Quiz 10.3

Which of the following formally recognized the relationship between kings and vassals as well as the limited powers of the monarch?

• Parliament

• estate system

• common law

• Magna Carta

King John signed the Magna Carta in

• 1066

• 1189

• 1215

• 1223

Which Viking was the founder of present-day Kyiv?

• Vladimir

• Oleg

• Alexander Nevksy

• Cyril

How did Philip II Augustus expand the French monarchy?

• by taking control of Normandy and other French territories

• by attempting to take Italy

• by increasing bureaucracy

• by creating a parliament by meeting with the three estates

This Saxon king gained a title not used since the time of Charlemagne.

• Otto I

• Frederick I

• Oleg

• Frederick II

How were Italy and Germany unlike England and France during the Middle Ages?

• The Holy Roman Emperor had power over both Germany and Italy, but not England and France.

• Germany and Italy were large kingdoms that sought to conquer the smaller kingdoms like England and France.

• Germany and Italy became unified states long before England and France.

• Germany and Italy consisted of small independent states, but England and France were ruled by a monarch.

Which of these resulted from the Battle of Hastings?

• English became the language of the nobility.

• The Magna Carta codified the common laws.

• The Anglo-Saxon and Norman cultures merged.

• The French territories of Normandy and Aquitaine were retaken.

Which of these accompanied the conversion of the Eastern Slavs to Orthodox Christianity?

• acceptance of Latin culture

• invasion of Mongols

• opening of trade routes to the Byzantine Empire

• creation of the Cyrillic alphabet

Which of these could be true of the Croats?

• They were strong supporters of the Byzantine state due to their ties to the Orthodox Church.

• They were considered outsiders among the southern Slavs because they converted to Roman Catholicism.

• They learned to read and write under the tutelage of Cyril and Methodius.

• They were incorporated into Kievan Rus by Vladimir.

Thomas à Becket's death represents

• the power struggle of the English monarchy against the Church.

• the power of the Church over the Magna Carta's laws.

• the power of the Archbishop of Canterbury over the monarch.

• an unjust death due to improperly applied Church law.