Chapter 7 Test

What motivated Europeans to be a Crusader?

• Payment for service was sent home to care for Crusaders' families.

• The Pope promised a reduction in the amount of punishment for sins.

• Crusaders who died in battle were promised Sainthood.

• Most Crusaders came from poor home conditions, so this opportunity was seen as a way out of that life.

What was the primary goal of the First Crusade?

• To spread Christianity to the farthest reaches of the Earth

• To rescue the holy city of Jerusalem

• To stimulate Western trade with the East

• To defend Europe's outermost borders against Muslim aggression

To what did the Crusaders owe their victory of the First Crusade?

• Some Muslims abandoned their faith and joined the Crusaders.

• The Islamic world was caught by complete surprise.

• Natural disasters weakened the Muslim resistance.

• Military discipline and weaponry

The first three Crusades were politically and religiously a failure.

• True

• False

The long-term result of the first three Crusades was:

• a population decline in Europe.

• Europe's control of the Holy Land.

• that the near eastern Christian settlements were destroyed.

• that they stimulated Western trade with the East.

During the High Middle Ages, the French struggled to secure the rights of the privileged many, not the authority of the Kings.

• True

• False

Henry II expanded English territory to include much of the west coast of France, part of Ireland, and Scotland while also increasing his autocracy at home.

• True

• False

Eleanor of Aquitaine had a powerful influence on literature.

• True

• False

A popular rebellion forced Henry's successor, John, to recognize the Magna Carta which is a document that increased his autocratic power.

• True

• False

Who won the great European battle at Bouvines?

• French

• English

• German

• Byzantines