ALC-Unit 2 Medieval Europe Quiz 3 (pre-assessment)

What were two indirect results of the Crusades?

• Trade and commerce declined, and the feudal system was strengthened.

• Trade and commerce increased, and the feudal system was strengthened.

• Trade and commerce increased, and the feudal system was weakened.

• Trade and commerce declined, and the feudal system was weakened.

Revival of trade in Western Europe, decline of feudalism, revival of interest in learning, and cultural interaction with the Middle East are associated with the-

• growth of the Maya Empire.

• effects of the barter system.

• impact of the Crusades.

• rise of Charlemagne.

Why did the Black Death lead to a sharp decline in public works such as cathedrals?

• Most cathedrals were destroyed amidst the social chaos.

• There were tremendous labor shortages due to the high death toll.

• European governments lacked popular support.

• Many people abandoned religious institutions upon seeing how they were helpless against disease.

What effect did the Black Death have on European feudalism?

• Most manors constructed hospitals in order to treat the sick.

• It brought about its eventual decline since the large death tolls prevented manors from functioning.

• On the manor, the Black Death primarily afflicted the knights.

• As manors expanded in size due to massive peasant arrivals, they became large cities.

An important long-term result of the Crusades in the Middle East was the -

• creation of a large Christian state on the Red Sea.

• restoration of the Byzantine Empire.

• destruction of Muslim military power.

• increased tension between Muslims and Christians.

Which European institution had almost total power and control during the Middle Ages?

• The Church

• The nation-state

• Knighthood

• The guild

In Roman Catholicism, the pope is considered -

• a Godly man who does his best to interpret God's word.

• a publicly elected leader who tries to serve Vatican City.

• a representative of the Catholic Church who recruits others to the faith.

• an embodiment of God's representative on Earth.

Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy are similar in that they share belief in the -

• Qur'an.

• Holy Trinity.

• Torah.

• Good Samaritan.

In Roman Catholicism, ordained priests must be -

• celibate men.

• married men.

• aristocratic men.

• Catholics by birth.

Some people believe Western Europe owed a debt of gratitude to the empire that ensured the survival of Christianity for almost a thousand years, when Europe was too weak to accomplish the task.

To which empire would Western Europe have owed this gratitude?

• Mongol Empire

• Hellenistic Empire

• Byzantine Empire

• Ottoman Empire