Chapter 9 Quiz: Emerging Europe and the Byzantine Empire

Who was the first Bishop of Rome?

• Apostle Peter

• Charlemagne

• Justinian

• William of Normandy

What is the term for a man who separates himself from ordinary human society in order to dedicate himself to God?

• Monk

• Patriarch

• Knight

• Vassal

Who was the leader of the Frankish Kingdom and the Carolingian Empire?

• William of Normandy

• Justinian

• Charlemagne

• Apostle Peter

What was the name of the Frankish land given to one band of Vikings as they converted to Christianity?

• Constantinople

• Normandy

• Feudalism

• Hagia Sophia

What is the political and social system that developed during the Middle Ages when royal governments were no longer able to defend their subjects?

• Chivalry

• Feudalism

• Schism

• Vassal

Under feudalism, what is a man who served a lord in a military capacity called?

• Vassal

• Patriarch

• Knight

• Monk

What is the unwritten rules that determined the relationship between a lord and his vassal called?

• Feudal contract

• Tournament

• Chivalry

• Schism

What is the term for a series of martial activities such as jousts designed to keep knights busy during peacetime and help them prepare for war?

• Tournament

• Feudal contract

• Chivalry

• Schism

What is the ideal of civilized behavior that developed among the nobility in the Middle Ages called?

• Vassal

• Feudalism

• Chivalry

• Schism

Who defeated King Harold at the Battle of Hastings and became King of England?

• Apostle Peter

• Justinian

• Charlemagne

• William of Normandy