Ch 12 Test Review

Pope Gregory VII, who came to power 1073, strongly believed what?

• No pope should be elected by the people.

• The pope in France was the true pope.

• The Pope should have m;ore power than kings.

• There should be more than one pope.

What did an interdiction do?

• Deprived people of the holy sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church

• Alowed Church leaders to be chosen by local lords

• it was a crucial part of the daily lives of Roman Catholics

• It was the election of the pope

Convents provided a freedom and support that was unusual for the time for which women?

• peasants

• royal

• serfs

• aristocratic

The city that both Muslims and Christians most wanted to control

• Rome

• Jerusalem

• Constantinople

• Avignon

The most difficult shrine for most Christians to make a pilgrimage to because of its location.

• Jerusalem

• Notre Dame

• Rome

As the First Crusade began, Pope Urban II promised this to the people who made the journey

• a cure for the plague

• new knowledge

• money and treasure

• forgiveness of sins

Whose request for military assistance from the Europeans provided the excuse for launching the Crusades?

• Saladin

• Byzantine Emperor Alexius I

• Pope Urban II

• Germanic Emperor Frederick Barbarossa

What effect did the Crusades have on Italian port cities, such as Venice and Genoa

• They grew weak and were invaded by the Muslims

• They became the center of Middle Eastern trade

• the became wealthy and powerful

• they helped the Muslims turn them into Islamic territories

During the Second Crusade, Jerusalem was besieged and taken by whom?

• Pope Urban II

• Saladin

• Charlemagne

• Genghis Khan

One of the reasons that the practice of feudalism began to decline in Europe.

• The Holy Roman Empire did not establish a strong central government.

• There was no one to protect the serfs on the manor.

• Nobles sold their land, freed their serfs to join the Crusade.

• Black death killed all of the nobles.