World History Chapter 13 Review

The achievement for which Charlemagne is most remembered was

• traveling to Rome to crush a mob threatening the pope.

• building an empire larger than any since Rome.

• visiting every part of his kingdom to ensure justice.

• halting the expansion of the Muslim empire.

Viking raids eventually ceased because of several factors, including the fact that

• feudal lords successfully unified for defense.

• farming conditions in the Viking homeland improved.

• Muslim raiding parties threatened the Viking homeland.

• Leif Ericson turned Viking attention to the exploration of new lands.

The bargain made between a lord and a vassal was

• that the vassal would build a city on the lord's lands.

• that the lord would defend the vassal in battle.

• that the lord would grant the vassal land in exchange for military service.

• that the vassal would build a monastery in exchange for food.

Pope Gregory VII and the German emperor Henry IV fought over the issue of

• rule of the Papal States.

• secular appointment of bishops.

• the Church's collection of tithes.

• papal appointment of bishops.

The main difference between the original Roman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire of Frederick I was that

• for the first time in history, Frederick I united Italians under the pope.

• the original Roman Empire was a democracy, not a monarchy.

• Frederick's empire had no strong central government.

• Frederick I had the support of the plebians as well as the patricians.

What did the development of various languages in Western Europe demonstrate?

• Germanic tribes burned Latin and Greek manuscripts.

• The power of the Church declined with the loss of Latin and Greek.

• It mirrored the continued breakup of the Roman Empire.

• All of the above are true.

Why did learning decline during the last years of Roman Empire?

• Invaders burned most of the empire's collections of manuscripts.

• Invaders could neither read nor write and did not understand Latin.

• Everything written in Greek was destroyed by the invaders.

• All of the above are true.

Why did Henry IV stand barefoot in the snow for three days begging forgiveness of Pope Gregory VII?

• Being excommunicated made Henry fear for his immortal soul.

• The bishops whom Henry had appointed switched allegiance to the pope.

• His conflict with the pope was causing turmoil in his kingdom.

• All of the above are true.

The Concordat of Worms resolved a power struggle between which two groups?

• Italian nobles and German rulers

• the Lombard League and Frederick I

• the Church and the Holy Roman emperor

• Rollo, a Viking leader, and Charles the Simple, king of France

What was the significance of Pope Leo III crowning Charlemagne emperor?

• It joined Germanic power with the Church and the heritage of Rome.

• It gave a great deal of power to the Germanic people

• Charlemagne was under the Pope's control from that time on.

• It started the tradition of popes crowning emperors in the city of Aachen.