population 
C)  An expansion of European settlements 
D)  A growth of freedom in agricultural areas, with the lessening of serfdom 
A)  A major development of industry 
B)  A near doubling of European population 
C)  An expansion of European settlements 
D)  A growth of freedom in agricultural areas, with the lessening of serfdom

Question 7

Medieval church reform

Accepted Answer

A)  Was opposed by the kings of France and England because it strengthened the power of the Holy Roman Emperor 
B)  Was demanded by the Roman aristocracy to prevent imperial intervention in the election of the popes 
C)  Had as an important background the intervention of Emperor Henry III, who deposed three rival popes and strengthened the papal court 
D)  Was undertaken without the support of the Clunaic monks because they believed that monasteries, not the papacy, should be the heart of church reform 
A)  Was opposed by the kings of France and England because it strengthened the power of the Holy Roman Emperor 
B)  Was demanded by the Roman aristocracy to prevent imperial intervention in the election of the popes 
C)  Had as an important background the intervention of Emperor Henry III, who deposed three rival popes and strengthened the papal court 
D)  Was undertaken without the support of the Clunaic monks because they believed that monasteries, not the papacy, should be the heart of church reform

Question 8

Medieval towns

Accepted Answer

A)  Often had populations of 40,000 or more 
B)  Always excluded Jews from residency 
C)  Became important centers of trade and manufacturing 
D)  Were larger than their Roman counterparts 
A)  Often had populations of 40,000 or more 
B)  Always excluded Jews from residency 
C)  Became important centers of trade and manufacturing 
D)  Were larger than their Roman counterparts

Question 9

Why did dissent, taking the form of heresy, develop in the Medieval church? What were some of the responses of the medieval church to this?

Accepted Answer

Dissent in the form of heresy developed

Question 10

The Magna Carta in England was intended to support the rights of the commonality against the nobility.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The investiture struggle became especially bitter in the German part of the Holy Roman Empire because

Accepted Answer

A)  German bishops served as secular administrators for the Emperor so he would not see his power of appointment fall into the hands of the popes 
B)  The kings of France and England gave the popes all they wanted, leaving the Emperor isolated and weak 
C)  During the struggle, the emperor actually called on Muslim forces to invade Rome 
D)  The popes succeeded in assassinating the emperor, but the new emperor exercised equal ruthlessness against the pope 
A)  German bishops served as secular administrators for the Emperor so he would not see his power of appointment fall into the hands of the popes 
B)  The kings of France and England gave the popes all they wanted, leaving the Emperor isolated and weak 
C)  During the struggle, the emperor actually called on Muslim forces to invade Rome 
D)  The popes succeeded in assassinating the emperor, but the new emperor exercised equal ruthlessness against the pope

Question 12

Political centralization was successful in England and in France between 1100 and 1300 and unsuccessful in Germany during the same period. Why and how did these situations come about?

Accepted Answer

Political centralization was successful

Question 13

The Middle Ages have sometimes been called an "Age of Faith." Do the events, tendencies and developments described in Chapter 8 tend to confirm or to refute this idea?

Accepted Answer

The events, tendencies, and developments

Question 14

During the Middle Ages, the Iberian peninsula

Accepted Answer

A)  Remained completely under Muslim control 
B)  Saw the conversion of most Muslims in Spain to Christianity 
C)  Saw the gradual "reconquest" of most of the peninsula by Christian kingdoms 
D)  Became the intellectual center of Europe 
A)  Remained completely under Muslim control 
B)  Saw the conversion of most Muslims in Spain to Christianity 
C)  Saw the gradual "reconquest" of most of the peninsula by Christian kingdoms 
D)  Became the intellectual center of Europe

Question 15

The pope often considered the most influential of medieval pontiffs and who convened the Fourth Lateran Council was ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The pope often considered the most influential...

Question 16

Why did the Crusaders go to the Holy Land and what did they accomplish?

