Unit 6 Quiz RETAKE

Historians have found evidence of Viking expeditions to all of the following places, EXCEPT…

• Canada

• Constantinople

• Persia

• Greece

• Japan

Serfs were peasant farmers who were able to freely travel wherever they could find work.

• True

• False

“Pax Mongolica” and “Pax Romana” are similar in that in each area

• Trade expanded

• Christianity became the dominant religion

• Established institutions began to crumble under the pressure of invading nomads

• Travel was arduous and difficult due to the threat of invasion and general turmoil

• Both were around the same time in history

In this unit you read an account of the Arab traveler and ambassador Ibn Fadlan describing his encounter with the Rus people, or Russiyah. Most historians agree these people were

• Crusader armies heading to the Latin Kingdoms

• Byzantine merchants

• Shi’a traders in service to the Fatimid Caliphate

• Vikings traveling along the Volga River

St. Joan of Arc helped turn the tide of the Hundred Years War, and she thus became a symbol of _____________ national identity.

• English

• French

• Spanish

• German

Who was the first Frankish king to convert to Christianity?

• Clovis

• Charlemagne

• Henry II

Why is St. Gregory VII considered an important pope in the history of Medieval Europe?

• He focused on changing and reforming the Church during the 11th century AD, particularly trying to end the practice of simony

• He called for the First Crusade in 1095 AD

• He mended the Church’s relationship with the East

• He was the first to be declared Holy Roman Emperor

________________________ never fully recovered from the disaster of the Fourth Crusade.

• the Republic of Venice

• Kingdom of France

• Ayyubid Dynasty

• Byzantine Empire

the First Crusade failed in its effort to capture Jerusalem

• True

• False

Which of the following about Genghis Khan is INCORRECT?

• He forced the Mongols to implement the yassa legal code

• He encouraged all Mongol leaders to convert to Islam

• He conquered an empire stretching from Eastern Europe to China

• He encouraged a Mongol written language and a recorded history