Ch. 19 The Increasing Influence of Europe

In the Investiture Contest, the winner was

• Otto I.

• Henry IV.

• Gregory VII.

• Frederick Barbarossa.

• Hugh Capet.

The Holy Roman Empire was "neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire" because

• the emperors were not crowned by the popes.

• the Byzantine emperors did not acknowledge the Holy Roman Empire.

• the people who lived there did not practice Christianity.

• it did not restore imperial unity to western Europe.

• All these answers are correct.

During the high middle ages, the Normans

• conquered England in 1066.

• built a tightly centralized state.

• introduced Norman principles of government to England.

• took southern Italy and Sicily back from the Muslims.

• All these answers are correct.

Which of the following did NOT contribute to the expansion of arable land in Europe during the high middle ages?

• population pressure

• use of the horseshoe and horse collar

• increased cultivation of beans

• the shift from horses to oxen

• clearing of forests and draining of swamps

According to Pegolotti,

• European long-distance trade with China was perfectly safe.

• local lords always robbed traveling merchants.

• by using paper money in China, Europeans paid higher prices for their goods.

• traders should try to bargain for the cheapest guide.

The Hanseatic League was

• known for its determination to reconquer Spain and wrest it from Muslim control.

• responsible for curbing the expansion of the Holy Roman Empire.

• an association of trading cities of northern Europe.

• a military religious order.

In medieval Europe, the "three estates" meant

• England, Scotland, and Ireland.

• the three royal estates of the Capetian kings.

• the three social classes.

• the big three city-states in north Italy.

During the high middle ages the European nobility

• had their manners softened.

• practiced the code of chivalry.

• drew their literary inspiration from Muslim Spain.

• was one of the three estates.

• All these answers are correct.

During the high middle ages, the development of towns and cities "fit awkwardly in the framework of the medieval political order" because

• their citizens demanded autonomy from local lords.

• unlike feudal manors, cities were egalitarian societies.

• unlike the organization of the workforce on feudal manors, women became part of the working class in cities.

• townspeople included all three estates.

Guilds of European cities and towns could do all of the following EXCEPT

• set standards of quality for manufactured goods.

• administer justice on behalf of the city government.

• determine the prices at which members had to sell their products.

• build large halls in the cities.

• regulate the entry of new workers into their groups.