WH TEST Topic 7

Why was the invasion of the Byzantine empire by the Seljuk Turks significant?

• It made the papacy less powerful.

• It prompted the first of the Crusades.

• It led to peace between Alexius I and Pope Urban II.

• It gave Alexius I control over the entire Middle East.

Which of the following items best explains the Crusades' lasting influence on life in Europe?

• They caused wars among the European monarchs.

• They brought new ideas and goods to Europe.

• The sparked an agricultural revolution in Europe.

• They spread religious tolerance throughout Europe.

How did the growth of trade and manufacturing change women's lives in Europe?

• Women were able to join and even run guilds.

• Women were given access to higher education.

• Women were forced to do dangerous hard labor.

• Women were at risk because towns were dangerous.

How did the growth of towns affect the lives of children in the Middle Ages?

• More children worked as farm laborers.

• More children were paid high wages for their work.

• More children had access to education.

• More children were born to each family.

What was the result of Isabella's efforts to bring religious unity to Spain?

• Many talented people fled Spain.

• Spain became a more tolerant country.

• Isabella became less powerful.

• The people rebelled against the Church.

Which of the following began this chain of events?

• The opening of trade routes during the Crusades

• A population decline caused by the Black Death

• The discovery of new foods in the New World

• A religious conflict caused by the Protestant Reformation

How was the Church an obstacle to monarchs who wanted more power?

• It challenged monarchs' attempts to control the clergy.

• It promoted the development of individual rights.

• It incited nobles to revolt against monarchs.

• It sent armies against the monarchies of Europe.

How did William increase royal power in England?

• He kept land for himself.

• He compromised with his vassals.

• He executed his enemies.

• He freed the serfs.

The Magna Carta was important because it established

• the principle that the monarch must obey the law.

• the limitation of the rights of nobles and freemen.

• the supremacy of the monarchy over the Church.

• a Parliament of lords and common men.

How did Pope Innocent III assert the power of the Church?

• He stated that the pope was second only to God.

• He authorized the Concordat of Worms.

• He allied himself with the Albigensians against Philip II.

• He challenged efforts to reform the Church's courts.