Ch 19 Increasing Influence of Europe

In the late 1200s, Marco Polo visited the court of

•  Khubilai Khan.
• Chaghatai Khan.
• Hongwu.
• Mansa Musa.

Which of the following was NOT a problem faced by the late Byzantine empire?

• accumulation of land by wealthy landowners
• reduced incentives to join the Byzantine military
• foreign invasions
• the inability of leaders to get the population to practice Christianity

 In 962 C.E., Pope John XII presented the imperial crown to

• Charlemagne.
• Hugh Capet.
• Otto of Saxony.
• William of Normandy.

The Holy Roman Empire was essentially a regional state ruling Germany, though it also wielded influence intermittently in

• France.
• Spain.
• Italy.
• Byzantium.

The single biggest obstacle to the rise of a powerful Holy Roman Empire was

• continual invasions by the French.
• the reoccurring appearance of epidemic diseases.
• occasional invasions from the Huns.
• an ongoing conflict with the papacy.

 The quip that the Holy Roman Empire was "neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire" is attributed to

• Voltaire.
• Pope Gregory VII.
• William of Normandy.
• Saladin.

In 987, the French nobles chose which of the following men as their king?

• William of Normandy
• Frederick Barbarossa
• Hugh Capet
• Henry IV

Hugh Capet was crowned King of France in 987

• and immediately turned France into a powerful, centralized state.
• and was immediately excommunicated by Pope Gregory VII.
•  and was eventually overthrown by the Holy Roman emperor.
• but it took centuries for the French kings to build a powerful, centralized state.

Which of the following states developed a tightly centralized political structure in its early stages in which all power stemmed from a group of dukes?

• A. England
• B. France
• C. Holy Roman Empire
• D. Italy

In 1066, William of Normandy conquered

• A. England.
• B. France.
• C. Italy.
• D. Spain.