World History Ch. 7 Test

What can be inferred from this image of Pope Leo III crowning Charlemagne?

• Both the Pope and Charlemagne gained power, and the ideal of a united Christendom was established.

• The eastern and western Roman empires could now be united.

• The Pope and Charlemagne were now united against the old Roman empire.

• Charles, king of the Franks, was now known as Charles the Great, or Charlemagne.

What was the main reason that Constantinople was a good location for the capital of the Byzantine Empire?

• It was protected from invaders by the mountains of Asia Minor and the Balkans.

• It was located at a crossroads for trade between Asia and Europe.

• It was near the mouth of some of the region's greatest rivers.

• It was close to the many islands that dot the Aegean Sea.

How does this illustration of a manor illustrate that the manor was at the heart of the feudal economy?

• It shows that the manor produced many goods to sell to surrounding communities.

• It shows that the manor produced food and had a thriving timber industry.

• It shows that the manor was a self-sufficient community that could grow its own food and attend to its religious needs.

• It shows that the manor could produce food in two different seasons.

What is the best example of the code of chivalry?

• A knight uses a weapon hidden in his boot to gain an advantage over his opponent

• A peasant steals a chicken from a lord to feed his family

• A knight rescues a peasant family from a fire.

• A knight requires a commoner to go with him into battle.

What conclusion can you draw from this illustration of a tournament?

• Tournaments were formal events that provided entertainment for people from all classes of medieval society.

• Tournaments were formal events that provided entertainment for the nobility.

• Tournaments were relaxed events that provided entertainment for the nobility.

• Tournaments were relaxed events that provided entertainment for serfs and peasants.

This excerpt about medieval Christianity is specifically describing the nature of . . .

. . . extended over a whole town or diocese or district or country, and involved the innocent with the guilty. It was a suspension of religion in public exercise, including even the rites of marriage and burial. . .

• an excommunication.

• Benedictine Rule.

• an interdict.

• canon law.

What do the birds in this stained glass portrait of St Francis of Assisi most likely represent?

• St. Francis love of nature

• his belief in birds as omens

• his wish to banish nature from religious worship

• his love of the natural world as a source of the decorative arts

The region shown here experienced conflict between Christians and Muslims during . . .

• the First, Second, and Third Crusades.

• the Third Crusade.

• First, Second, and Fourth Crusades.

• the Second Crusade.

A positive outcome of the Crusades was that it . . .

• marked the resolution of hostility among Christians, Muslims, and Jews.

• moved Europe from bartering toward a money-based economy.

• moved Western European nations from monarchies to democracies.

• created a bond between the Roman and Byzantine churches.

What inference can be drawn from this statement from a Crusader seeing Constantinople for the first time?

“[T)hose who had never seen Constantinople opened wide eyes now; for they could not believe that so rich a city could be in the whole world, when they saw her lofty walls and her stately towers wherewith she was encompassed, and these stately palaces and lofty churches, so many in number as no man might believe who had not seen them, and the length and breadth of this town which was sovereign over all others.”—Villehardouin, a French Crusader

• Cities in Europe were as wealthy and grand as Constantinople.

• Constantinople was wealthy but lacked refinement and beauty.

• Constantinople was beautiful but lacked religious zeal.

• Cities in Europe were less wealthy and grand than Constantinople.