Chapter 15: The Middle Ages in Europe

Charlemagne was

• crowned the new Roman emperor

• the leader of Muslim Spain

• unable to unite any of Europe

• an Anglo-Saxon ruler

What allowed trade to resume in Europe by 1100?

• the uniting of Western Europe

• a surplus of goods and safer travel

• the minting of coins

• the discovery of the printing press

Alfred the Great

• was a very powerful pope

• ruled Normandy

• drove the Vikings out of Britain

• led the Crusades

What Crusade succeeded in driving the Muslims out of Jerusalem?

• First

• Second

• Third

• Fourth

The Inquisition was

• a series of holy wars

• a civil service examination

• a Church court that tried heretics

• a wealthy group of monks

What was the Hundred Years' War?

• a series of revolts by serfs

• the battle against the plague

• a civil war in Germany

• war between England and France

Where did the Franks settle?

• in an area that is now Britain

• in an area that is now Germany

• in an area that is now Russia

• in an area that is now France

Charlemagne believed in

• excommunication

• education

• civil service examination

• Taoism

Serfs were peasants who were not allowed to

• marry without permission

• learn to read

• farm the land

• go to church

Medieval cities were

• well planned

• run democratically by all the people

• clean and sanitary

• dirty, smelly, & polluted