Topic 10 Test Review

What impact did the Crusades have on Jews and Muslims in Europe?

• Jews allied themselves with Crusaders against Muslims

• Jews and Muslims banded together

• The Church declared that Jews and Muslims were not to be harmed.

• Attacks on Jews and Muslims increased.

What document limited the King's power?

• a. Parliament

• b. Magna Carta

• c. Hastings document

• d. Writ of Charlemagne

Pope Gregory VII and Holy Roman emperor Henry IV initially disagreed about

• How the Pope should be elected.

• where to set the borders of the Holy Roman EMpire

• who had the right to choose bishops

• how the emperor should be chosen

What was the result of the First Crusade that ended in 1099?

• a. the Turks defeated the Byzantine Empire

• b. the Crusaders captured Jerusalem

• c. The Muslims were driven out of Spain

• d. European armies looted Constantinople

Which of the following were direct results of the Norman conquest of England? There are TWO correct answers.

• A strong feudal system emerged in England

• Correct answer

  Parliament was formed

• Anglo-Saxon became the language of law and government

• All those in a position of power were of Norman birth

What was one way the Hundred Years' War threatened the stability of medieval society?

• a. Powerful kings restricted the rights of all subjects.

• b. Migrating soldiers spread the bubonic plague

• d. Monarchs challenged the authority of the Church.

• c. Roaming armies destroyed crops, causing starvation

The ancestors of William the Conqueror were Viking raiders whose descendants became known as

• a. Anglo-Saxons

• b. Germans

• c. Byzantines

• d. Normans

The main work of members of a parliament is to

• a. hold trials

• b. issue writs

• c. make laws

• d. keep the peace

In addition to deaths caused by the disease, how did the bubonic plague affect medieval society? There are TWO correct answers.

• a. New nation-states formed in Europe.

• b. A new crusade was launched.

• c. CORRECT ANSWER Manors experienced a shortage of workers.

• d. Towns and villages were abandoned.

The Iberian Peninsula is located in the area of present-day

• a. North Africa

• b. Russia and Turkey

• c. Spain and Portugal

• d. Jerusalem