Chapter 2 Lesson 1, 2, 3 Quizzes

Match each to the correct definition.

• German King of the Holy Roman Empire

• excommunicate

• agreement between pope and king

• Otto I

• his empire was Christian

• concordat

• exclude a person from church membership

• Charlemagne

• Inlet of the sea between cliffs

• fjord

Europe’s seas and rivers played an important part in Europe’s growth because they provided both protection and opportunities for ________.

• invading other lands.

• combining kingdoms.

• trading with nearby economies.

• converting distant groups to Catholicism.

Which was a Germanic people who settled the area known today as France?

• Angles

• Celts

• Franks

• Saxons

Charlemagne created a general policy that brought what to his people?

• education

• equality

• freedom

• religion

Between 800 and 900 C.E., parts of Europe were invaded by Muslims, Magyars, and ________.

• Vikings

• Vandals

• Finns

• Gauls

In 1073, Pope Gregory VII issued a decree forbidding kings from appointing high-ranking _________.

• church officials

• military leaders

• political officials

• trade leaders

Match each correctly.

• Center of trade in Northern Europe

• fief

• Italian city that was a trading center

• serf

• land granted to a vassal or knight

• knight

• warrior in armor who fought on horseback

• Flanders

• a person who worked the lord's land

• Venice

Under which system did landowning nobles govern and protect the people in return for services?

• Capitalism
• Socialism
• Feudalism
• Communism

Two important farming inventions of the Middle Ages that made turning over soil faster were the horse collar and

• the steel plow

• the wheelbarrow
• the windmill
• the waterwheel

Medieval knights followed rules called the code of

• chivalry

• kings

• servitude

• the knight