Accepted Answer

The Crusaders went to the Holy Land in r

Question 17

Watermills

Accepted Answer

A)  Did not exist in the Middle Ages 
B)  Replaced windmills 
C)  Provided a form of power that was rare or nonexistent in classical antiquity 
D)  Provided a form of power that was abundant in classical antiquity 
A)  Did not exist in the Middle Ages 
B)  Replaced windmills 
C)  Provided a form of power that was rare or nonexistent in classical antiquity 
D)  Provided a form of power that was abundant in classical antiquity

Question 18

The type of romantic activity that became an ideal of the medieval nobility was called ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The type of romantic activity that became...

Exam 8: Order Restored: The High Middle Ages, 1000-1300

The Hanseatic League

The English barons' rebellion against king John's abuse of feudal custom resulted in the

Muslim scholars of the Middle Ages

The Medieval European area that underwent a "reconquest" when Christian states drove out Islamic powers was the ________.

Given the description of feudalism in Chapter 7, can it be said hat the events of Chapter Eight demonstrate that feudalism was a major factor in the restoration of order or that it was a major obstacle to the restoration of order?

Which of the following was not a result of the spread of the three-field system?

Medieval church reform

Medieval towns

Why did dissent, taking the form of heresy, develop in the Medieval church? What were some of the responses of the medieval church to this?

The Magna Carta in England was intended to support the rights of the commonality against the nobility.

The investiture struggle became especially bitter in the German part of the Holy Roman Empire because

Political centralization was successful in England and in France between 1100 and 1300 and unsuccessful in Germany during the same period. Why and how did these situations come about?

The Middle Ages have sometimes been called an "Age of Faith." Do the events, tendencies and developments described in Chapter 8 tend to confirm or to refute this idea?

During the Middle Ages, the Iberian peninsula

The pope often considered the most influential of medieval pontiffs and who convened the Fourth Lateran Council was ________.

Why did the Crusaders go to the Holy Land and what did they accomplish?

Watermills

The type of romantic activity that became an ideal of the medieval nobility was called ________.

The Roots of Western Civilization: The Ancient Middle East to the Sixth Century B.C.E

The Contest for Excellence: Greece, 2000-338 B.C.E

The Poleis Become Cosmopolitan: The Hellenistic World, 336-150 B.C.E

Pride in Family and City: Rome From Its Origins Through the Republic, 753-44 Bce

Territorial and Christian Empires: The Roman Empire, 31 B.C.E to 410 C.E

A World Divided: Western Kingdoms, Byzantium, and the Islamic World, C.A 376-1000

The Struggle to Bring Order: The Early Middle Ages, C.A 750-1000

The West Struggles and Eastern Empires Flourish: The Late Middle Ages, C.A 1300-1500

A New Spirit in the West: The Renaissance,C.A 1300-1640

Alone Before God: Religious Reform and Warfare 1500-1648

Faith, Fortune, and Fame: European Expansion, 1450-1700

The Struggle for Survival and Sovereignty: Europes Social and Political Order, 1600-1715

A New World of Reason and Reform: The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, 1600-1800

Competing for Power and Wealth: The Old Regime, 1715-1789

Overturning the Political and Social Order: The French Revolution and Napoleon, 1789-1815

Factories, Cities, and Families in the Industrial Age: The Industrial Revolution, 1780-1850

Coping With Change: Ideology, Politics, and Revolution, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Statebuilding: Unifying Nations, 1850-1870

Mass Politics and Imperial Domination: Democracy and the New Imperialism, 1870-1914

Modern Life and the Culture of Progress: Western Society, 1850-1914

Descending Into the Twentieth Century: World War and Revolution, 1914-1920

Darkening Decades: Recovery, Dictators, and Depression, 1920-1939

Into the Fire Again: World War II, 1939-1945

Superpower Struggles and Global Transformations: The Cold War,1945-1980s

Into the Twenty-First Century: The Present in Perspective

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